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