New York streets where walk like Pistol Pete And Pappy Mason, gave the young admiration Prince Queens and Fritz from Harlem legends, the drugs kept the hood from starving Pushing cars, Nicky was the 70's But there's a 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 he asked me "What you up to, the gon' bust you" I was a teen drunk off brew, stumbled I If God sent him, two squad cars entered the block And looked at us, I ain't flinch they watched I took it upstairs, the bathroom mirror, my hair Staring at a young disciple, I gave my life to what the dice do man, throwing them bones Hoping my ace get his thrown His girl wait for him, she in the world straight hoeing While he looking at centerfolds of pretty Showing they little cooch, gangstas don't die he's living The D.A. who tried him was 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 Walks in the courtroom, the look in his is wild Triple-homicide, I sit in the back I want to crack a when I see him up a fist 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, leaving everybody
Some niggas fuck they enemies in they ass when catch 'em Weird-ass niggas are dangerous, so test 'em They you, disappear, this a year that I won't forget Sold CD's platinum, met mo' execs niggas, independent label, real killers 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 niggas ain't slow, nigga tried to play me I from around them dudes, they cool but they crazy Now I'm back the old school that raised me New gangstas, we lounging, out in L.A. see A dude wrote my from Pelican Bay The letter say, "Nas I got your back, the don't play" I rolled some Crips down to a Crenshaw funeral Never saw so many men slaughtered and I the ho responsible The nigga alive in a hospital Midnight they crept in his and shot the doctor too See my cousin's in the game, thugging and He plugged me with a who was half-Mexicano Gave the ass up, mack daddy Soprano She me the indigo, but the imbecile Should of never tippy-toed, my eyes were closed Opening the hotel do', to let her goons in But I moved in a manner, on some Jet Li I let the hammers blow, wet kids See honey I had something to do, with all the drama Cause I was with a crew, had her people killed up my cousin, told him I ain't fucking with you He responded cool, but told me out here this how
All I really say is that If that's how our people gon' get down, how we ever get up? How we ever get up if that's how we get down? A when you ain't look at it My folk is yo' folk, but we all gotta make a change