New York where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Mason, gave the young boys admiration Prince from Queens and Fritz from Street legends, the drugs kept the hood starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of kings, some died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to heat of Vernon, I turned well he asked me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch they watched I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a young disciple, I almost my life to what the dice do Yeah man, 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, don't die he's living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his during the case jury, now the D.A. is being replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's for the soldier in the courtroom, the look in his eyes is wild 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 want is his He grabbed a court gun and started squeezing he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't Sold double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they chilling They had the coke game crazy Sold music out the trunk of they car, that amazed me Put me onto heron blunts, sherm or Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch Southern niggas slow, nigga tried to play me I left from around them dudes, cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old 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 some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho The nigga still alive in a Midnight they crept in his room and the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He me with a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed Opening the hotel room do', to let her 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 a crew, that had her people killed up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but me out here this how motherfuckers
All I really say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A shame you ain't look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody gotta a change