Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my 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 for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles see the ghetto Was to stay strong an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Balcony seats Watchin' swing in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical pumpin' Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of they Wearin' lip gloss, big door pealin' they earlobes So where them years go? 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 life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Political thugs in shark suits persuade us to In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We lost the Vietnam War, poisons Needles in arms of 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 They won't be servin' the too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate I burn
Beat street breakers 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 gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed paper money was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just your life It's like a
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, one mo'
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, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on they when it was fried up That's when we were lied to, buyin' hair Back my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' awareness started penetratin'
The styles come prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor to prove we some creative Turnin' nothin' into somethin', is God An' you get nothin' without struggle an' hard
War is to my in chains From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one The thing is to forgive, but God does if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God loves
Take one step him, he takes two towards 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 right an' it loves you back 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' like that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Island 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, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right