New York streets where killers'll like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration from Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the from starving cars, Nicky Barnes 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 me, as I'm about to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I well he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I 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 mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing them Hoping my ace get his thrown His ain't wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they little cooch, gangstas 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 is over, it's real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to crack a when I see him up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody everybody
Some niggas they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they They had the coke something crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, that amazed me Put me heron blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to me I left around them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A wrote my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a Midnight they crept in his room and the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, I'ma mack daddy 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 honey thought I had something to do, with all the I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking you He cool, but told 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 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 make a change