Pushin' drop-tops, Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, dreads at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks where I played, That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles see the ghetto Was told to stay an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony swing razors in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros Acuras pumpin' Super Lover Cee an'
Live be, bustin' out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers they earlobes So where them years go? Where the old beers an' cheers go? But now them here doe, so
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Political in shark suits persuade us to pull In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans instead of fortunes
There's still a lot of in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they us They won't be the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate I burn
Beat breakers were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's an' double
We devil incarnates, for jail Where Shell gas company in South Africa be us killed Your paper money was the death of An' all shorties comin' up, just resurrect your life It's like a
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Used to wear rags on they hair when it was up when we were lied to, buyin' hair products Back my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness penetratin'
The styles come from prison, used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we creative nothin' into somethin', is God work An' you get without struggle an' hard work
War is to my in chains From to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one thing The hardest thing is to forgive, but God Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God
Take one toward him, he takes two towards you Even when all else fail, God you I done it, got God sun on my My heart an' my was affected from an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it loves you You only get one life, an' yo, because of I'm still blazin', goin' out for the Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, no laws An' it's like
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, right