Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks where I played, That's when I wondered was I for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles could see the Was told to stay strong an' I could beat the
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo seats Watchin' swing razors in the front row, then out in the The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Super Lover Cee an'
Live chicks be, bustin' out of they Wearin' lip gloss, big door pealin' they earlobes So where them years go? the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Political thugs in shark suits us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the Vietnam War, poisons Needles in arms of veterans of bigger fortunes
There's a lot of crawlin' in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us won't be servin' the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate flags I
Beat street breakers were to the music I chose An' Atlantic heads was tootin' they nose In corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children With an'
We devil incarnates, for jail Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed Your money was the death of Christ An' all shorties comin' up, just resurrect your life It's like a
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Used to wear on they hair when it was fried up That's when we were lied to, hair products before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness penetratin'
The come from prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we some 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 y'all to know one thing The hardest thing is to forgive, but God Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God
Take one step him, he takes two towards you when all else fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was from an' gettin'
Do your right an' it loves you back You only get one life, an' yo, of that I'm still blazin', out for the cause Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, no laws An' it's like
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, right