Pushin' drop-tops, Stacy Lattisaw tapes, the 80's had us all apes Youngest up to bat at home plate That was a uncanny era, in my Yeah, X hair, with dreads at the top of my fade
an' Feds on the blocks where I played, b-ball That's when I wondered was I here for the cause, or 'Cause Ray Charles see the ghetto Was told to strong an' I could beat the devil
'Cause yo, I used to Apollo Balcony seats Watchin' swing razors in the row, then out in the streets The car show, 560's, afros Acuras pumpin' Super Cee an' Casanova
Live chicks be, bustin' out of they Wearin' lip gloss, big door knockers they earlobes So where them years go? the old gold beers an' cheers go? But now them shorties doe, so
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The stay drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' ride, one mo' time
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers stay drinkin', or puffin' An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Political thugs in shark suits persuade us to In boots, yellin, "Join the armed forces" We lost the War, intoxicated poisons Needles in arms of veterans of bigger fortunes
There's still a lot of in the carpet offices War in the ghetto, we crabs in a barrel, torture us They won't be servin' the beast too The murderers wearin' police uniforms, flags I burn
Beat street breakers were dancin' to the I chose An' Peachtree Atlantic heads was tootin' nose In frozen corners of Chicago, up Llama's children With an'
We incarnates, headed for jail 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 like a
The doo are back, fitted hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride, one mo'
The doo rags are back, fitted hats, an' furs Riker's bustin', still packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still enjoyin' life's ride,
Used to wear rags on they hair it was fried up That's when we were lied to, hair products Back before my generation, when our blackness disintegratin' awareness started penetratin'
The styles come from prison, used potatoes makin' liquor Just to prove we some Turnin' nothin' somethin', is God work 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 know one The thing 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 else fail, God you I done it, got God sun on my My heart an' my was affected from an' gettin'
Do your body right an' it you back You only get one life, an' yo, because of I'm still blazin', goin' out for the Still rockin', stockin', not for the waves, obeyin' no An' it's like
The doo rags are back, hats, snorkels an' furs Riker's Island bustin', packed, what's the word? The drinkers drinkin', or puffin' they An' I'm, still 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, enjoyin' life's ride, right