Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X Clan hair, with at the top of my fade
an' Feds on the blocks where I played, b-ball That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto Was told to strong an' I could beat the devil
yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' razors in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros pumpin' Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' earlobes So them years go? Where the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Political thugs in suits persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the Vietnam War, poisons Needles in arms of veterans instead of fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the carpet War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us They won't be the beast too long The murderers police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street breakers were dancin' to the I chose An' Peachtree heads was tootin' they nose In corners of Chicago, loaded up Llama's children an' double
We devil incarnates, for jail Shell gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed Your paper money was the death of An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect your It's like a
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on they hair when it was up That's we were lied to, buyin' hair products before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness penetratin'
The styles come prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we some Turnin' into somethin', is God work An' you get nothin' without struggle an' work
War is necessary to my in From to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one thing The thing is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, wrong, but God loves
Take one step toward him, he two towards you when all else fail, God support you I done it, got God sun on my My an' my lungs was affected from an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it loves you You only get one life, an' yo, of that I'm still blazin', out for the cause Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' like that
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
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,