New York streets killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But a long 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 teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad cars the block And at us, I ain't flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing them my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his during the case jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we is his freedom He a court officer's gun and started squeezing Then he the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I forget CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the game something crazy Sold music out the of they car, that shit amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, they 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 dawg Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some down to a Crenshaw funeral saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging 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, thought my were closed Opening the hotel room do', to let her in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the hammers blow, wet three See thought I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was with a crew, that had her people 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 people gon' get down, how we gon' get up? How we gon' get up if that's how we get down? A shame you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta a change