Chorus: 2X
Yo, you gotta go, you gotta go, you go (G: And aiyyo, what you don't know, the ghetto knows)
[Kool G. New York, New York, the city never sleeps Bodies, covered in sheets, are layin in the streets Shit deep, as we creep up the block by the kids slangin rocks and holdin glocks from the cops to get props You gotta split a top, on the or get plugged in your mug, from a slug, by competitor echo throughout the city like thunder, no wonder Another six feet under You it ain't no jokin when the streetlights are broken So keep your eyes open, or get ready for a, smokin Step out of line, I hope you got nine gun son The Smith and Wess', you better press (word up) or a run for it there's too many to tackle The Big Apple'll put ass on ice like a Snapple So even I rap I gots to stay strapped act up I back up (PI-YAH) I bust a cap inside your hat Don't even pose with them hoes, the swinger you chose just might be down the foes, only the shadow knows And ain't no lollipop, over here only the shottie pops (BOOM) Now just sit back and the bodies drop The gunmen got the bigger niggaz runnin The shorties (what) the (what) the shorties are comin to push a nigga wig back, and leave his ass flat on his The motherfuckin ghetto knows, and it's like
[Kool G. Today's headlines, nigga dead Six to the body and fo' to the Followed the red bitch in the bed full of A drug-related case and now the is filled with Feds Ramshacked the shack, 'bout two kilos of dope Two ounces of coke's caught in the of his coat So, another caught the ultimate surprise with blown out brains, to drop on his eyes Dazed as I sit and watch the channel two news Watchin his family goin all the boo-hoos You lose, like an Ill Street, the are gettin deeper Nothin left in the room except for him, the Reaper Police are takin ? snapshots, scoop up some Pull out a file on a juvenile of mugshots The cops knew he fell victim to laws on the So they just, pull out the white sheets, to up the dead meat Seal off the with yellow tape, draw the white chalk the body now the party has to motivate One more outlaw, was murdered on the for the green Died at the age of
[Kool G. Strollin the concrete, my heat, walkin the backstreets I seen niggaz up, peepin me out the side a black Jeep Six feet deep, that's where I'm goin if I'm Steady cockin my shit cause I got the clip in Now who's the first nigga to run up, they come up the block hardrocks glocks rollin holdin they guns up I buck, I buck, and then I struck one in the Nigga shoulda a vest but now his ass is put to rest But now I got three mo' niggaz, triggers Strays are ricochetin off the bricks, zigga But who got the biggest strap? Who's bustin bigger My BOOM BOOMS against they PAP PAP PAPS No haps, G. Rap ain't goin out like a I the shot and dropped another motherfucker Quick, I duck and shit to dodge the bullets at me Cause I won't be too happy a slug inside my nappy Two more niggaz left, scared to death, but I'm leary Shit gets kinda scary I got bulletholes near me I between two cars, lettin off the quarter pound I see another fallin down to the ground Quick I run up on him cause I don't think that he's Standin over his ass I put two inside his head That's three niggaz down, only got one to go I to send his ass to the gravedigger so I lay low in the cut and for moneygrip to slip up Nearly shot my whole clip up, I got one slug to rip up Look over by the GS, see his ass stickin his out Boom, let the out, blew a piece of his brain dead out the of his head, now he's dead, because he fell face down right on the motherfuckin that he dwelled
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