Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X hair, with dreads at the top of my fade
an' Feds on the blocks where I played, b-ball That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto Was told to stay an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony Watchin' swing razors in the front row, then out in the The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Super Lover Cee an'
Live chicks be, bustin' out of clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' they So where years go? Where the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now them shorties doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Political in shark suits persuade us to pull In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We lost the War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of instead of bigger fortunes
There's a lot of crawlin' in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we in a barrel, they torture us They be servin' the beast too long The murderers wearin' uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street breakers were to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was they nose In frozen of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children With an'
We incarnates, headed for jail Where Shell gas in South Africa be havin' us killed Your paper money was the death of An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect life It's a cycle
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Used to rags on they hair when it was fried up That's when we lied to, buyin' hair products Back before my generation, when our blackness disintegratin' 'Til awareness started
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes makin' to prove we some creative Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without an' hard work
War is necessary to my in From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm y'all to know one thing The hardest is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, wrong, but God loves
one step toward him, he takes two towards you Even when all fail, God support you I done it, got God sun on my My heart an' my lungs was affected from an'
Do your body right an' it loves you You only get one life, an' yo, of that I'm still blazin', goin' out for the Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' like that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,