New streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and 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 Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm about to heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I If God sent him, cause two squad cars the block And looked at us, I ain't when they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my Staring at a young disciple, I gave my life to what 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 at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced 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 back 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 Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they They had the coke something crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, shit amazed me Put me onto blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, the fuck, I turned to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga to play me I left from around them dudes, they but they crazy Now I'm back the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, I'ma daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed Opening the room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the blow, wet three kids See honey thought I had something to do, with all the I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, told him I ain't with you He responded cool, but told me out here this how
All I gotta say is that If that's how our gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A shame when you ain't at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all gotta make a change