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Well yo, used to say that Dray was a motherfuckin bum Cos when it came to profit, son I really wasn't none The wildest that you ever saw They used to call me Petey Wheezthrow, the devil's Now I'm in the shit, like a fly I was From robbing to to dealin, yo, and even muggin Sellin in the high school halls Playin it slick I kept the balms up in tennis balls I used to run across the bridge with my I packed a tray-8, in dem days I was playin for I to roll around my hat and all day Lookin for a prey we could rob on Broadway Stickin for their jewels if they're worthy
Made a couple of hits and then we jetted to Jersey '86 And '87 was the Had the Gucci hat, rock the raccoon fur coat Keep em in disguise and nigga don't ya See yeah Saturday, we robbed another at the rink The was always showin up at my rest Askin "Does a Drayzie 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 just like a bandit cos I was stranded Virginia State in '88, you know where I landed I couldn't stand it, was feelin strange I made it outta range but yo, my shit was about the dough
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Yo bust a move, peep the Cos I'm a take you to the days of brown envelope trays Twenty-something ago as I proceed to recollect A newborn shorty had to 'ford cheques off Bless the days, shot to get forth the and fifth Damn, fam got to From the tenth flo' four flights to the sixth This was around the time smokin was the shit But now the a little bigger I was the man in the fam so it's plans for a nigga Had my clan from my and my man from 8-11 Wit me we hit the jams behind 2-57 Mom's babysittin, Pop's on the 54 was on lock, bust a knuckle
Game rip, some slipped and got greedy Believe me, another "rest in peace" in But I couldn't a few fights and petty 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 guns and blow slums the bums And motherfuckers care I the street game so I stashed the green leaf by the air You couldn't me shit, evil was more eager than a beaver Kept it fresh, in the Caesar But I got deceased with this flavor And do a favor, go to school and get this fuckin 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 out of fights I'm runnin with this named Books from Crown Heights Gettin toe-up 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 You fucked the holdup and went whatever's bucked 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, didn't have shit for us That's why we broke out with Dice and blitzed into chorus busy, flippin 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, we couldn't handle) And yo, got ta happen 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 go and blow the spot and show them niggas how we rock, what? If PMD is it, yeah the cautious crew Makin all that 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, how we thinkin nowadays
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