New York streets where walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and from Harlem Street legends, the kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a long list of celebrities Worldwide on the thorough of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I well he asked me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, I wondered 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 bathroom mirror, my hair Staring at a young disciple, I gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world straight While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his mother during the Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to crack a when I see him Throw up a fist for power, cause all we want is his freedom He a court officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They make you, disappear, this a that I won't forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they They had the coke game something Sold out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, tried to play me I left from them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude my dawg from Pelican Bay The say, "Nas I got your back, the fools don't play" I rolled with Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho The still alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me with a dame who was the ass up, I'ma mack daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my were closed the hotel room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li 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, him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but me out here this how motherfuckers
All I really gotta say is If that's how our gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if how we get down? A shame you ain't look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk gotta make a change