New York streets where walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a list of high-profile celebrities on the thorough side of things Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad entered the block And looked at us, I flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my Staring at a disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, them bones my ace get his case thrown His girl wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing he looking at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, his mother during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial is over, it's real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to a smile when I see him Throw up a for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving
Some niggas fuck they in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, a year that I won't forget CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the coke game crazy music out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm 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, cool but they crazy Now I'm around the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got 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 nigga still alive in a Midnight they in his room and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He me with a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, my eyes were closed Opening the hotel room do', to let her in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the hammers blow, wet kids See honey thought I had something to do, with all the Cause I was with a crew, had her people killed Called up my cousin, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but me out here this how motherfuckers
All I really gotta say is If that's how our gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if how we get down? A shame when you look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody gotta make a