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Well yo, they used to say Dray was a motherfuckin bum Cos when it to profit, son I really wasn't gettin none The wildest motherfucker you ever saw used to call me Petey Wheezthrow, the devil's son-in-law Now I'm in the shit, a fly I was buggin robbing to stealin to dealin, yo, and even muggin Sellin cocaine in the high halls Playin it slick I kept the balms up in some tennis I used to run the bridge with my peeps I packed a tray-8, in dem days I was playin for I used to roll my hat and all day Lookin for a prey we could rob on Broadway niggas for their jewels if they're worthy
Made a couple of and then we jetted back to Jersey '86 And '87 was the Had the Gucci hat, rock the raccoon fur coat Keep em in disguise and don't ya blink See yeah Saturday, we robbed another nigga at the The was always showin up at my rest Askin "Does a certain live at this address? Yes?" The spot was hotter the sun, without a doubt I had the to go to school and get the fuck out I hit the South just a bandit cos I was stranded Virginia in '88, you know that's where I landed I couldn't it, shit was feelin strange I made it outta range but yo, my shit was just about the
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Yo bust a move, peep the Cos I'm a take you back to the days of envelope trays Twenty-something years ago as I to recollect A newborn had to 'ford cheques off Bushwick Bless the days, Pops shot to get forth the and Damn, fam got to the tenth flo' down four flights to the sixth This was the time smokin reefer was the shit But now the a little bigger I was the first man in the fam so it's for a nigga Had my clan from my building and my man from Wit me when we hit the jams 2-57 babysittin, Pop's on the hustle 54 Block was on lock, a knuckle
Game rip, some niggas and got greedy Believe me, "rest in peace" in graffiti But I couldn't a few fights and petty heists Cos now I'm town in the Heights My nights are a little but still amongst the schemes for the fun sons run guns and blow slums with the bums And motherfuckers care I love the street so I stashed the green leaf by the air You couldn't tell me shit, evil was eager than a beaver Kept it fresh, double-parked in the But I got deceased with this flavor And do Moms a favor, go to school and get this paper So what's the cos now I'm all in At Virginia State, now let the begin
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It was '89 and yo, I'm stayin out of I'm runnin with this nigga named Books Crown Heights Gettin from the flow-up, we're drinkin til we throw up We're we can blow up so to class we wouldn't show up nigga so what? You fucked the holdup and went whatever's Then bucked the leathers, son I got to get my shit Gettin drunk, flunked in class is what's the function Smokin blunts-in, son we need to frontin We're goin huntin, Virginia didn't have for us why we broke out with Dice and blitzed into blue chorus Gettin busy, rhymes on the weekend The deal we was seekin from we was freakin
But yo, now '91 and me and son we got to scram (Aiyo it was a rap contest, nuttin we handle) And yo, something got ta or I'm a get the pappin We got the blueprints to new style of rappin Packin skills from the sewer, I knew we had a go and blow the spot and show them niggas how we rock, what? If PMD is judgin it, yeah the cautious all that money on that business as usual (Tip tip tip) Tip, we flip the and started wilin They hit us with the digits to the cribs in Island So, we packed the Henny and my men we got And never back, that's how we thinkin nowadays
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