Bob, you can pan over a little bit. Look at this right here, this is a suburban type Jeep with a sharp shooter peering outside of the sunroof with an automatic rifle. It appears to be a scene you might see in Operation Desert Storm and we've seeing this all night
a trap, it's a trap Why they ain't tell us red and don't matter when you black? Matter of fact we in blindfolds, bunch of lost Kids shot dead in the streets, now eyes closed How you call the angels when kings getting beat up? And Gil in his office with his feet up No way to dodge police Sellin' crack cocaine, makin' a salary hoppin' the borders in the thousands Become cholos, one Pendletons, they stylin' Crips on the corner in blue with they gold chains Bloods sportin' corn rows and with the red strings Sun goin' down so them Chevys 'bout to out scratchin' themselves, stumblin' out the dope house Niggas bandanas, 'bout to put the drum on Kids tryna it home 'fore street lights come on
The way we live is The way we is savage The way we is savage The way we live is
So grab that gun, load clip Grab that torch, that shit, grab that stick Grab that brick, throw it. it's to riot If you see black owned in the window, it's on fire here, end up over there The smell of gun in the air And just so we clear, this is and despair We burn our own shit and we aware and care the national guards to disappear We got too and we ain't scared So fuck the man, fuck the President and his legislation Shit gotta change, we ain't waitin', fuck Cause the corrupt, I can prove it Martin, Malcolm, Huey P. And that's why the city out here lootin' How can we stand and not do shit? All this smoke over the hood like low clouds Cars with no miles on fire, they down White people wishin' that they was at Asians like they business is black owned Far from stupid, we in the stores trippin' Runnin' in swap meets for Jordans and they Pippins Crowbars, bats, anythin' that glass They fucked King up and now it's they ass So it's bottle rockets through the Kids was never smokin' endo kickin' in doors, stealin' Nintendos Niggas liquor stores with taped up "Duck Hunt" guns City burnin' but it's up fun guards on the corner They don't know the hood, foreigners We was bustin' at the cops before Dorner Ghetto flyin' over the hood, they see us Showin' the fuck out, the trucks out Niggas mobbin' down the pushin' big screens and baskets Starin' straight into the cameras, no ski Just pandemonium, lootin' what they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface like they was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the fuck gon' stop us? When the last 50 years we to window shoppin' So we lighters to the tip of magazines Dip 'em in gasoline and set this on (fire)
The whole watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
Standin' on the corner with a in my hand When my told me sit in the van, nah fuck that Foot Locker chained up, wire cutters cut Niggas Crip walkin' Reginald Denny's truck at Police cars, drivin' by in slow mo If you white don't at the light, 'cause that's a no-no Runnin' through the malls, give us everything The first time niggas ain't beef with the cholos '92, lit the skyline, and why we loot? To capture that forbidden truth Adam never ate the fruit Fuck your blue suits, your badge, and high beams We out here sellin' chronic, we ain't no Jimmy Iovines Shit burnin', you gon' need than Visine We makin' a movie than anyone that I've seen be on Showtime, HBO, Cinemax Get a match, we gon' make that y'all remember that (fire)
The whole world watchin', Los is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
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