Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest gorillas up to bat at home plate That was a era, in my pants Yeah, X Clan hair, with at the top of my fade
Homicide an' Feds on the blocks where I played, That's when I wondered was I for the cause, or be-cause 'Cause Ray Charles could see the Was told to stay strong an' I could the devil
'Cause yo, I used to play Apollo seats Watchin' swing in the front row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros Acuras Super Lover Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, out of they clothes Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers they earlobes So them years go? Where the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now them shorties doe, so
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, right
Political thugs in suits persuade us to pull In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans of bigger fortunes
still a lot of crawlin' in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us They won't be the beast too long The murderers wearin' uniforms, confederate flags I burn
Beat street breakers were dancin' to the I chose An' Atlantic heads was tootin' they nose In frozen corners of Chicago, loaded up children With an'
We devil incarnates, headed for Where gas company in South Africa be havin' us killed Your paper was the death of Christ An' all these shorties comin' up, resurrect your life It's a cycle
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, one mo' time
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Used to wear rags on they hair when it was up That's when we were lied to, hair products Back before my generation, when our blackness disintegratin' awareness started penetratin'
The come from prison, they used potatoes makin' liquor to prove we some creative Turnin' nothin' into somethin', is God An' you get nothin' struggle an' hard work
War is to my in chains From Greene to Sing-Sing, I'm wantin' y'all to one thing The hardest is to forgive, but God does Even if you murdered or robbed, yeah, it's wrong, but God
Take one step him, he takes two towards you Even when all fail, God support you I it, got God sun on my stomach My heart an' my lungs was from an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it loves you You only get one life, an' yo, because of I'm blazin', goin' out for the cause rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no laws An' it's that
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', still packed, what's the The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, enjoyin' life's ride, right