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Well yo, used to say that Dray was a motherfuckin bum Cos it came to profit, son I really wasn't gettin none The wildest motherfucker you ever saw used to call me Petey 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 muggin Sellin cocaine in the school halls Playin it slick I kept the balms up in some balls I used to run across the with my peeps I packed a tray-8, in dem days I was for keeps I to roll around my hat and all day Lookin for a that we could rob on Broadway Stickin niggas for their jewels if they're
Made a of hits and then we jetted back to Jersey '86 And '87 was the Had the hat, rock the raccoon fur coat yeah Keep em in and nigga don't ya blink See Saturday, we robbed another nigga at the rink The beats was showin up at my rest Askin "Does a certain Drayzie live at address? Yes?" The spot was 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 that's where I landed I couldn't stand it, was feelin strange I made it outta range but yo, my shit was just about the
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Yo bust a move, the flav 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 off Bushwick 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 around the smokin reefer 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 building and my man from Wit me we hit the jams behind 2-57 babysittin, Pop's on the hustle 54 was on lock, bust a knuckle
Game rip, some niggas and got greedy Believe me, "rest in peace" in graffiti But I couldn't resist a few and petty heists Cos now I'm town in the Heights My are a little quieter but still amongst the schemes for the fun Where sons run guns and blow with the bums And motherfuckers don't 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 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 out of fights I'm runnin with this nigga Books from Crown Heights Gettin toe-up from the flow-up, we're drinkin til we up We're thinkin we can blow up so to class we wouldn't up Well nigga so what? You fucked the and went whatever's bucked the leathers, son I got to get my shit together Gettin drunk, flunked in class is what's the function blunts-in, son we need to stop frontin We're huntin, Virginia didn't have shit for us That's why we broke out with 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 happen or I'm a get the We got the blueprints to this new of rappin Packin from the sewer, I knew 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 all that money on that business as usual (Tip tip tip) Tip, we flip the tongue and wilin They hit us the digits to the cribs in Long Island So, we packed the Henny and my men we got And never lookin back, that's how we thinkin
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