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, a trap Why ain't tell us red and blue don't matter when you black? Matter of we in blindfolds, bunch of lost souls shot dead in the streets, now they eyes closed How you call the angels when it's kings beat up? And Gil Garcetti in his office with his up No way to police brutality crack cocaine, makin' a teacher's salary Mexicans hoppin' the borders in the Become cholos, one button Pendletons, they Crips on the corner in Dodger blue with they gold 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, to put the drum on Kids tryna make it home 'fore street come on
The way we live is The way we live is The way we live is The way we live is
So grab that gun, that clip Grab that torch, light that shit, grab that Grab that brick, it. it's time to riot If you don't see black in the window, it's on fire 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 don't Tell the guards to disappear We got too and we ain't 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, P. Newton And why the whole city out here lootin' How can we stand and not do shit? All smoke over the hood lookin' like low clouds Cars no miles on fire, they broke down people wishin' that they was at home Asians frontin' like they business is black Far from stupid, we comin' in the trippin' Runnin' in swap meets for they and they Pippins Crowbars, bats, that break glass They fucked Rodney King up and now they ass So it's bottle rockets the window Kids that was never smokin' Fiends kickin' in doors, stealin' robbin' liquor stores with taped up "Duck Hunt" guns City but it's fucked up fun National on the corner They don't know the hood, they We was bustin' at the before Chris Dorner Ghetto flyin' over the hood, they see us the fuck out, cleanin' the trucks out Niggas mobbin' down the pushin' big screens and baskets Starin' into the cameras, no ski mask Just pandemonium, niggas lootin' they homies in Runnin' around with Scarface guns like was Tony and them Who, what, where, when, how the fuck they stop us? When the last 50 years we accustomed to window 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 brick in my When my told me sit in the van, nah fuck that Foot Locker chained up, wire cutters cut Niggas Crip walkin' Reginald Denny's truck at Police cars, drivin' by in slow mo If you don't stop at the light, 'cause that's a no-no Runnin' through the malls, give us everything The first time ain't have beef with the cholos '92, fire lit the skyline, and why we To capture that forbidden truth cause 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 movie better than anyone that seen be on Showtime, HBO, Cinemax Get a match, we gon' make sure that y'all that (fire)
The whole watchin', Los Angeles is on (fire) Yeah, (fire) 1992, was you for the (fire?)
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