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 the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a long list of high-profile Worldwide on the side of things kings, some died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he 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 entered the And looked at us, I ain't flinch they watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his case 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 him was lying A white dude, killed his during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his He a court officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody everybody
niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a that I won't forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the game something crazy music 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 them niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I from around them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho The nigga still alive in a Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He plugged me with a who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, my eyes were closed Opening the hotel room do', to let her in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the blow, wet three kids See honey thought I had something to do, with all the Cause I was a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but me out here 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 get up if that's how we get down? A when you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all gotta make a change