I had a bad Don't be afraid, bad dreams are dreams What a time you chose to be in
Babies crying, brothers and brothers getting knocked Shit is on the block And you got me locked down in this cold, world
It was the night before New Year's and all through the fuckin' Not a handgun was silent, not a Tec as I'm stuck by enemies who put fear Blasted on the spot before the pigs dead You know hoods, robbers, snipers new in sight, blue and white They escape before flash the fuckin' lights Gunshots, shatter first window panes Shells hit the and blood stained the dice game
broke callisthetic, any style you set it Beat niggaz toothless, physically cut up gooses But with on the sides thugs took no excuses Therefore, fifty-two handblocks was useless Links was snatched off necks, on throats Jackets took, after bullet rips coats Against those who felt the cold 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 that was hangin' from his And it's bugged how some catch slugs And pockets dug from everything check stubs
And it sound ill like wars in Brownsville Or fatal robberies in Red Hook where look For fugitives to cops, niggaz layin' on roof tops For his he stashed in a shoe box But he was hot, and the strip was with young killers You don't suspect, so creep like caterpillars And born thieves stay hooded with extra Those who try to flee they hit the vertebrae, increase the rate to hit men who pull out Tecs and then Drop those who crack tacos from Mexican Rapid, like recipients checks again Back to the spot on Lexington
Babies crying, brothers dying and brothers getting Shit is deep on the And you got me locked down in cold, cold world
We be runnin' from the cops, bustin' off Shit is on the block And you got me locked down in cold, cold world, yo
No time to freeze, ease up in Grand Prixs And seize and pocket the currency Clicks control strips full are sprayed tape, barricades, sidewalks, where bodies lay Madness at twelve o'clock, midnight Stick up on the ground, broke the staircase light And I stays harassed, scramblin' for cash Jakes on my ass young is learnin' fast
and 44's Bought inside corner stores, their 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 concerns scream Some in the jet black Gallant Shot up the Chinese restaurant, for this kid Lamont I thought he was dead but instead he a kid And hit a year old girl in the head and then fled
narcotic, task force, back off fast 'Cause the crime boss is passin' off Extortions for portions of streets causes Havin' followers of trying to play 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 dominant
But you so alarmed As I on by
Babies crying, brothers dying and brothers getting Shit is on the block And you got me locked down in this cold, cold
We be runnin' from the cops, bustin' off is deep on the block And you got me locked in this cold, cold world
Babies crying, dying and brothers getting knocked Shit is on the block And you got me down in this cold, cold world
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' from the cops, off shots Shit is deep on the And you got me down in this cold, cold world