Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest up to bat at home plate was a uncanny era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks I played, b-ball That's when I wondered was I for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles could see the Was to stay strong an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony Watchin' swing razors in the front row, then out in the The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live be, bustin' out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door pealin' they earlobes So where them years go? Where the old gold an' cheers go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
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, still enjoyin' life's ride,
thugs in shark suits persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans instead of fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the offices War in the ghetto, we in a barrel, they torture us won't be servin' the beast too long The wearin' police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' nose In frozen corners of Chicago, up Llama's children With an'
We devil incarnates, for jail Where Shell gas company in South be havin' us killed Your paper was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect your It's like a
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Used to rags on they hair when it was fried up That's when we were lied to, buyin' products Back before my generation, when our started disintegratin' 'Til started penetratin'
The come from prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we some Turnin' into somethin', is God work An' you get without struggle an' hard work
War is necessary to my in From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' 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 two towards you when all else fail, God support you I done it, got God sun on my My heart an' my lungs was affected an' gettin'
Do your right an' it loves you back You get one life, an' yo, because of that I'm still blazin', goin' out for the Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, no laws An' like that
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right