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yo, they used to say that Dray was a motherfuckin bum Cos when it came to profit, son I wasn't gettin none The wildest that you ever saw They used to call me 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 cocaine in the school halls Playin it slick I kept the up in some tennis balls I used to run across the with my peeps I packed a tray-8, in dem days I was playin for I used to 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 then we back to Jersey '86 And '87 was the Had the hat, rock the raccoon fur coat yeah Keep em in disguise and nigga don't ya See yeah Saturday, we another nigga at the rink The beats was always up at my rest Askin "Does a Drayzie live at this address? Yes?" The was hotter than the sun, without a doubt I had the to go to school and get the fuck out I hit the South just a bandit cos I was stranded State in '88, you know that's where I landed I stand it, shit was feelin strange I made it outta range but yo, my was just about the dough
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Yo bust a move, the flav Cos I'm a take you back to the days of brown envelope Twenty-something ago as I proceed to recollect A shorty had to 'ford cheques off Bushwick Bless the days, Pops shot to get forth the and Damn, fam got to From the flo' down four flights to the sixth This was around the time reefer was the shit But now the crib a little I was the first man in the fam so it's plans for a Had my from my building and my man from 8-11 Wit me when we hit the jams 2-57 Mom's babysittin, Pop's on the 54 Block was on lock, a knuckle
rip, some niggas slipped and got greedy Believe me, "rest in peace" in graffiti But I couldn't resist a few fights and petty Cos now I'm 'cross in the Heights My are a little quieter but still amongst the schemes for the fun Where sons run guns and blow slums the bums And don't care I love the street so I stashed the green leaf by the air You couldn't tell me shit, evil was more eager than a Kept it fresh, in the Caesar But I got deceased with this flavor And do Moms a favor, go to school and get this fuckin 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 from Crown Heights Gettin 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 nigga so what? You fucked the holdup and whatever's Then bucked the leathers, son I got to get my together Gettin drunk, gettin flunked in is what's the function Smokin blunts-in, son we to stop frontin We're goin huntin, Virginia have shit for us That's why we out with Dice and blitzed into blue chorus Gettin busy, rhymes on the weekend The deal we was from styles we was freakin
But yo, now '91 and me and son we got to scram (Aiyo it was a rap contest, nuttin we handle) And yo, something got ta or I'm a get the pappin We got the blueprints to new style of rappin Packin from the sewer, I knew we had a shot Gotta go and the spot and show them niggas how we rock, what? If PMD is it, yeah the cautious crew all that money on that business as usual (Tip tip tip) Tip, we the tongue and started wilin They hit us with the digits to the in Long Island So, we the Henny and my men we got swayz And never back, that's how we thinkin nowadays
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