New York streets where killers'll walk like Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the boys admiration Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a long list of high-profile Worldwide on the thorough side of Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm about to heat of Vernon, I turned well he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I If God sent him, cause two cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do Yeah man, them bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing he looking at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is being Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is 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 is his freedom He grabbed a officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving
Some niggas fuck enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They make you, disappear, this a year I won't forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs niggas, independent label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the coke game 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 them niggas ain't slow, nigga tried 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 my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I rolled with Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He plugged me with a who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma mack Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the Should of tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed the hotel room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three See honey thought I had something to do, with all the Cause I was with a crew, that had her killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't with you He responded cool, but told me out here how motherfuckers
All I really gotta say is If that's how our 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