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