Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with dreads at the top of my
Homicide an' on the blocks where I played, b-ball when I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles could see the Was told to stay an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony Watchin' swing razors in the row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros Acuras pumpin' Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of they Wearin' lip gloss, big knockers pealin' they earlobes So where them go? Where the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now them here doe, so
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Political thugs in shark suits persuade us to In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We lost the Vietnam War, intoxicated Needles in arms of veterans instead of fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the carpet War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they us They won't be servin' the too long The wearin' police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
street breakers were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' they In frozen of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children With an'
We devil incarnates, for jail Where Shell gas in South Africa be havin' us killed Your paper was the death of Christ An' all these comin' up, just resurrect your life like a cycle
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
to wear rags on they hair when it was fried up That's when we were lied to, buyin' hair Back before my generation, our blackness started disintegratin' awareness started penetratin'
The styles from prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we creative Turnin' into somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without struggle an' hard
War is necessary to my in From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one The thing is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, wrong, but God loves
Take one toward him, he takes two towards you Even when all fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was from an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it you back You only get one life, an' yo, because of I'm still blazin', goin' out for the Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' it's that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,