I had a bad Don't be afraid, bad are only dreams What a you chose to be born in
Babies crying, dying and brothers getting knocked Shit is deep on the And you got me down in this cold, cold world
It was the night before New Year's and all the fuckin' projects Not a was silent, not even a Tec Outside as I'm stuck by enemies who put on the spot before the pigs were dead You know hoods, robbers, snipers new in sight, blue and white They escape before them the fuckin' lights Gunshots, shatter floor window panes Shells hit the ground and blood stained the dice
Whether broke callisthetic, any you set it Beat niggaz toothless, physically cut up gooses But with iron on the sides took no excuses Therefore, your fifty-two was useless was snatched off necks, scars on throats Jackets took, after rips through coats Against those who felt the from the steel made 'em fold And squeal, the metal hit the temple of his grill worker, who was caught for his bomber No time to swing the hammer was hangin' from his Farmer's And it's bugged how some niggaz catch And pockets dug from everything except stubs
And it does sound ill wars in Brownsville Or fatal in Red Hook where feds look For fugitives to shoot cops, layin' on roof tops For his cream he in a shoe box But he was hot, and the strip was with young killers You don't suspect, so cops creep like And born stay hooded with extra bullets Those who try to they hit the vertebrae, increase the murder rate Similar to hit men who pull out and then Drop who crack like tacos from Mexican Rapid, recipients cashin' checks again Back to the motherfuckin' spot on
Babies crying, brothers dying and brothers knocked Shit is deep on the And you got me locked down in this cold, world
We be runnin' the cops, bustin' off shots is deep on the block And you got me locked down in this cold, world, yo
No time to freeze, undercovers up in Grand Prixs And seize packages and the currency Clicks strips full clips are sprayed Yellow tape, barricades, sidewalks, where lay strikes at twelve o'clock, midnight Stick up kids on the ground, broke the staircase And I stays harassed, for petty cash on my ass young bucks is learnin' fast
357's and Bought corner stores, their fire sparks the wars Hospital floors by the law Homicide questioning while the Jakes guard the My hood stay tense, loyalty strength in my team 'Cause niggaz main scream Some in the jet black Gallant up the Chinese restaurant, for this kid named Lamont I he was dead but instead he missed a kid And hit a twelve year old in the head and then fled
Tactical narcotic, force, back off fast the crime boss is passin' off cash Extortions for of streets causes beef Havin' followers of Indians trying to Chief You witness the saga, and drama Life is a script, I'm not a but the author Of a modern day opera, where the main Is presidential papers, the factor
But you look so As I on by
Babies crying, brothers dying and getting knocked is deep on the block And you got me locked down in cold, cold world
We be runnin' the cops, bustin' off shots Shit is on the block And you got me locked in this cold, cold world
Babies crying, brothers dying and brothers knocked Shit is deep on the And you got me down in this cold, cold world
Babies crying, dying and brothers getting knocked is deep on the block And you got me locked down in this cold, cold
We be runnin' the cops, bustin' off shots Shit is deep on the And you got me locked in this cold, cold world