Bob, you can pan over a little bit. Look at right here, this is a suburban type Jeep with a sharp shooter peering outside of the sunroof with an automatic rifle. It appears to be a scene you might see in Operation Desert Storm and we've been seeing this all night
It's a trap, a trap Why ain't tell us red and blue don't matter when you black? Matter of fact we in blindfolds, bunch of souls Kids dead in the streets, now they eyes closed How you the angels when it's kings getting beat up? And Gil in his office with his feet up No way to police brutality crack cocaine, makin' a teacher's salary Mexicans hoppin' the borders in the Become cholos, one button Pendletons, they Crips on the in Dodger blue with they gold chains Bloods sportin' corn rows and Chucks the red strings Sun down so them Chevys 'bout to roll out Fiends themselves, stumblin' out the dope house Niggas bandanas, 'bout to put the drum on Kids make it home 'fore street lights come on
The way we live is The way we live is The way we is savage The way we live is
So that gun, load that clip that torch, light that shit, grab that stick Grab that brick, throw it. it's to riot If you see black owned in the window, it's on fire Start here, end up over The smell of gun in the air And so we clear, this is pain and despair We burn our own shit and we aware and care Tell the guards to disappear We got guns too and we ain't So the man, fuck the President Bush and his legislation Shit change, we ain't waitin', fuck patience Cause the corrupt, I can prove it Martin, Malcolm, Huey P. And that's why the whole city out lootin' How can we here and not do shit? All this over the hood lookin' like low clouds Cars with no miles on fire, broke down White people wishin' they was at home Asians like they business is black owned Far from stupid, we in the stores trippin' Runnin' in swap meets for Jordans and they Pippins Crowbars, bats, anythin' that glass They Rodney King up and now it's they ass So bottle rockets through the window Kids that was smokin' endo kickin' in doors, stealin' Nintendos Niggas robbin' liquor stores taped up "Duck Hunt" guns City burnin' but fucked up fun National guards on the They don't the hood, they foreigners We was bustin' at the cops before Dorner Ghetto flyin' over the hood, they see us Showin' the fuck out, cleanin' the out Niggas mobbin' down the streets pushin' big and baskets Starin' into the cameras, no ski mask pandemonium, niggas lootin' what they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface guns they was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the fuck gon' stop us? When the last 50 we accustomed to window shoppin' So we takin' lighters to the tip of Dip 'em in gasoline and set this on (fire)
The whole world watchin', Los is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
Standin' on the corner a brick in my hand When my mother told me sit in the van, nah fuck Locker chained up, wire cutters cut that Niggas walkin' where Reginald Denny's truck at Police cars, drivin' by in slow mo If you white stop at the light, 'cause that's a no-no Runnin' through the malls, us everything polo The time niggas ain't have beef with the cholos '92, fire lit the skyline, and why we To capture that forbidden truth Adam never ate the fruit Fuck your blue suits, your badge, and them high We out here sellin' chronic, we ain't no Jimmy Iovines Shit burnin', you gon' need more Visine We a movie better than anyone that I've seen Should be on Showtime, HBO, Get a match, we gon' make sure that remember that (fire)
The whole watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
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