New streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the boys admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from Street legends, the drugs kept the hood starving Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But there's a long of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a teen drunk off brew, I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad entered the block And looked at us, I flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my Staring at a young disciple, I gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, them bones my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world hoeing While he looking at of pretty girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his mother the case jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to crack a when I see him up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He a court officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, out, nobody leaving everybody
Some fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, real Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they They had the game something crazy music out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to them Southern niggas slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, 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 down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma mack daddy She passed me the indigo, but the of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed Opening the room do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet kids See honey I had something to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't with you He responded cool, but told me out this how motherfuckers
All I really say is that If how our people 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 Somebody gotta a change