New York streets where killers'll like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from Street legends, the kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But a long list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the side of things kings, some died, one guy, one time 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 bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I If God sent him, two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I flinch when they watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the 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 hearing is over, real for the soldier 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 up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a officer's gun and started squeezing he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when they 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, real Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the coke game crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, that amazed me Put me onto blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga 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 wrote my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a 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 shot the too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, I'ma daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my were closed the hotel room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on Jet Li shit I let the blow, wet three kids See thought I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but told me out here this how
All I gotta say is that 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 shame you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta a change