New York streets killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the boys admiration Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a long of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of kings, some died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad cars entered the And looked at us, I ain't flinch they watched I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing While he at centerfolds of pretty girls they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, his mother during the case jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial is over, it's real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and squeezing he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the coke game crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch Southern niggas slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old school raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A wrote my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital they crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He plugged me with a who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed Opening the hotel room do', to let her in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three See honey thought I had something to do, with all the Cause I was with a crew, that had her people Called up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking you He responded cool, but me out here this how motherfuckers
All I gotta say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we ever gon' get up if how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody make a change