New York streets where killers'll walk Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys Prince from Queens and Fritz Harlem legends, the drugs kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things kings, some died, one guy, one time One day me, as I'm about 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 cars the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the do Yeah man, throwing them my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world straight While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living 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 is over, it's real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to crack a smile I see him Throw up a fist for black power, all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they 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 double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the coke game something Sold music out the trunk of car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or a puff, what 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 wrote my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a they crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me with a dame who was 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 do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the blow, wet three kids See honey thought I had something to do, all the drama Cause I was with a crew, had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I fucking with you He responded cool, but told me out this how motherfuckers
All I really say is that 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 ain't at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody gotta make a