Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest up to bat at home plate was a uncanny era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with dreads at the top of my
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks where I played, That's when I wondered was I for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles see the ghetto Was told to stay strong an' I beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony Watchin' razors in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros pumpin' Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of clothes lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' they earlobes So where them go? Where 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 stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Political thugs in suits persuade us to pull In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans instead of fortunes
There's still a lot of in the carpet 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
street breakers were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up children an' double
We incarnates, headed for jail 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, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Used to rags on they hair when it was fried up That's when we lied to, buyin' hair products before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness started
The styles from prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we creative Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work 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 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 from an'
Do your body right an' it you back You only get one life, an' yo, of that I'm blazin', goin' out for the cause Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, no laws An' it's that
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
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' life's ride,