Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X hair, with dreads at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the where I played, b-ball That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto Was to stay strong an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I to play Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' razors in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Super Cee an' Casanova
chicks be, bustin' out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers they earlobes So where them years go? the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now them here doe, so
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
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 enjoyin' ride, right
Political in shark suits persuade us to pull In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the carpet War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us They won't be the beast too long The wearin' police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's With an'
We devil incarnates, for jail Where Shell gas company in Africa be havin' us killed paper money was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect life It's a cycle
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the 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 Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on they hair it was fried up That's when we were lied to, hair products Back before my generation, when our started disintegratin' awareness started penetratin'
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes liquor Just to prove we some nothin' into somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without struggle an' work
War is to my in chains From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' to know one thing The hardest thing is to forgive, but God Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God
Take one step toward him, he takes two you when 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 an' it loves you back You get one life, an' yo, because of that I'm still blazin', goin' out for the rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no laws An' it's that
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels 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, 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, right