Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, dreads at the top of my fade
an' Feds on the blocks where I played, b-ball That's I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray could see the ghetto Was told to stay an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Balcony seats Watchin' swing razors in the front row, out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros Acuras Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of they Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers they earlobes So where them years go? Where the old gold beers an' go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
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' life's ride,
Political thugs in shark suits us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of instead of bigger fortunes
still a lot of crawlin' in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we in a barrel, they torture us They won't be servin' the beast too The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate I burn
Beat street breakers dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' they In corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children With an'
We incarnates, headed for jail Where Shell gas company in South Africa be us killed Your paper money was the of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just your life It's a cycle
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Used to wear on they hair when it was fried up That's we were lied to, buyin' hair products before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness penetratin'
The styles come from prison, they used makin' liquor Just to prove we some Turnin' nothin' into somethin', is God An' you get nothin' without an' hard work
War is necessary to my in From to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one thing The hardest is to forgive, but God does Even if you or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God loves
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 an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it you back 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' like that
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,