New York streets where killers'll walk like Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys Prince from Queens and Fritz Harlem legends, the drugs kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to heat of Vernon, I turned well he asked me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And at us, I ain't flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to 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 pretty Showing they little cooch, gangstas die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is being 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 for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court gun and started squeezing Then he the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year I won't forget Sold double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the game something crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, they cool but 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 funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The nigga still 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, mack daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were Opening the hotel room do', to let her in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three See thought I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was with a crew, that had her people Called up my cousin, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but me out here 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 that's how we get A shame when you look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta a change