New York streets where killers'll walk like Pete And Pappy Mason, the young boys admiration Prince from and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a long of high-profile celebrities on the thorough side of things Livest kings, died, one guy, one time One day me, as I'm about to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a drunk off brew, stumbled I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered 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 thrown His girl ain't wait for him, she in the world hoeing While he at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they cooch, gangstas don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, his mother during the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is 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 aisle I to crack a smile 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 squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving
niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I forget Sold double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now they They had the game 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 to punch them Southern niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to 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 dude wrote my from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a Crenshaw saw so many men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still in a hospital Midnight crept in his room and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a dame who was Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed the hotel room do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet kids See honey thought I had something to do, all the drama Cause I was with a crew, that had her people Called up my cousin, told him I ain't with you He cool, but told me out here this how motherfuckers
All I really gotta say is If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we ever gon' get up if how we get down? A when you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all Somebody gotta a change