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
a trap, it's a trap Why they ain't tell us red and blue don't matter when you Matter of fact we in blindfolds, bunch of souls Kids dead in the streets, now they eyes closed How you call the angels when it's getting beat up? And Gil Garcetti in his office his feet up No way to dodge brutality Sellin' crack cocaine, makin' a teacher's Mexicans hoppin' the in the thousands Become cholos, one button Pendletons, stylin' Crips on the corner in blue with they gold chains Bloods sportin' 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 make it 'fore street lights come on
The way we live is The way we live is The way we is savage The way we is savage
So grab that gun, load that that torch, light that shit, grab that stick Grab that brick, it. it's time to riot If you don't see black owned in the window, it's on Start here, end up over The smell of gun in the air And so we clear, this is pain and despair We burn our own shit and we aware and care Tell the guards to disappear We got guns too and we scared So fuck the man, fuck the President and his legislation Shit gotta change, we waitin', fuck patience Cause the government corrupt, I can it Martin, Malcolm, Huey P. And why the whole city out here lootin' How can we stand and not do shit? All this smoke over the hood lookin' low clouds Cars with no miles on fire, they broke White people wishin' that they was at Asians frontin' like business is black owned Far from stupid, we comin' in the trippin' Runnin' in meets for they Jordans and they Pippins Crowbars, bats, anythin' that glass They Rodney King up and now it's they ass So bottle rockets through the window Kids was never smokin' endo Fiends kickin' in doors, Nintendos Niggas liquor stores with taped up "Duck Hunt" guns City burnin' but fucked up fun National on the corner don't know the hood, they foreigners We was bustin' at the cops before Dorner Ghetto flyin' over the hood, they see us Showin' the out, cleanin' the trucks out Niggas down the streets pushin' big screens and baskets Starin' straight into the cameras, no ski Just pandemonium, niggas what they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface like they was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the fuck they stop us? the last 50 years we accustomed to window shoppin' So we takin' lighters to the tip of Dip 'em in and set this 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 brick in my When my mother told me sit in the van, nah that Foot Locker chained up, cutters cut that Niggas Crip walkin' where Reginald truck at Police cars, drivin' by niggas in mo If you white don't stop at the light, 'cause that's a Runnin' through the malls, give us everything The first niggas ain't have beef with the cholos '92, lit the skyline, and why we loot? To capture forbidden truth cause Adam never ate the fruit Fuck your suits, your badge, and them high beams We out here sellin' chronic, we ain't no Jimmy Iovines Shit burnin', you gon' need 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 whole watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
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