New York streets where killers'll walk like Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the boys admiration from Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a long list of high-profile on the thorough side of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day me, as I'm about to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad entered the block And at us, I ain't 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 man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing he looking at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his mother during the jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to crack a when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we is his freedom He grabbed a 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 make you, disappear, a year that I won't forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, real the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the game something crazy Sold out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I to punch them niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I left from them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm around the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw Never saw so many men and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still in a hospital Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me with a who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma mack Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile 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 three See honey thought I had something to do, all the drama Cause I was a crew, that had her people killed 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 that's how our people gon' get down, how we gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if how we get down? A shame when you look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk gotta make a change