New York streets where killers'll like Pistol Pete And Mason, gave the young boys admiration Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a long list of celebrities Worldwide on the side of things Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day me, as I'm about to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I well he asked 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 mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's 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, real for the soldier in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, 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 niggas fuck they enemies in they ass they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the coke something crazy Sold music out the trunk of car, that shit amazed me Put me onto blunts, sherm or something a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, they cool but they Now I'm back around the old school raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my dawg from Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the 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 three See thought I had something to do, with all the drama 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 here this how
All I really gotta say is If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we gon' get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody gotta make a