New York streets where killers'll walk like Pistol And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from Street legends, the kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a long list of celebrities Worldwide on the side of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day me, as I'm about to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when they I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing them Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of 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 jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his He a court officer's gun and started squeezing Then he the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em make you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs 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 they car, that amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch Southern ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I left 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 dude wrote my dawg Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I rolled with some down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a Midnight they in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano 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 something to do, all the drama Cause I was with a crew, had her people killed Called up my cousin, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but told me out this how motherfuckers
All I really say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we ever gon' get up if that's how we get A when you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody make a change