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