Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X hair, with dreads at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the where I played, b-ball That's when I wondered was I for the cause, or be-cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto Was to stay strong an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I to play Apollo Balcony seats swing razors in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' earlobes So where years go? Where the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Political in shark suits persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the Vietnam War, poisons Needles in arms of veterans of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we in a barrel, they torture us They won't be the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate flags I
street breakers were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was they nose In corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children an' double
We devil incarnates, headed for Where Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us Your paper was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect your It's a cycle
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on they hair when it was up That's when we were lied to, buyin' hair Back before my generation, when our blackness disintegratin' 'Til awareness penetratin'
The styles from prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor Just to we some creative nothin' into somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' struggle an' hard work
War is to my in chains From to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one thing The hardest is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God
Take one step toward him, he takes two you Even when all fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was affected from an'
Do your body an' it loves you back You only get one life, an' yo, because of I'm still blazin', out for the cause rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no laws An' it's that
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right