New York streets killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys from Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I well 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 squad cars entered the And looked at us, I ain't flinch when they I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world hoeing While he at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they little cooch, don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his during the case jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, independent label, real Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling had the coke game something crazy Sold music out the trunk of car, that shit amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to me I left from around them dudes, they but they crazy Now I'm back around the old that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my dawg Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled with some Crips to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men and I knew the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma mack Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were Opening the room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the hammers blow, wet three See honey I had something to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I 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 ever gon' get up if that's how we get A shame you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody make a change