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Well yo, they to say that Dray was a motherfuckin bum Cos when it to profit, son I really wasn't gettin none The motherfucker that you ever saw They used to call me Wheezthrow, the devil's son-in-law Now I'm in the shit, like a fly I was From robbing to stealin to dealin, yo, and even Sellin in the high school halls Playin it slick I the balms up in some tennis balls I used to run across the bridge my peeps I packed a tray-8, in dem days I was for keeps I used to roll my hat and all day Lookin for a that we could rob on Broadway niggas for their jewels if they're worthy
Made a of hits and then we jetted back to Jersey '86 And '87 was the Had the Gucci hat, the raccoon fur coat yeah Keep em in disguise and don't ya blink See yeah Saturday, we robbed another nigga at the The beats was always up at my rest Askin "Does a certain live at this address? Yes?" The spot was hotter than the sun, a doubt I had the to go to school and get the fuck out I hit the South just like a cos I was stranded Virginia State in '88, you know that's 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 to the days of brown envelope trays Twenty-something years ago as I proceed to A newborn had to 'ford cheques off Bushwick the days, Pops shot to get forth the and fifth Damn, fam got to From the tenth down four flights to the sixth This was around the time smokin reefer was the But now the crib a little I was the first man in the fam so it's plans for a Had my clan my building and my man from 8-11 Wit me when we hit the behind 2-57 Mom's babysittin, Pop's on the 54 Block was on lock, bust a
Game rip, some niggas slipped and got Believe me, another "rest in peace" in But I resist a few fights and petty heists Cos now I'm 'cross town in the My nights are a little quieter but still amongst the for the fun Where run guns and blow slums with the bums And don't care I love the street game so I the green leaf by the air You couldn't tell me shit, evil was eager than a beaver it fresh, double-parked in the Caesar But I got deceased with behavior-type flavor And do a favor, go to school and get this fuckin paper So what's the cos now I'm all in At State, now let the bullshit 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 Gettin toe-up from the flow-up, drinkin til we throw up We're thinkin we can up so to class we wouldn't show up Well nigga so what? You fucked the holdup and whatever's bucked the leathers, son I got to get my shit together Gettin drunk, gettin in class is what's the function Smokin blunts-in, son we to stop frontin We're goin huntin, Virginia didn't shit for us That's why we broke out with and blitzed into blue chorus Gettin busy, flippin rhymes on the The deal we was seekin styles we was freakin
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, got ta happen or I'm a get the pappin We got the blueprints to new style of rappin Packin skills from the sewer, I knew we had a go and blow the spot and show them niggas how we rock, what? If PMD is judgin it, yeah the cautious Makin all that on that business as usual (Tip tip tip) Tip, we the tongue and started wilin They hit us with the to the cribs in Long Island So, we packed the Henny and my men we got And lookin back, that's how we thinkin nowadays
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