3's Up Songtext
von Dee‐1

One love
Keep it real at all times
Sometimes too real
And when you see them 3′s up
Man you already know
Already know what that means

Now when you see them 3's up you know what they represent
Be real, be righteous, be relevant
Be real, be righteous, be relevant
Be real, be righteous, be relevant


I live it more than I talk it, walk it more than I bark it
Standing for something real so I made myself a target
Yelling I hope they hear me, well I think they heard us
From those who flip burgers to the white collar rich burglars
I got a purpose, it got the enemy nervous
But God gave me this stage, it′s a must that I flourish
Giving 'em courage, even when they discouraged
Me no feed 'em lies, feed ′em brain food, get ′em nourished
It tastes so good, this go from my hood to your hood
I'm up to greatness, I′m up to no good
I could've been rich, but that′s another story
I'm trying to do it in a way to bring my mother glory
And bring my father honor, they call me Jeffrey Dahmer
Eating wack rappers alive, I′m the hip hop piranha
And when I say wack, I don't mean your rhymes wack
I mean your content sucks, I can't co-sign that
Look at these mean mugs
Man every time I come around everybody got these mean mugs
I be like "What′s up with these mean mugs?"
They be like "D, why smile?"
Man you know how long it′s been since I seen love
10% Of people live the life they dreamed of
The other 90 make the best with what they got
I don't focus on the not, the negative, or the no
I just focus on the top, I gotta get it, let′s go

See what I taught him in 6th grade, it set in by the 7th
He applied it by 8th, so he was mature as a freshman
Then sophomore year, he kinda got off track
His family problems had me thinking about adopting that cat
But I didn't, cause I was going through some things of my own
I was inconsistent and we lost touch before long
Then two years later, man I tell you no lie
I was walking on Canal when I ran into my guy
The teardrops under his eyes brought teardrops to my eyes
The teardrops under his eyes brought teardrops to my eyes
I took my hands and tried to wipe ′em away
He said, "Nah big brother, them there here to stay"
What you expect when you neglect an adolescent
That's already a wreck? From Compton to Tibet
We got the tender lives of these youngsters in our hands
And I know that I done dropped the ball before


I′m finna pour out my heart on the third verse please
My homie got a disease that'll make most people freeze
Or fall to they knees, you knows how it be's
What kills most people, he handles with ease
And when it comes to spiritual matters we real different
We argue for hours, in the end we still feel different
See I believe in God and he don′t, so we don′t
See eye to eye but we won't be blinded by the evil
That try to divide the people whose minds collide for peace so
We try to find equal ground to stand on
See, God is love and love is God
So the love I show my man might guide him to God, who′d have thought
I'd rather be a walking testimony than a talking phony, homie
But I′ll holler at you in the next song
Cause right now I'm too deep in the zone