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