[ti:It Takes A Thief (LP Mix)]
[ar:Coolio]
[al:Rhino Hi - Five: Coolio, Vol. 2 EP]
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[00:00.00]It Takes A Thief (LP Mix) - Coolio
[00:35.11]One dark night I need some ends
[00:37.30]I got a spot cased out I'm breakin in
[00:39.83]I gotta cutter
[00:40.51]That'll cut thru ya window like butter
[00:42.46]Suction cup window up
[00:45.12]Now I'm on the inside lookin for some loot
[00:47.85]38 special I don't wanna have to shoot
[00:50.65]I ain't no young raw fresh recruit uhh
[00:53.35]Steel tote boots black khaki suit
[00:55.82]A real quick search and nobody's home
[00:58.67]Just like I planned now I'm home alone
[01:01.21]I hope ya don't mind if I use tha phone
[01:03.56]And fix me sometin to eat before I'm gone
[01:06.31]I got the servant and the china
[01:07.84]Deuce-five and the 9
[01:09.06]Rolex off the desk so I can tell the time
[01:11.90]No one knows where the flow goes when the 'dults crow
[01:15.08]You better take some no doughs
[01:16.59]Now I'm out tha back with a sack fulla goods
[01:19.70]Throw it in the truck take it back to the hood
[01:22.46]Let me be brief I'm on the creep
[01:24.70]I stole the sounds out'cha jeep
[01:26.42]It takes a thief
[01:27.49]Oh yeah It takes a thief
[01:30.43]Yeah yeah It takes a thief
[01:33.16]It takes a motherf**kin thief It takes a thief
[01:35.65]Keep both eyes open when you go to sleep
[01:38.23]Oh yeah It takes a thief
[01:41.21]Yeah yeah It takes a thief
[01:43.72]It takes a motherf**kin thief It takes a thief
[01:46.44]Keep ya hand on your gun when I'm on the creep
[01:49.05]I need a lick real quick-like
[01:50.26]My mind ain't wrapped tight
[01:51.76]I scale like Mike Tys so call this fright night
[01:54.30]You don't wanna see me comin down the street
[01:57.63]When I'm broke and it's dark
[01:59.55]So run your motherf**kin pockets 'fore
[02:02.35]They find your a** dead in the park
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[02:04.94]Put your hands behind your head
[02:06.38]And interlock your fingers
[02:07.66]No I ain't the cops
[02:08.95]I just want your rings
[02:10.25]And your wallet and your watch and your fat gold chain
[02:12.97]Don't try nuttin strange or I'm blowin out'cha brains
[02:15.37]I rob from the rich so I can get rich
[02:18.23]I ain't got sh*t so I take what I can get
[02:20.99]I need my mail my snaps my dollars my ends
[02:23.55]My grip ain't high enough
[02:24.96]So I'm robbin on my friends
[02:26.30]Somebody out there's out to get me
[02:29.04]The smaller the ni**a the bigger the gat be
[02:31.54]I don't give a f**k about your pain and your grief
[02:34.22]You shouldn't of fell asleep
[02:35.61]It takes a thief
[02:36.57]Oh yeah It takes a thief
[02:39.46]Yeah yeah It takes a thief
[02:42.03]It takes a motherf**kin thief It takes a thief
[02:44.87]Keep both eyes open when you go to sleep
[02:47.32]There's a buster on the West Side
[03:05.25]I heard he gotta grip
[03:06.32]And he's outta town on business
[03:07.53]So I'm schemin on his sh*t
[03:08.82]I heard he got kis and Gs and deeds
[03:11.15]And guns and big trash bags full o' w**d
[03:13.41]I stole a brand new fresh shaft telephone van
[03:16.66]So now I guess I'm the telephone man
[03:19.50]The bathroom window ain't got no alarm
[03:21.89]I gotta skelton brick that works like a charm
[03:24.49]It didn't take long to find what I was lookin for
[03:27.58]I was damned near finished when I heard a key in the door
[03:30.19]I jumped in the closet and checked my clip
[03:32.39]Pulled my ski mask down I can't believe this sh*t
[03:35.32]I counted to five and the front door opened up
[03:37.98]I counted three more and the front door was shut
[03:40.66]I counted five more to give me some space
[03:43.18]Then I jumped out the closet and bucked him in the face
[03:46.04]I loaded up the van in broad daylight
[03:48.01]Cos Looky Lou's have their high beams on at night
[03:51.17]I take the backstreets to avoid the heat
[03:53.80]And never let em see me sweat it takes a thief
[03:56.60]Oh yeah it takes a thief
[03:59.60]Yeah yeah it takes a thief
[04:02.18]It takes a motherf**kin thief
[04:03.82]It takes a thief
[04:05.03]Keep both eyes open when you go to sleep
[04:07.42]Oh yeah It takes a thief
[04:10.30]Yeah yeah It takes a thief
[04:12.79]It takes a motherf**kin thief It takes a thief
[04:15.49]Keep ya hand on your gun when I'm on the creep
[04:18.27]Oh yeah
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[04:20.94]Yeah yeah
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[04:23.48]Hey yeah
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[04:29.45]Just a reminder to let you know
[04:32.22]
[04:33.30]There's motherf**kers out there that want your sh*t
[04:35.88]
[04:36.52]So you better watch out better watch your back
[04:40.13]
[04:40.77]Can't be goin to sleep protect your sh*t
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[04:45.84]Know what I'm sayin