New York streets where killers'll like Pistol Pete And Mason, gave the young boys admiration Prince from and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But there's a long list of high-profile on the thorough side 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 gon' you" I was a teen drunk off brew, I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And at us, I ain't flinch when they watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his mother during the Hung jury, now the D.A. is being Pre-trial is over, it's real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and squeezing he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in ass when they catch 'em niggas are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a that I won't forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the coke something crazy Sold music out the trunk of car, that shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to me I left around them 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 letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I rolled with some down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma mack daddy She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, thought my were closed Opening the hotel room do', to let her in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three See honey I had something to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I fucking with you He responded cool, but told me out here how motherfuckers
All I gotta say is that If how our people 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 Somebody make a change