New York streets where killers'll walk like Pistol And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys from Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a long list of celebrities on the thorough side of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, I wondered If God sent him, cause two cars entered the block And at us, I ain't flinch when they watched I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, them bones my ace get his case thrown 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 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 hearing is over, real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to crack a when I see him Throw up a for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He a court 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 niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They make you, disappear, this a year I won't forget Sold CD's double platinum, met mo' Southern niggas, independent label, killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now chilling They had the coke game something Sold music out the trunk of they car, shit amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to 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 raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the fools play" I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma mack Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were Opening the 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 honey thought I had 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 this how motherfuckers
All I really gotta say is If how our people gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A when you ain't look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody gotta a change