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