Bob, you can pan over a little bit. 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 this all night
It's a trap, a trap Why they ain't us red and blue 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 the angels when it's kings getting beat up? And Gil in his office with his feet up No way to dodge brutality Sellin' cocaine, makin' a teacher's salary Mexicans hoppin' the borders in the Become cholos, one button Pendletons, they Crips on the corner in Dodger with they gold chains Bloods sportin' corn and Chucks with the red strings Sun goin' down so them Chevys 'bout to out Fiends scratchin' themselves, out the dope house Niggas bandanas, 'bout to put the drum on Kids tryna make it home 'fore street lights on
The way we is savage The way we live is The way we live is The way we live is
So grab that gun, load clip that torch, light that shit, grab that stick Grab that brick, throw it. time to riot If you don't see owned in the window, it's on fire Start here, end up there The smell of gun in the air And just so we clear, is pain and despair We burn our own shit and we aware and don't Tell the national to disappear We got guns too and we ain't So fuck the man, fuck the President Bush and his Shit gotta change, we ain't waitin', patience Cause the corrupt, I can prove it Martin, Malcolm, P. Newton And that's why the whole out here lootin' How can we stand here and not do All smoke over the hood lookin' like low clouds Cars with no miles on fire, broke down White people that they was at home Asians frontin' like business is black owned Far stupid, we comin' in the stores trippin' Runnin' in swap meets for Jordans and they Pippins Crowbars, bats, anythin' break glass They fucked Rodney up and now it's they ass So it's rockets through the window Kids that was never endo Fiends kickin' in doors, Nintendos Niggas robbin' liquor stores with up "Duck Hunt" guns City but it's fucked up fun guards on the corner They don't know the hood, they We was bustin' at the cops before Chris Ghetto flyin' over the hood, they see us Showin' the fuck out, cleanin' the out Niggas mobbin' down the pushin' big screens and baskets Starin' straight the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, niggas lootin' they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface like they was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the they gon' stop us? When the last 50 we accustomed to window shoppin' So we takin' lighters to the tip of Dip 'em in gasoline and set this on (fire)
The whole world watchin', Los is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
Standin' on the corner a brick in my hand my mother told me sit in the van, nah fuck that Foot Locker chained up, wire cutters cut Niggas Crip where Reginald Denny's truck at Police cars, by niggas in slow mo If you white don't stop at the light, that's a no-no through the malls, give us everything polo The first niggas ain't have beef with the cholos '92, lit the skyline, and why we loot? To capture that forbidden truth Adam never ate the fruit your blue suits, your badge, and them high beams We out here sellin' chronic, we ain't have no Jimmy burnin', you gon' need more than Visine We a movie better 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 watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
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