New York streets where killers'll like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from legends, the drugs kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But there's a long list of celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm to blast heat of Vernon, I turned well he asked me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad cars the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when they I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair Staring at a young disciple, I gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, them bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His ain't wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his mother during the Hung jury, now the D.A. is being Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when catch 'em niggas are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year I won't forget CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the coke game something Sold out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga to play me I left from around them dudes, they cool but crazy Now I'm back around the old school that me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude my dawg from Pelican Bay The say, "Nas I got your back, the fools don't play" I with some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, my eyes were closed the hotel room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the hammers blow, wet three See honey I had something to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't with you He responded cool, but told me out this how motherfuckers
All I really gotta say is If that's how our people get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody make a change