New streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a long of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the side of things Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day me, as I'm about to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I well he asked me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't when they watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at of pretty girls they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A dude, killed his mother during the case jury, now the D.A. is being 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 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 everybody
niggas fuck they 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 platinum, met mo' execs niggas, independent label, real killers Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling had the coke game something crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, that shit me Put me onto heron blunts, or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to me I left from around them dudes, cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old that raised 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 Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho The nigga still in a hospital Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, I'ma mack daddy She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, my eyes were closed Opening the hotel do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the hammers blow, wet three 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, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but told me out this how motherfuckers
All I really gotta say is If that's how our people gon' get down, how we gon' get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all gotta make a change