Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest 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 where I played, 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 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 Acuras pumpin' Super Lover Cee an'
Live be, bustin' out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' earlobes So where them go? Where the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now them shorties doe, so
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
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, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Political thugs in shark persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed 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 in a barrel, they 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' Atlantic heads was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, up Llama's children With an'
We incarnates, headed for jail Where gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed Your paper money was the of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect life It's like a
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, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still life's ride, right
to wear rags on they hair when it was fried up That's when we lied to, buyin' hair products Back before my generation, when our started disintegratin' awareness started penetratin'
The styles from prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we creative Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work 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 hardest thing is to forgive, but God Even if you or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God loves
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 an' my lungs was affected from an' gettin'
Do your body an' it loves 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 rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's 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