New York where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a long list of celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things kings, some died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to heat of Vernon, I turned well he asked me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I If God sent him, cause two squad entered the block And looked at us, I flinch when they 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 my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world straight While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his mother during the Hung jury, now the D.A. is being Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving
Some niggas fuck enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget Sold double 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 music out the of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, cool but they crazy Now I'm around the old school 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 Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men and I knew the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his 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 tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed Opening the room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet kids See honey I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was with a crew, that had her people Called up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking 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 gon' get up if how we get down? A when you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta make a