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yo, they used to say that Dray was a motherfuckin bum Cos when it came to profit, son I really wasn't gettin The wildest motherfucker that you saw They to call me Petey Wheezthrow, the devil's son-in-law Now I'm in the shit, a fly I was buggin From robbing to stealin to dealin, yo, and even Sellin in the high school halls Playin it slick I kept the balms up in some balls I used to run across the bridge with my I packed a tray-8, in dem days I was for keeps I to roll around my hat and all day for a prey that we could rob on Broadway Stickin niggas for their if they're worthy
Made a couple of hits and we jetted back to Jersey '86 And '87 was the Had the hat, rock the raccoon fur coat yeah Keep em in disguise and 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 Drayzie live at address? Yes?" The was hotter than the sun, without a doubt I had the choice to go to and get the fuck out I hit the just like a bandit cos I was stranded Virginia State in '88, you know where I landed I stand it, shit was feelin strange I it outta range but yo, my shit was just about the dough
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Yo a move, peep the flav Cos I'm a take you back to the days of brown envelope years ago as I proceed 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' four flights to the sixth This was the time smokin reefer was the shit But now the a little bigger I was the first man in the fam so it's plans for a Had my clan from my and my man from 8-11 Wit me when we hit the jams behind babysittin, Pop's on the hustle 54 Block was on lock, bust a
rip, some niggas slipped and got greedy Believe me, another "rest in peace" in But I resist a few fights and petty heists Cos now I'm town in the Heights My nights are a quieter but still amongst the schemes for the fun Where sons run guns and blow slums the bums And motherfuckers care I love the street game so I stashed the green by the air You couldn't tell me shit, evil was more than a beaver Kept it fresh, in the Caesar But I got deceased this behavior-type flavor And do Moms a favor, go to school and get fuckin paper So the caper cos now I'm all in At State, now let the bullshit begin
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It was '89 and yo, I'm out of fights I'm with this nigga named Books from Crown Heights Gettin toe-up the flow-up, we're drinkin til we throw up thinkin we can blow up so to class we wouldn't show up Well nigga so what? You fucked the holdup and went 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 goin huntin, Virginia didn't have for us That's why we broke out with Dice and blitzed blue chorus Gettin busy, rhymes on the weekend The deal we was seekin from styles we was
But yo, now it's '91 and me and son we got to (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 to this new style of rappin Packin skills from the sewer, I we had a shot Gotta go and blow the spot and show niggas how we rock, what? If PMD is judgin it, the cautious crew Makin all that money on business as usual (Tip tip tip) Tip, we flip the tongue and started They hit us with the to the cribs in Long Island So, we the Henny and my men we got swayz And never lookin back, how we thinkin nowadays
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