I had a bad Don't be afraid, bad dreams are only a time you chose to be born in
Babies crying, brothers dying and brothers getting Shit is on the block And you got me locked down in cold, cold world
It was the night before New Year's and all through the projects Not a handgun was silent, not a Tec Outside as I'm stuck by enemies who put Blasted on the spot the pigs were dead You hoods, robbers, snipers new in sight, fuck blue and white They before them flash the fuckin' lights Gunshots, shatter floor window panes Shells hit the ground and blood the dice game
Whether broke callisthetic, any you set it Beat niggaz toothless, physically cut up gooses But with iron on the sides thugs took no Therefore, fifty-two handblocks was useless was snatched off necks, scars on throats Jackets took, after bullet rips through Against those who felt the cold from the steel made 'em And squeal, once the metal hit the of his grill worker, who was caught for his bomber No to swing the hammer that was hangin' from his Farmer's And it's how some niggaz catch slugs And pockets dug from everything except check
And it sound ill like wars in Brownsville Or fatal robberies in Red Hook where look For fugitives to shoot cops, niggaz layin' on roof For his he stashed in a shoe box But he was hot, and the strip was filled young killers You suspect, so cops creep like caterpillars And born thieves stay hooded with bullets Those who try to flee they hit the vertebrae, the murder rate to hit men who pull out Tecs and then Drop those who like tacos from Mexican Rapid, like recipients 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, cold
We be from the cops, bustin' off shots Shit is deep on the And you got me locked down in cold, cold world, yo
No time to freeze, undercovers ease up in Prixs And seize packages and the currency control strips full clips are sprayed Yellow tape, barricades, sidewalks, bodies lay Madness strikes at o'clock, midnight Stick up kids on the ground, broke the staircase And I stays harassed, scramblin' for cash Jakes on my ass bucks is learnin' fast
357's and Bought inside stores, their fire sparks the wars Hospital floors by the law questioning while the Jakes guard the door My hood stay tense, loyalty puts in my team 'Cause main concerns scream niggaz in the jet black Gallant Shot up the restaurant, for this kid named Lamont I thought he was dead but he missed a kid And hit a twelve year old girl in the head and then
Tactical narcotic, force, back off fast 'Cause the crime boss is 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 day opera, where the main character Is papers, the dominant factor
But you so alarmed As I on by
crying, brothers dying and brothers getting knocked Shit is deep on the And you got me locked down in cold, cold world
We be runnin' from the cops, off shots Shit is deep on the And you got me locked down in cold, cold world
crying, brothers dying and brothers getting knocked Shit is on the block And you got me locked in this cold, cold world
crying, brothers dying and brothers getting knocked Shit is on the block And you got me locked in this cold, cold world
We be runnin' from the cops, off shots is deep on the block And you got me locked down in this cold, cold