Pushin' drop-tops, Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks where I played, That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles see the ghetto Was told to stay an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' swing razors in the front row, then out in the The car show, 560's, afros pumpin' Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big knockers pealin' they earlobes So where them years go? the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Political thugs in shark suits us to pull In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We the Vietnam War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the offices War in the ghetto, we in a barrel, they torture us They won't be servin' the too long The murderers police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat breakers were dancin' to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was they nose In frozen of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children With an'
We devil incarnates, headed for Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed Your money was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect your It's a cycle
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs 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 rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on they hair it was fried up That's when we lied to, buyin' hair products Back before my generation, our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til started penetratin'
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes makin' to prove we some creative Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' struggle an' hard work
War is to my in chains From to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one thing The hardest is to forgive, but God does if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God loves
Take one step toward him, he takes two you Even when all fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was from an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it loves you You get one life, an' yo, because of that I'm blazin', goin' out for the cause Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' like that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,