New York where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration from Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But a long list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things kings, some died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad cars the block And looked at us, I flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair Staring at a young disciple, I gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A dude, killed his mother during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to crack a smile I see him Throw up a fist for black power, all we want is his freedom He grabbed a officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, leaving everybody
niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget Sold double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they had the coke game something crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, 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 them dudes, they cool but they Now I'm back around the old school that me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my dawg from Bay The say, "Nas I got your back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men and I knew the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a 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 in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the blow, wet three kids See honey thought I had to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I fucking with you He cool, but told me out here this how motherfuckers
All I really gotta say is If how our people gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if that's how we get A when you ain't look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody gotta a change