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Well yo, used to say that Dray was a motherfuckin bum Cos when it to profit, son I really wasn't gettin none The wildest motherfucker that you saw They used to me Petey Wheezthrow, the devil's son-in-law Now I'm in the shit, a fly I was buggin From to stealin to dealin, yo, and even muggin Sellin cocaine in the high halls Playin it slick I kept the balms up in some tennis I used to run across the with my peeps I a tray-8, in dem days I was playin for keeps I used to roll my hat and all day Lookin for a prey that we could rob on Stickin niggas for jewels if they're worthy
Made a couple of hits and then we jetted to Jersey '86 And '87 was the Had the hat, rock the raccoon fur coat yeah em in disguise and nigga don't ya blink See yeah Saturday, we robbed nigga at the rink The beats was always showin up at my Askin "Does a certain live at this address? Yes?" The spot was than the sun, without a doubt I had the choice to go to school and get the out I hit the South just like a bandit cos I was Virginia State in '88, you know that's where I I couldn't stand it, was feelin strange I made it outta range but yo, my was just about the dough
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Yo bust a move, peep the Cos I'm a take you back to the days of envelope trays Twenty-something years ago as I to recollect A newborn shorty had to 'ford cheques off Bless the days, Pops shot to get the and fifth Damn, fam got to From the tenth flo' down four flights to the This was around the smokin reefer was the shit But now the crib a little I was the first man in the fam so it's for a nigga Had my from my building and my man from 8-11 Wit me when we hit the behind 2-57 Mom's babysittin, on the hustle 54 Block was on lock, bust a
rip, some niggas slipped and got greedy Believe me, "rest in peace" in graffiti But I couldn't resist a few fights and heists Cos now I'm town in the Heights My nights are a little but still amongst the schemes for the fun Where sons run and blow slums with the bums And motherfuckers care I love the street game so I stashed the leaf by the air You couldn't tell me shit, evil was more than a beaver it fresh, double-parked in the Caesar But I got with this behavior-type flavor And do Moms a favor, go to school and get this paper So the caper cos now I'm all in At Virginia State, now let the begin
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It was '89 and yo, I'm stayin out of I'm runnin with this nigga named Books from Crown toe-up from the flow-up, we're drinkin til we throw up We're thinkin we can blow up so to we wouldn't show up Well so what? You fucked the holdup and went whatever's Then the leathers, son I got to get my shit together Gettin drunk, gettin flunked in class is what's the Smokin blunts-in, son we need to frontin We're huntin, Virginia didn't have shit for us That's why we broke out with Dice and blitzed into blue busy, flippin rhymes on the weekend The we was seekin from styles we was freakin
But yo, now '91 and me and son we got to scram (Aiyo it was a rap contest, we couldn't handle) And yo, something got ta or I'm a get the pappin We got the blueprints to new style of rappin Packin skills the sewer, I knew we had a shot go and blow the spot and show them niggas how we rock, what? If PMD is judgin it, yeah the crew all that money on that business as usual (Tip tip tip) Tip, we flip the tongue and wilin They hit us with the digits to the cribs in Island So, we packed the and my men we got swayz And never lookin back, that's how we thinkin
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