Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with dreads at the top of my
Homicide an' on the blocks where I played, b-ball That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto Was told to strong an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony Watchin' swing razors in the front row, then out in the The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Lover Cee an' Casanova
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 shorties here doe, so
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
thugs in shark suits persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans instead of fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they us won't be servin' the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate flags I
Beat breakers were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' they In frozen corners of Chicago, up Llama's children With an'
We devil incarnates, headed for Where Shell gas company in South Africa be us killed paper money was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, resurrect your life It's like a
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' ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
to wear rags on they hair when it was fried up That's when we were lied to, hair products Back my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til started penetratin'
The styles from prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor to prove we some creative Turnin' into somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' struggle an' hard work
War is necessary to my in From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm y'all to know one thing The hardest is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God
Take one step toward him, he takes two you when all else fail, God support you I done it, got God sun on my My heart an' my lungs was affected an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it loves you You only get one life, an' yo, of that I'm still blazin', goin' out for the Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' like that
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' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,