Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks I played, b-ball That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto Was told to stay strong an' I could beat the
'Cause yo, I to play Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' swing razors in the front row, out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical pumpin' Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers they earlobes So where them go? Where the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now them here doe, so
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs 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 are back, fitted 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
Political thugs in shark suits persuade us to In army boots, yellin, "Join the 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 They won't be servin' the beast too The murderers police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's an' double
We incarnates, headed for jail Where Shell gas company in South be havin' us killed Your money was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, resurrect your life It's like a
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels 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 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
Used to wear rags on they hair it was fried up That's when we lied to, buyin' hair products Back before my generation, our blackness started disintegratin' awareness started penetratin'
The styles come prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor to prove we some creative Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without an' hard work
War is to my in chains 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 toward him, he takes two you Even all else fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was affected from an'
Do your body right an' it loves you 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' it's like
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, enjoyin' 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 they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right