Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at plate was a uncanny era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with dreads at the top of my
Homicide an' Feds on the where I played, b-ball That's when I wondered was I for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles could see the Was to stay strong an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I 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, 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, still life's ride, one mo' time
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, 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 of veterans instead of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the carpet War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they us They won't be servin' the beast too The murderers wearin' uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat breakers were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's With an'
We devil incarnates, headed for Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed Your paper money was the of Christ An' all these shorties up, just resurrect your life like a cycle
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or 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 stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Used to wear 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' 'Til awareness 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' struggle an' hard work
War is to my in chains From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm 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 toward him, he two towards you when all else fail, God support you I done it, got God sun on my My heart an' my lungs was from an' gettin'
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 rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no laws An' like that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or 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 drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still life's ride, right