New York where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a long of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the side 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 cops gon' you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, two squad cars entered 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 to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is being Pre-trial hearing is over, it's for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when they 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs niggas, independent label, real killers Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the coke something crazy Sold out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga to play me I left from around dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old school raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude my dawg from Pelican Bay The say, "Nas I got your back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some Crips to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men and I knew the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile of never tippy-toed, thought 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 to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking you He cool, but told me out here 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 ever gon' get up if that's how we get A shame when you ain't at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk gotta make a change