New York streets where killers'll walk like Pistol And Pappy Mason, gave the boys admiration from Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood from Pushing cars, Barnes was the 70's But a long list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the thorough side of Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day grabs me, as I'm about to blast 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God sent him, cause two squad cars the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when they I took it upstairs, the mirror, brushed my hair Staring at a disciple, I almost gave my life to what the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't wait for him, she in the straight hoeing While he at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die living proof The D.A. who tried him was A white dude, killed his mother the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced Pre-trial hearing is over, it's real for the Walks in the courtroom, the look in his is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the aisle I want to crack a when I see him Throw up a fist for black power, all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when they 'em niggas are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, real Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling They had the coke game something Sold music out the trunk of they car, that amazed me Put me onto blunts, sherm or something Took a puff, what the fuck, I turned to punch Southern ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I from around them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old school that 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 fools play" I rolled with Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The still alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his 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 me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, my eyes were closed Opening the room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three 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 fucking with you He cool, but told me out here this how motherfuckers
All I really say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we gon' get up? How we gon' get up if that's how we get down? A shame you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody make a change