New York where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Mason, gave the young boys admiration Prince from and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood starving cars, Nicky Barnes was the 70's But there's a long list of high-profile Worldwide on the thorough of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I well he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad cars entered the And looked at us, I ain't flinch when watched I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his mother during the jury, now the D.A. is being replaced 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 back I want to a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we is his freedom He a court officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody everybody
Some niggas fuck enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a that I won't forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' niggas, independent label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they They had the game something 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, 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 from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I rolled with Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me with a who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were Opening the hotel do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three 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, told him I ain't with you He responded cool, but told me out this how motherfuckers
All I really say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we gon' get up? How we gon' 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 Somebody make a change