New York streets where killers'll walk Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But a long list of high-profile celebrities on the thorough side of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when watched I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost 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 looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they little cooch, gangstas die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's for the soldier in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we is his freedom He grabbed a court gun and started squeezing Then he the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em niggas are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the coke game something Sold music out the trunk of they car, shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern ain't slow, nigga 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 Crips down to a funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and shot the too See my in the game, thugging and things He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma mack daddy She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, my eyes were closed Opening the hotel do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the blow, wet three kids See honey I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was with a crew, had her people killed Called up my cousin, him I ain't fucking 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 gon' get up if how we get down? A shame when you look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody make a change