New York where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys Prince from Queens and Fritz from Street legends, the kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a list of high-profile celebrities on the thorough side of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to heat 40-side of Vernon, I well he asked me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't when they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing he looking at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his mother the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced 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 aisle I want to crack a when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, all we want is his freedom He grabbed a officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, 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 Sold double platinum, met mo' execs niggas, independent label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they They had the game something crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, that amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I left around them dudes, they 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 wrote my from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and shot the too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He me with a dame who was half-Mexicano 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 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, had her people killed Called up my cousin, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but told me out this how motherfuckers
All I gotta say is that If how our people gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody make a change