Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X Clan hair, dreads at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks where I played, when I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles could see the Was to stay strong an' I could beat the devil
yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' swing razors in the front row, out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical pumpin' Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of they lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' they earlobes So where them years go? Where the old gold an' cheers go? But now them here doe, so
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Political in shark suits persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans instead of bigger
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the carpet War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us won't be servin' the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate I burn
Beat street breakers were to the music I chose An' Peachtree heads was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's With an'
We incarnates, headed for jail Where Shell gas company in South be havin' us killed Your paper money was the death of An' all shorties comin' up, just resurrect your life It's like a
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' 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 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,
Used to wear rags on they hair it was fried up That's when we lied to, buyin' hair products Back before my generation, when our blackness disintegratin' 'Til started penetratin'
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes liquor Just to prove we some Turnin' into somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without an' hard work
War is to my in chains Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' 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
Take one toward him, he takes two towards you Even when all else fail, God you I done it, got God sun on my 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 still blazin', out for the cause Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' like that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' 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' ride, right