Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X hair, with dreads at the top of my fade
Homicide an' on the blocks where I played, b-ball when I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles see the ghetto Was to stay strong an' I could beat the devil
yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' razors in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Super Lover Cee an'
Live chicks be, bustin' out of they Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' they So where them years go? the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now them shorties doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Political in shark suits persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the Vietnam War, poisons Needles in arms of veterans instead of fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us They won't be the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, confederate I burn
Beat street breakers dancin' to the music I chose An' Atlantic heads was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up children an' double
We incarnates, headed for jail Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed Your paper money was the death of An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect life It's like a
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on they when it was fried up That's when we were lied to, buyin' hair Back before my generation, when our started disintegratin' 'Til awareness penetratin'
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes liquor Just to prove we some Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without an' hard work
War is necessary to my in From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to one thing The hardest thing is to forgive, but God Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God
Take one step toward him, he takes two you when all else fail, God support you I done it, got God sun on my My heart an' my lungs was affected an' gettin'
Do body right an' it loves you back You only get one life, an' yo, because of I'm still blazin', goin' out for the Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, no laws An' it's that
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right