Chorus: 2X
Yo, you go, you gotta go, you gotta go (G: And aiyyo, you don't know, believe the ghetto knows)
G. Rap] 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 stolen from the to get props You gotta a top, on the regular or get plugged in your mug, from a slug, by competitor echo throughout the city like thunder, no wonder Another six feet under You know it ain't no jokin when the streetlights are So keep your open, or get ready for a, smokin 'loc Step out of line, I hope you got your gun son The Smith and Wess', you press 9-1-1 (word up) or make a run for it there's too to tackle The Big Apple'll put ass on ice like a Snapple So even though I rap I gots to stay Niggaz act up I up (PI-YAH) I a cap inside your fuckin hat Don't even pose with them hoes, the swinger that you just might be with the foes, only the shadow knows And ain't no lollipop, lollipop over here only the pops (BOOM) Now sit back and watch the bodies drop The younger gunmen got the niggaz runnin The shorties (what) the shorties (what) the are comin to a nigga wig back, and leave his ass flat on his back 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 in the bed full of lead A drug-related case and now the place is with Feds the shack, disclouse 'bout two kilos of dope Two ounces of coke's in the pocket of his coat So, another brother caught the ultimate blown out brains, to drop stains 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 except for him, the Grim Reaper are takin ? snapshots, scoop up some blooddrops Pull out a file on a child of mugshots The cops knew he fell victim to on the street So just, pull out the white sheets, to cover 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. the concrete, packin my heat, walkin the backstreets I seen pull up, peepin me out the side a black Jeep Six deep, that's where I'm goin if I'm slippin Steady cockin my cause I already got the clip in Now who's the first nigga to run up, here come up the block with 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 are ricochetin off the bricks, zigga zigga But who got the biggest Who's bustin bigger caps? My BOOM BOOM BOOMS they PAP PAP PAPS No haps, G. Rap ain't goin out a sucker I reloaded the shot and another motherfucker Quick, I duck and shit to dodge the bullets at me Cause I be too happy with a slug inside my nappy Two more left, they scared to death, but I'm leary Shit kinda scary when I got bulletholes near me I went between two cars, lettin off the quarter I see another body fallin to the ground Quick I run up on him cause I don't think he's dead Standin over his ass I put two more inside his That's three down, only got one nigga to go I gots to his ass to the gravedigger so I lay low in the cut and wait for moneygrip to up shot my whole clip up, I got one more slug to rip up Look over by the GS, see his ass stickin his out Boom, let the lead out, a piece of his brain dead out the back of his head, now he's dead, because he fell down right on the streets that he dwelled
2.5X