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Well yo, they used to say Dray was a motherfuckin bum Cos when it came to profit, son I wasn't gettin none The wildest that you ever 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 I kept the balms up in some tennis balls I used to run the bridge with my peeps I packed a tray-8, in dem I was playin for keeps I used to around my hat and all day for a prey that we could rob on Broadway Stickin niggas for their jewels if they're
Made a couple of hits and then we jetted back to '86 And '87 was the Had the hat, rock the raccoon fur coat yeah em in disguise and nigga don't ya blink See yeah Saturday, we robbed another at the rink The beats was showin up at my rest Askin "Does a certain Drayzie at this 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 South just like a cos I was stranded Virginia State in '88, you know where I landed I couldn't it, shit was feelin strange I made it range but yo, my shit was just about the dough
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Yo bust a move, peep the Cos I'm a take you back to the of brown envelope trays Twenty-something years ago as I proceed to A shorty had to 'ford cheques off Bushwick the days, Pops shot to get forth the and fifth Damn, fam got to From the tenth flo' four flights to the sixth was around the time 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 when we hit the jams 2-57 babysittin, Pop's on the hustle 54 Block was on lock, a knuckle
Game rip, some niggas and got greedy me, another "rest in peace" in graffiti But I resist a few fights and petty heists Cos now I'm town in the Heights My nights are a little quieter but amongst the schemes for the fun Where run guns and blow slums with the bums And motherfuckers don't I love the game so I stashed the green leaf by the air You couldn't me shit, evil was more 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 the caper cos now I'm all in At Virginia State, now let the bullshit
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It was '89 and yo, I'm stayin out of I'm runnin with this nigga named Books Crown Heights toe-up from the flow-up, we're drinkin til we throw up We're we can blow up so to class we wouldn't show up Well nigga so what? You the holdup and went whatever's Then bucked the leathers, son I got to get my together Gettin drunk, gettin flunked in 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 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 happen or I'm a get the We got the blueprints to new style of rappin skills from the sewer, I knew we had a shot Gotta go and blow the spot and them niggas how we rock, what? If PMD is it, yeah the cautious crew Makin all money on that business as usual (Tip tip tip) Tip, we the tongue and started wilin They hit us with the digits to the cribs in Island So, we the Henny and my men we got swayz And never lookin back, that's how we thinkin
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