Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X Clan hair, with at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the where I played, b-ball That's I wondered was I here for the cause, or be-cause Ray Charles could see the ghetto Was told to stay an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I to play Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' swing razors in the row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, chemical Acuras pumpin' Super Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of they Wearin' lip gloss, big door pealin' they earlobes So where them years go? Where the old gold beers an' go? But now shorties here doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Political thugs in shark suits persuade us to In army boots, yellin, "Join the forces" We lost the Vietnam War, intoxicated in arms of veterans instead of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of crawlin' in the carpet War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, they us won't be servin' the beast too long The murderers wearin' police uniforms, flags I burn
Beat street breakers were to the music I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' they In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up children With an'
We devil incarnates, headed for Where Shell gas company in South be havin' us killed Your paper money was the of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, just resurrect your It's like a
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right
Used to wear rags on they when it was fried up That's we were lied to, buyin' hair products before my generation, when our blackness started disintegratin' 'Til awareness started
The styles come from prison, they used potatoes liquor to prove we some creative Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work An' you get without struggle an' hard work
War is to my in chains Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to know one thing The hardest thing is to forgive, but God Even if you or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God loves
Take one toward him, he takes two towards you Even when all else fail, God you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was affected from an'
Do your body an' it loves you back You only get one life, an' yo, because of I'm still blazin', goin' out for the Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' like that
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right