Bob, you can pan over a little bit. Look at this right here, 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, it's a Why they ain't tell us red and don't matter when you black? Matter of fact we in blindfolds, of lost souls Kids shot dead in the streets, now eyes closed How you call the angels it's kings getting beat up? And Gil Garcetti in his office his feet up No way to dodge police crack cocaine, makin' a teacher's salary Mexicans hoppin' the in the thousands Become cholos, one Pendletons, they stylin' Crips on the corner in blue with they gold 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 make it home street lights come on
The way we is savage The way we live is The way we live is The way we live is
So grab gun, load that clip Grab that torch, that shit, grab that stick Grab 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 of gun powder in the air And just so we clear, this is pain and 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 Bush and his Shit gotta change, we ain't waitin', fuck the government corrupt, I can prove it Martin, Malcolm, P. Newton And that's why the whole out here lootin' How can we here and not do shit? All this smoke over the hood like low clouds Cars with no miles on fire, broke down people wishin' that they was at home Asians frontin' like business is black owned Far from stupid, we in the stores trippin' Runnin' in swap meets for Jordans and they Pippins Crowbars, bats, anythin' break glass They fucked Rodney King up and now they ass So it's rockets through the window Kids was never smokin' endo kickin' in doors, stealin' 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, they We was bustin' at the cops Chris Dorner Ghetto birds over the hood, they see us the fuck out, cleanin' the trucks out Niggas mobbin' down the streets pushin' big screens and Starin' into the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, niggas lootin' they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface guns like they was Tony and Who, what, where, when, how the fuck gon' stop us? When the last 50 years we accustomed to window So we takin' to the tip of magazines 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 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 niggas in mo If you white don't stop at the light, that's a no-no Runnin' through the malls, us everything polo The first time 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 Fuck your blue suits, badge, and them high beams We out here sellin' chronic, we have no Jimmy Iovines burnin', you gon' need more than Visine We makin' a better than anyone that I've seen be on Showtime, HBO, Cinemax Get a match, we gon' make sure that remember that (fire)
The whole watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
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