New streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Mason, gave the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and from Harlem legends, the drugs kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But a long 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 about to 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 cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost my life to what the dice do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world straight While he looking at centerfolds of pretty they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his mother during the jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial is over, it's real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to crack a smile 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 the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a that I won't forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, independent label, real the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the coke game crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, that shit me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to me I left from around them dudes, cool but they 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 letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a funeral Never saw so many men and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still in a hospital Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He me with a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes closed Opening the hotel room do', to let her in But I moved in a manner, on Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet kids See thought I had something to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that 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 say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we gon' get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk gotta make a change