New York streets where killers'll walk like Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from legends, the drugs kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a long list of high-profile on the thorough side of things Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a teen drunk off brew, I wondered If God sent him, two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do Yeah man, throwing them Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they little cooch, don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is being Pre-trial is over, it's real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I to crack a smile when I see him up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, independent label, killers Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the coke game crazy music out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to them Southern niggas slow, nigga tried to play me I from around 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 my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled with some Crips to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, mack 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 thought I had to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't with you He responded cool, but told me out here how motherfuckers
All I gotta say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A when you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta make a