New York streets where walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from Street legends, the drugs kept the hood starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a long list of high-profile Worldwide on the thorough side of kings, some died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing them Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at of pretty girls they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his mother during the jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the Walks in the courtroom, the look in his is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to crack a smile I see him up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He a court officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving
Some fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year I won't forget Sold double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the coke game something Sold music out the trunk of car, that shit amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude my dawg from Pelican Bay The say, "Nas I got your back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and shot the too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, I'ma mack daddy She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, thought my were closed Opening the hotel do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on Jet Li shit I let the blow, wet three kids See honey thought I had something to do, with all the I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't with you He responded cool, but told me out here 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 you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta make a