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 at the top of my fade
an' Feds on the blocks where I played, b-ball That's I wondered 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
yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' swing razors in the front row, then out in the The car show, 560's, afros Acuras Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers they earlobes So them years go? Where the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now shorties here doe, so
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, one mo' time
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 enjoyin' ride, right
Political thugs in suits persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us They won't be servin' the too long The wearin' police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street breakers dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, up Llama's children With an'
We devil incarnates, for jail Where Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us Your paper money was the of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just your life like a cycle
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
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, right
Used to wear rags on hair when it was fried up when we were lied to, buyin' hair products Back before my generation, our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness started
The styles from prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we 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 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 it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was from an' gettin'
Do body right an' it loves you back You only get one life, an' yo, of that I'm still blazin', out for the cause Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' like that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right