Pushin' drop-tops, Lattisaw tapes, the 80's 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
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks I played, b-ball That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles could see the Was told to stay strong an' I beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' swing razors in the row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros pumpin' Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door pealin' they earlobes So where years go? Where the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Island bustin', still 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, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Political in shark suits persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the Vietnam War, intoxicated Needles in arms of 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 won't be servin' the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, flags I burn
Beat street breakers were dancin' to the I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' nose In frozen of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children With an'
We incarnates, headed for jail Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed Your paper was the death of Christ An' all these comin' up, just resurrect your life like a cycle
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' 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, fitted hats, snorkels an' Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Used to wear on they hair when it was fried up That's we were lied to, buyin' hair products before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness started
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes makin' to prove we some creative Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without an' hard work
War is necessary to my in Greene 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, it's wrong, but God
Take one step 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 was affected from an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it loves you 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, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right