I had a bad be afraid, bad dreams are only dreams What a time you to be born in
Babies crying, brothers dying and getting knocked Shit is on the block And you got me locked in this 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 by enemies who put fear Blasted on the spot before the pigs were You know hoods, robbers, snipers new in sight, fuck and white They escape before flash the fuckin' lights Gunshots, shatter first window panes Shells hit the ground and blood the dice game
Whether callisthetic, any style you set it Beat niggaz toothless, cut up like gooses But with iron on the sides took no excuses Therefore, fifty-two handblocks was useless Links was snatched off necks, on throats Jackets took, bullet rips through coats Against those who felt the cold from the steel made 'em And squeal, once the metal hit the temple of his worker, who was caught for his bomber No time to swing the hammer that was hangin' from his And it's bugged how some niggaz catch And pockets dug from everything except stubs
And it sound ill like wars in Brownsville Or fatal robberies in Red Hook feds look For fugitives to shoot cops, niggaz layin' on 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 cops creep like And born thieves stay with extra bullets Those who try to flee they hit the vertebrae, the murder rate Similar to hit men who out Tecs and then Drop those who like tacos from Mexican Rapid, like recipients cashin' again Back to the motherfuckin' spot on
Babies crying, brothers dying and brothers getting is deep on the block And you got me locked in this cold, cold world
We be runnin' from the cops, bustin' off Shit is on the block And you got me down in this cold, cold world, yo
No time to freeze, ease up in Grand Prixs And packages and pocket the currency Clicks control full clips are sprayed tape, barricades, sidewalks, where bodies lay Madness at twelve o'clock, midnight Stick up kids on the ground, the staircase light And I harassed, scramblin' for petty cash Jakes on my ass bucks is learnin' fast
and 44's Bought inside corner stores, their fire sparks the Hospital floors by the law Homicide questioning the Jakes guard the door My stay tense, loyalty puts strength in my team 'Cause niggaz main scream Some niggaz in the jet black Shot up the 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, task force, 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 actor but the Of a modern day opera, where the character Is presidential papers, the 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 this cold, cold
We be runnin' from the cops, bustin' off Shit is deep on the And you got me locked down in this cold, cold
Babies crying, brothers and brothers getting knocked Shit is deep on the And you got me locked down in this cold, cold
Babies crying, brothers and brothers getting knocked is deep on the block And you got me locked down in this cold, world
We be from the cops, bustin' off shots Shit is on the block And you got me locked down in cold, cold world