New York streets where walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem Street legends, the drugs kept the hood starving Pushing cars, Nicky Barnes was the But there's a list of high-profile celebrities Worldwide on the side of things Livest kings, some died, one guy, one One day grabs me, as I'm to blast heat 40-side of Vernon, I turned well he me "What you up to, the cops gon' you" I was a teen off brew, stumbled I wondered If God him, cause two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, brushed my Staring at a young disciple, I almost gave my life to the dice do Yeah man, throwing bones Hoping my ace get his case His girl ain't for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of girls Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die living proof The D.A. who him was lying A white dude, killed his mother the case Hung jury, now the D.A. is replaced hearing is over, it's real for the soldier Walks in the courtroom, the look in his is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to a smile when I see him Throw up a for black power, cause all we want is his freedom He grabbed a court officer's gun and squeezing Then he grabbed the judge, screams out, nobody leaving
Some niggas they enemies in they ass when they catch 'em Weird-ass are dangerous, so don't test 'em They make you, disappear, a year that I won't forget Sold double platinum, met mo' execs Southern niggas, label, real killers Know the business, ran for years, now they chilling 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 slow, nigga tried to play me I left from 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 my dawg from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got back, the fools don't play" I rolled with some Crips down to a funeral Never saw so men slaughtered and I knew the ho responsible The nigga still in a hospital Midnight they in his room and shot the doctor too See my in the game, thugging and things He me with a dame who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She passed me the indigo, but the of never tippy-toed, thought my eyes were closed Opening the hotel do', to let her goons in But I in a manner, on some Jet Li shit I let the blow, wet three kids See thought I had something to do, with all the drama I was with a crew, that had her people killed Called up my cousin, him I ain't fucking with you He cool, but told me out here this how motherfuckers
All I really say is that If that's how our gon' get down, how we ever gon' get up? How we ever gon' get up if how we get down? A shame you ain't look at it My is yo' folk, but we all kinfolk Somebody make a change