New streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince from and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But there's a list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day me, as I'm about to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I well he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad entered the block And at us, I ain't flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing them Hoping my ace get his case His girl wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, his mother during the case jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, real for the soldier 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 grabbed a court officer's gun and squeezing he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck enemies in they ass when they catch 'em niggas are dangerous, so don't 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 coke something crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, that amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, or something a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas slow, nigga tried to play me I left 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 dawg Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed Opening the 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 thought I had something to do, all the drama Cause I was with a crew, that had her killed Called up my cousin, told him I fucking with you He cool, but told me out here this how motherfuckers
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 how we get down? A shame you ain't look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody gotta make a