New York streets where killers'll walk like Pistol And Mason, gave the young boys admiration from Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the kept the hood from starving cars, Nicky Barnes was the 70's But there's a long 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 he asked me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I If God sent him, cause two cars entered the block And at us, I ain't flinch when they watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his case His ain't wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his mother during the 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 back I want to crack a when I see him Throw up a fist for power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, 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 double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, independent label, real Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the coke game something music out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I left around them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back 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 fools play" I with some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still in a hospital they crept in his room and shot 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 me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, 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 blow, wet three kids See honey I had something to do, with 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 gotta say is If how our people gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we gon' get up if that's how we get down? A when you ain't look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody make a change