New York streets where killers'll walk Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the boys admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from Street legends, the kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a drunk 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 it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at of pretty girls Showing little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to crack a smile I see him up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em make you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they They had the coke something crazy Sold music out the trunk of car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch Southern ain't slow, nigga tried to play 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 wrote my dawg Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a Midnight they crept in his room and shot the too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the Should of tippy-toed, thought 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 fucking with you He cool, but told me out here this how motherfuckers
All I gotta say is that If that's how our gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A when you ain't look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk gotta make a change