New York streets where killers'll walk Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince from and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But a long list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I well he asked me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I 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 Yeah man, throwing bones Hoping my ace get his case His ain't wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's proof The D.A. who him was lying A dude, killed his mother during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to crack a smile I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he grabbed the judge, out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year I won't forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the coke something crazy music out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or Took a puff, what the fuck, I to punch them Southern ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, they but they crazy Now I'm back around the old that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my dawg Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled with some Crips down to a funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The nigga still in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my were closed Opening the hotel room do', to let her in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the hammers blow, wet kids See honey thought I had something to do, with all the Cause I was with a crew, that had her people up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking with you He cool, but told me out here this how motherfuckers
All I gotta say is that If that's how our gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody gotta a change