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 dreads at the top of my
an' Feds on the blocks where I played, b-ball That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray could see the ghetto Was told to stay strong an' I could beat the
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo seats Watchin' razors in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros Acuras pumpin' Super Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' earlobes So where them years go? the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now them shorties doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they 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 stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Political in shark suits persuade us to pull In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We lost the Vietnam War, intoxicated in arms of veterans instead of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the offices War in the ghetto, we in a barrel, they torture us won't be servin' the beast too long The murderers wearin' uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street breakers were dancin' to the I chose An' Atlantic heads was tootin' they nose In frozen of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children With an'
We incarnates, headed for jail Where Shell gas company in South Africa be us killed paper money was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect life It's a cycle
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on they hair when it was up That's when we were lied to, hair products Back before my generation, when our started disintegratin' awareness started penetratin'
The styles come from prison, used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we some Turnin' nothin' into somethin', is God An' you get nothin' without struggle an' work
War is to my in chains From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm y'all to know one thing The thing is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God
Take one step toward him, he takes two you Even when all fail, God support you I done it, got God sun on my My heart an' my lungs was affected an' gettin'
Do body right an' it loves you back You get one life, an' yo, because of that I'm still blazin', out for the cause Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, no laws An' like that
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right