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 the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But a long list of high-profile celebrities on the thorough side of things Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my to what the dice do Yeah man, them bones my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing While he looking at of pretty girls Showing 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 jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's for the soldier in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to crack a smile I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his He grabbed a officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the coke something crazy music out the trunk 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 ain't slow, nigga to play me I left from them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old school 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 with some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho The nigga still alive in a they crept in his room 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 mack Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my were closed the hotel room do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three See honey 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 told me out here this how
All I gotta say is that If how our people gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if that's how we get A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta make a