Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X Clan hair, with dreads at the top of my
Homicide an' on the blocks where I played, b-ball That's I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles could see the Was told to stay 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, afros Acuras pumpin' Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' they So where them years go? Where the old gold beers an' go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Island bustin', still 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, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's 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 instead of bigger fortunes
There's a lot of crawlin' in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they us They won't be servin' the too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate 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 With an'
We incarnates, headed for jail Where Shell gas in South Africa be havin' us killed paper money was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just your life It's like a
The doo are back, fitted 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, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted 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
Used to wear rags on they 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 come from prison, used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we creative nothin' into somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' struggle an' hard work
War is necessary to my in From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to one thing The thing is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, wrong, but God loves
Take one step him, he takes two towards you Even all else fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My an' my lungs was affected from an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it you back You only get one life, an' yo, because of I'm still blazin', goin' out for the rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no laws An' like that
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's 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', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,