New York streets killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But there's a list 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 of Vernon, I turned well he asked me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a teen drunk off brew, I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do Yeah man, throwing them my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world straight While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die living proof The D.A. who him was lying A dude, killed his mother 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 aisle 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 squeezing he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass they catch 'em niggas are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year I won't forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, independent label, killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they had the coke game something crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, that amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, 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 dawg 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 many men and I knew the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and shot the too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, I'ma mack daddy She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, thought my were closed Opening the hotel room do', to let her in But I moved in a manner, on Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three 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, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but told me out here how motherfuckers
All I really say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we gon' get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta a change