New York streets killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a long list of celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast of Vernon, I turned well he asked me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing them my ace get his case thrown His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, his mother during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial is over, it's real for the soldier in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I to crack a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a officer's gun and started squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody everybody
niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the game something crazy Sold out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I to punch them niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old school that me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my dawg Pelican Bay The say, "Nas I got your back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some Crips to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a 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 Gave the ass up, I'ma mack Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes closed the hotel room do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet kids See thought I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was with a crew, that had her people Called up my cousin, told him I ain't with you He responded cool, but me out here this how motherfuckers
All I gotta say is that If that's how our people get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we gon' get up if that's how we get down? A when you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta make a