New York streets where walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But a long list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the do Yeah man, throwing them my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his mother during the Hung jury, now the D.A. is being Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the Walks in the courtroom, the look in his is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to crack a smile I see him Throw up a fist for black power, all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he grabbed the judge, out, nobody leaving everybody
Some fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em niggas are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the coke game something Sold music out the of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch Southern niggas slow, nigga tried to play me I from around them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old school that me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A wrote my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I with some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a Midnight they in his room and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed Opening the hotel do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the hammers blow, wet kids See honey thought I had to do, with all the drama Cause I was with a crew, that had her people Called up my cousin, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but told me out here this how
All I gotta say is that If that's how our people get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we gon' get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody make a change