Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks I played, b-ball That's when I wondered was I here for the cause, or 'Cause Ray could see the ghetto Was told to strong an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo seats Watchin' swing razors in the row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live be, bustin' out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' earlobes So where them years go? Where the old gold beers an' go? But now them shorties doe, so
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Political thugs in shark suits us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans instead of bigger
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they us They be servin' the beast too long The wearin' police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree heads was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up children an' double
We devil incarnates, headed for Where Shell gas company in Africa be havin' us killed Your paper money was the of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just your life like a cycle
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Used to wear rags on hair when it was fried up That's when we were lied to, buyin' products Back before my generation, when our started disintegratin' 'Til awareness penetratin'
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes liquor Just to prove we creative nothin' into somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without struggle an' work
War is necessary to my in From to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one thing The hardest is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, wrong, but God loves
one step toward him, he takes two towards you Even all else fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was from an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it you back You get one life, an' yo, because of that I'm still blazin', goin' out for the Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' it's that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right