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, dreads at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks where I played, That's when I was I here for the cause, or be-cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto Was told to stay strong an' I could beat the
yo, I used to play Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' swing in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros Acuras pumpin' Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live be, bustin' out of they clothes lip gloss, big door knockers pealin' they earlobes 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 Island bustin', still packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still life's ride, right
Political thugs in shark persuade us to pull In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We lost the Vietnam War, poisons Needles in arms of veterans of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us won't be servin' the beast too long The murderers police uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street breakers were to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' they In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up children With an'
We devil incarnates, for jail Where Shell gas company in South be havin' us killed Your paper money was the of Christ An' all these comin' up, just resurrect your life like a cycle
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 life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still life's ride, right
to wear rags on they 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, they potatoes makin' liquor Just to we some creative Turnin' nothin' into somethin', is God An' you get nothin' without struggle an' hard
War is to my in chains From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm y'all to know one thing The hardest thing is to forgive, but God if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God loves
Take one toward him, he takes two towards you when all else fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My an' my lungs was affected from an' gettin'
Do your body an' it loves 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' it's that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right