Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, dreads at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks I played, b-ball when I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray could see the ghetto Was to stay strong an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Balcony seats swing razors in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros Acuras pumpin' Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers they earlobes So where them years go? Where the old gold beers an' go? But now them here doe, so
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Political thugs in shark persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the Vietnam War, poisons in arms of veterans instead of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us They won't be the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate I burn
Beat street breakers dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up children With an'
We devil incarnates, for jail Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed Your paper was the death of Christ An' all shorties comin' up, just resurrect your life It's like a
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on they hair when it was up That's we were lied to, buyin' hair products Back before my generation, when our blackness disintegratin' 'Til started penetratin'
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes liquor to prove we some creative Turnin' nothin' into somethin', is God An' you get without struggle an' hard work
War is to my in chains From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to one thing The hardest is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God
Take one toward him, he takes two towards you when all else fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was affected an' gettin'
Do your body an' it loves you back You get one life, an' yo, because of that I'm still blazin', goin' out for the rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no laws An' it's that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right