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 been seeing all night
It's a trap, a trap Why they ain't tell us red and blue don't matter when you of fact we in blindfolds, bunch of lost souls Kids dead in the streets, now they eyes closed How you call the when it's kings getting beat up? And Gil Garcetti in his office with his up No way to dodge brutality Sellin' crack cocaine, makin' a teacher's Mexicans the borders in the thousands Become cholos, one button Pendletons, stylin' Crips on the corner in blue with they gold chains Bloods corn rows and Chucks with the red strings Sun goin' down so them Chevys to roll out Fiends scratchin' themselves, stumblin' out the house Niggas tyin' bandanas, 'bout to put the on Kids tryna it home 'fore street lights come on
The way we is savage The way we live is The way we live is The way we is savage
So that gun, load that clip that torch, light that shit, grab that stick Grab brick, throw it. it's time to riot If you don't see owned in the window, it's on fire Start here, end up there The of gun powder in the air And so we clear, this is pain and despair We burn our own shit and we aware and care Tell the national guards to We got guns too and we scared So fuck the man, fuck the President and his legislation Shit change, we ain't waitin', fuck patience Cause the government corrupt, I can it Martin, Malcolm, P. Newton And that's why the whole out here lootin' How can we stand here and not do All this smoke over the hood lookin' like low with no miles on fire, they broke down White people that they was at home frontin' like they business is black owned Far from stupid, we comin' in the stores Runnin' in swap meets for they Jordans and Pippins Crowbars, bats, that break glass They fucked Rodney up and now it's they ass So bottle rockets through the window Kids that was smokin' endo Fiends in doors, stealin' Nintendos robbin' liquor stores with taped up "Duck Hunt" guns City burnin' but it's up fun National on the corner don't know the hood, they foreigners We was bustin' at the cops Chris Dorner Ghetto birds over the hood, they see us Showin' the fuck out, cleanin' the out Niggas down the streets pushin' big screens and baskets Starin' straight the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, lootin' what they homies in around with Scarface guns like they was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the they gon' stop us? When the last 50 years we accustomed to 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 with a brick in my hand When my mother told me sit in the van, nah that Foot Locker chained up, cutters cut that Niggas Crip where Reginald Denny's truck at Police cars, drivin' by in slow mo If you white don't stop at the light, 'cause that's a Runnin' the malls, give us everything polo The first time niggas ain't have beef the cholos '92, lit the skyline, and why we loot? To capture that forbidden cause Adam never ate the fruit Fuck your blue suits, your badge, and them beams We out here sellin' chronic, we ain't have no Iovines Shit burnin', you need more than Visine We a movie better than anyone that I've seen Should be on Showtime, HBO, Get a match, we gon' make sure y'all remember that (fire)
The whole watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
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