New York streets where killers'll walk Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration from Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the from starving Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But there's a long of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I If God sent him, cause two squad cars entered the And looked at us, I ain't flinch when watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I gave my life 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 straight hoeing he looking at centerfolds 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 mother during the Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, all we want is his freedom He a court officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year I won't forget Sold double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, real the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the coke game something music out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to me I left around them 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 wrote my from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I with some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho The nigga still in a hospital Midnight they in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my were closed the hotel room 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 I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was a crew, that had her people killed up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but me out here this how motherfuckers
All I gotta say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta make a