New York where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys from Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs the hood from starving Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But there's a long list of celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of kings, some died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm to blast heat of Vernon, I turned well he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't when they watched I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A dude, killed his mother during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced hearing is over, it's real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the in his eyes is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to a smile when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we is his freedom He grabbed a court gun and started squeezing he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the coke game something music out the trunk of they car, that shit amazed me Put me onto blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch Southern niggas slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, they cool but they Now I'm back the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A wrote my dawg from 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 in a hospital Midnight crept in his room 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, mack daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the Should of never tippy-toed, thought my were closed Opening the room do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the blow, wet three kids See honey I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was with a crew, 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 gon' get up if how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta make a