New York streets where walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince from and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of Livest kings, 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 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 took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, them bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is being 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 aisle I want to a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we is his freedom He grabbed a court gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody everybody
Some niggas fuck enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, a year that I won't forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the game something crazy Sold out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto 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 dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old school that me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my dawg from Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled with some Crips to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital Midnight they in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, and things He me with a dame who was half-Mexicano the ass up, I'ma mack daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, my eyes were closed Opening the hotel do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the blow, wet three kids See thought I had something to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't 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 gon' get up if that's how we get A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all gotta make a change