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