New York streets where killers'll walk like Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young boys Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the kept the hood from starving cars, Nicky Barnes was the 70's But there's a list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the side of things kings, some died, one guy, one time One day me, as I'm about 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, cause two squad cars entered the And looked at us, I flinch when they watched I it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing them Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his mother during the jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to crack a when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, cause all we want is his He grabbed a court officer's gun and started Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, real the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the coke something crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, that shit me Put me heron 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 crazy Now I'm around the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still alive in a Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, and things He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes 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 thought I had something to do, all the drama 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 me out here this how motherfuckers
All I really say is that If how our people gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we gon' 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 make a change