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 been this all night
a trap, it's a trap Why they ain't tell us red and blue don't matter when you of fact we in blindfolds, bunch of lost souls Kids shot dead in the streets, now eyes closed How you call the angels when it's getting beat up? And Gil Garcetti in his with his feet up No way to police brutality Sellin' crack cocaine, a teacher's salary Mexicans hoppin' the in the thousands cholos, one button Pendletons, they stylin' Crips on the corner in Dodger blue with gold chains sportin' corn rows and Chucks with the red strings Sun down so them Chevys 'bout to roll out Fiends scratchin' themselves, stumblin' out the house Niggas tyin' bandanas, 'bout to put the on Kids tryna make it home 'fore lights come on
The way we live is The way we live is The way we is savage The way we live is
So that gun, load that clip Grab that torch, light that shit, grab that Grab that brick, throw it. it's to riot If you don't see 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, is pain and despair We burn our own and we aware and don't care Tell the guards to disappear We got guns too and we ain't So fuck the man, fuck the Bush and his legislation Shit gotta change, we ain't waitin', fuck Cause the government corrupt, I can it Martin, Malcolm, P. Newton And that's why the whole city out here How can we stand and not do shit? All smoke over the hood lookin' like low clouds Cars with no miles on fire, they down White people wishin' that was at home frontin' like they business is black owned Far from stupid, we comin' in the trippin' Runnin' in swap meets for they Jordans and they Crowbars, bats, anythin' that break They fucked Rodney up and now it's they ass So it's bottle rockets through the Kids that was never endo kickin' in doors, stealin' Nintendos Niggas robbin' stores with taped up "Duck Hunt" guns City burnin' but fucked up fun National guards on the They don't know the hood, foreigners We was bustin' at the cops before Dorner birds flyin' over the hood, they see us Showin' the out, cleanin' the trucks out Niggas down the streets pushin' big screens and baskets straight into the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, niggas what they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface guns like they was and them Who, what, where, when, how the fuck gon' stop us? When the last 50 years we accustomed to window So we lighters to the tip of magazines Dip 'em in gasoline and set motherfucker on (fire)
The whole watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
Standin' on the corner a brick in my hand When my told me sit in the van, nah fuck that Foot Locker chained up, wire cut that Niggas Crip walkin' where Reginald Denny's at Police cars, drivin' by in slow mo If you white don't stop at the light, 'cause that's a Runnin' through the malls, give us 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 Fuck your suits, your badge, and them high beams We out here sellin' chronic, we ain't have no Jimmy Shit burnin', you gon' need than Visine We makin' a movie better than anyone that seen Should be on Showtime, HBO, Get a match, we gon' sure 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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