Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest up to bat at home plate was a uncanny era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with 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 strong an' I could beat the
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo seats Watchin' swing in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Lover Cee an' Casanova
chicks be, bustin' out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' they So where them years go? Where the old gold beers an' go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Political thugs in shark suits persuade us to In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of instead of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they us They won't be the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, flags I burn
Beat street breakers were dancin' to the I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' they 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 money was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect life It's like a
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on hair when it was fried up That's we were lied to, buyin' hair products before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness penetratin'
The styles come from prison, they used makin' liquor Just to prove we 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 wantin' y'all to know one The thing 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 else fail, God you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was affected an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it you back You only get one life, an' yo, because of I'm blazin', goin' out for the cause rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no laws An' it's that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's 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 bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right