Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X Clan hair, with at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the where I played, b-ball That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray could see the ghetto Was told to stay an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to Apollo Balcony seats swing razors in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical pumpin' Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' earlobes So where them years go? Where the old gold an' cheers go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Political thugs in shark suits us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans instead of bigger
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the carpet War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us They won't be servin' the too long The wearin' police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street breakers dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up children an' double
We devil incarnates, headed for Where Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us 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, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
to wear rags on they hair when it was fried up That's when we were lied to, buyin' hair Back my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness penetratin'
The styles come from prison, they potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we some Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without an' hard work
War is necessary to my in Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one thing The thing is to forgive, but God does Even if you or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God loves
Take one toward him, he takes two towards you Even all else fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was affected from an'
Do your right an' it loves you back 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' it's that
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 enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right