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 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 blue don't matter when you Matter of fact we in blindfolds, bunch of lost 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 with his feet up No way to police brutality Sellin' crack cocaine, makin' a salary Mexicans hoppin' the in the thousands Become cholos, one button Pendletons, stylin' Crips on the in Dodger blue with they gold chains Bloods sportin' corn rows and with the red strings Sun goin' down so them Chevys 'bout to out scratchin' themselves, stumblin' out the dope 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 is savage The way we is savage The way we is savage
So grab that gun, load clip Grab that torch, light that shit, that stick that brick, throw it. it's time to riot If you see black owned in the window, it's on fire Start here, end up there The smell of gun in the air And just so we clear, this is pain and We burn our own shit and we aware and don't the national guards to disappear We got guns too and we scared So the man, fuck the President Bush and his legislation Shit gotta change, we waitin', fuck patience Cause the government corrupt, I can it Martin, Malcolm, Huey P. And that's why the city out here lootin' How can we here and not do shit? All this smoke over the hood lookin' low clouds with no miles on fire, they broke down White people wishin' that they was at Asians frontin' like business is black owned Far from stupid, we in the stores trippin' Runnin' in swap meets for they Jordans and they Crowbars, bats, anythin' break glass They fucked Rodney King up and now it's ass So bottle rockets through the window Kids was never smokin' endo Fiends kickin' in doors, stealin' robbin' liquor stores with taped up "Duck Hunt" guns City burnin' but it's up fun guards on the corner They don't know the hood, they We was at the cops before Chris Dorner Ghetto birds flyin' the hood, they see us Showin' the fuck out, cleanin' the out Niggas mobbin' the streets pushin' big screens and baskets Starin' into the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, lootin' what they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface guns like was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the they gon' stop us? When the last 50 we accustomed to window shoppin' So we lighters to the tip of magazines 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 in my hand When my mother me sit in the van, nah fuck that Foot Locker up, wire cutters cut that Niggas Crip walkin' where Reginald truck at Police cars, drivin' by in slow mo If you white don't stop at the light, 'cause a no-no Runnin' through the malls, give us everything The first time niggas have beef with the cholos '92, lit the skyline, and why we loot? To that forbidden truth cause Adam never ate the fruit your blue suits, your badge, and them high beams We out sellin' chronic, we ain't have 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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