New streets where killers'll walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the boys admiration Prince from and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs the hood from starving cars, Nicky Barnes 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 to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned he asked me "What you up to, the cops bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch when watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he at centerfolds of pretty girls Showing they little cooch, don't die he's living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his 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 officer's gun and started squeezing Then he the judge, screams out, nobody leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so don't 'em They make you, disappear, this a year that I won't CD's double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, independent label, killers Know the business, ran Tennessee for years, now 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 niggas ain't slow, tried to play me I left around them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back around the old school raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my dawg from Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his room and shot the too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, I'ma mack Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed Opening the room do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the hammers blow, wet three See honey thought I had to do, with all the drama Cause I was 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 gotta say is that If how our people gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if that's how we get A shame when you look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all gotta make a change