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
It's a trap, a trap Why they ain't tell us red and blue don't when you black? of fact we in blindfolds, bunch of lost souls Kids shot dead in the streets, now they closed How you call the when it's kings getting beat up? And Gil Garcetti in his office his feet up No way to police brutality Sellin' cocaine, makin' a teacher's salary Mexicans hoppin' the borders in the Become cholos, one button Pendletons, stylin' Crips on the corner in Dodger blue 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 make it home 'fore street lights come on
The way we live is The way we live is The way we is savage The way we live is
So grab that gun, that clip that torch, light that shit, grab that stick Grab that brick, it. it's time 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 pain and We burn our own and we aware and don't care the national guards to disappear We got guns too and we scared So fuck the man, fuck the President and his legislation Shit gotta change, we ain't waitin', 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 and not do shit? All smoke over the hood lookin' like low clouds Cars with no miles on fire, broke down White people wishin' that was at home Asians frontin' they business is black owned Far from stupid, we comin' in the stores Runnin' in meets for they Jordans and they Pippins Crowbars, bats, anythin' that break They fucked King up and now it's they ass So it's bottle rockets through the Kids that was smokin' endo Fiends kickin' in doors, Nintendos Niggas robbin' stores 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 before Dorner birds flyin' over the hood, they see us Showin' the fuck out, the trucks out Niggas mobbin' the streets pushin' big screens and baskets Starin' into the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, niggas what they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface guns they was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the fuck gon' stop us? When the last 50 years we accustomed to shoppin' So we takin' lighters to the tip of Dip 'em in gasoline and set this on (fire)
The world watchin', Los Angeles 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 walkin' where Reginald Denny's at cars, drivin' by niggas 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 with the '92, fire lit the skyline, and why we To capture that forbidden truth cause never ate the fruit Fuck blue suits, your badge, and them high beams We out here sellin' chronic, we have no Jimmy Iovines Shit burnin', you gon' more than Visine We makin' a movie better anyone that I've seen Should be on Showtime, HBO, Get a match, we gon' sure 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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