New York streets where killers'll like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the boys admiration Prince from Queens and from Harlem legends, the drugs kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But there's a long list of high-profile on the thorough side of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two cars entered the block And at us, I ain't flinch when they watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, them bones my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing While he at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his during the case jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to crack a when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the coke something 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 them Southern niggas ain't slow, tried to play me I left from around dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm around the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He me with a dame 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 do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three See thought I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking you He responded cool, but told me out this how motherfuckers
All I really gotta say is If that's how our gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we gon' get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody make a change