Yeah, yeah, yeah
I done learned from mistakes like whoand's my men, and whoand's not
like whoand's gone run, but whoand's not
like whoand's gone shoot if you shot
who gone hold it and whoand's not
who gone change spots
[chorus]
in the streets of new york, you canand't trust nobody
niggazand'll run up on you with a 12-guage shotty
loyalty comes free, smokinand' weed is my hobby
you wanna rob me, you gotta leave here with a body
in the streets of new york, you canand't trust nobody
niggazand'll run up on you with a 12-guage shotty
loyalty comes free, smokinand' weed is my hobby
you wanna rob me, you gotta leave here with a body
[verse 1]
when i was ten years old, i seen a nigga take three in the head
probably around the same time he used to pee in the bed
i stayed awake, cause my nightmares was seeinand' and'em dead
smelled the burnt tires peelinand' after leavinand' him lead
the killer fled, with a fuckinand' laugh
my heart pumpinand' on blast
i just started at him, slumped in the grass
arms movinand', fingers shakinand', spittinand' up blood
dna mixed in the mud, another ditch to be dug
there i stood, stiffer than wood
see homey used to buy me candy
now heand's gone, who gone provide his family?
my earring, shoulda been runninand'
i never thought iand'd be that sick
damn, i wasnand't and'posed to see that shit
thatand's when i thought
it was more than three shots
he coulda been waitin for me, maybe he circled around the block
i turned around at my pops, he like andquot;what happened?andquot;
this nigga rolled up and just started clappinand'
i can still hear him laughinand'
[chorus]
[verse 2]
it was a regular day in south side, sprinklers and kids runninand'
all of a sudden, headand's turninand', somebody did somethinand'
this nigga named, i forgot, fuck it, he lived around the block
regular gettinand' money nigga, but loved to clown a lot
walked across the park, stuntinand', frontinand'
diamonds in his ear, diamond watch on
eatinand' a bag of popcorn
walked up behind a shorty, grabbinand' her waist
she pushed him away, so he threw the bag in her face
she felt disrespected, shorty couldnand't accept it
called him a pussy, told him sheand'd be back in a second
but he dinand't pay her no mind
called her a bitch about four times
stayed in the park, witand' no niggaz witand' em and no nine
and them in no time, older nigga from behind
swung a baseball bat, left his face all crack
told him andquot;take all thatandquot;
hit him again, popped his chain witand' a frown
and left the clown, with a stain on the ground
[chorus]
[verse 3]
all my days go by blowinand' that sticky, icky
california made me picky
chicken head tried to stick me witand' a hickey
if we, blow up quickly, stickly, somewhere tipsy
the location donand't matter, iand'm south side untiland' they hit me
iand'll be dead
if looks can kill, iand'm from the ghetto boys
but i donand't know scarface, i push witand' bill
my heart spills
for the kids that ainand't got nothinand' ainand't got it still
and for my, cousin i lost
humped over the steerinand' wheel
[chorus]
