New York streets where killers'll walk like Pistol And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince from and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a long list of celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things kings, some 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 gon' bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I If God sent him, cause two squad entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when they I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world straight While he at centerfolds of pretty girls they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his mother the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial is over, it's real for the soldier 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, cause all we is his freedom He grabbed a court gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody everybody
Some niggas they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget Sold double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, real Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the game something crazy Sold music out the trunk of car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to me I from around them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm around the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a funeral saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He me with a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes closed Opening the hotel do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the blow, wet three kids See thought I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was with a crew, that had her people up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but me out here this how motherfuckers
All I really say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if that's how we get A shame when you ain't at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody make a change