New streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Mason, gave the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from Street legends, the kept the hood from starving cars, Nicky Barnes was the 70's But there's a long list of celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to 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, I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad cars entered the And looked at us, I flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones my ace get his case thrown His ain't wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his mother during the Hung jury, now the D.A. is being Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the 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, cause all we is his freedom He grabbed a officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody everybody
Some niggas fuck enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' niggas, independent label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the game something crazy Sold music out the of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, tried to play me I left from around dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my dawg Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw Never saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho The nigga still alive in a Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He plugged me with a dame who was 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 room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three 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 gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all gotta make a change