所属专辑:The Craft
歌手: Blackalicious
时长: 03:56
I mean I got years man I go back actually[00:00:00]
I just got back to these streets man this is home to me though[00:00:02]
You mean I was goin' for a while ten years to be exact[00:00:05]
I lost my lights in the streets you know but for these streets[00:00:07]
Me and my dude we got down and dirty for it man[00:00:10]
We did every thang we took know what I mean to eat[00:00:12]
That's what it's about when I was comin' up in the 80's[00:00:14]
Everybody tried to eat man and my way livin' to eat man[00:00:16]
I gurped in theses streets I grind[00:00:18]
Walked to these streets here nah'mean "[00:00:19]
Got to get this bread got to get this dough[00:00:21]
Got to get these chips got to get these whips[00:00:22]
And fits and got to get real mean got to get real clean[00:00:24]
Got to get these fiends a fixin'[00:00:26]
On a mission to get rich real quick use wit' no intermission[00:00:28]
Got to live big gettin' the tip on them big[00:00:31]
So spendin' spendin' any witness get hit quick[00:00:32]
This lick isn't never no kid shit[00:00:34]
Not a picnic flip biscuit get rich that's it[00:00:36]
Big bills just Ben's no frills just Benz's[00:00:37]
Spendin' endless spendin' sprees[00:00:39]
Limitless build it up to the millions[00:00:39]
Then I can have things like a new fly ring and a new fly fling[00:00:40]
I can do Irene Darlene Charlene and Francine even get[00:00:43]
Inside Pam's jeans as clean as you ever did see on the scene[00:00:45]
Doin' real big things as I pimp this simple system[00:00:47]
Then I hear sirens and I see high beams[00:00:49]
Now I am flyin' but they're behind me[00:00:50]
Now I'm on one knee and the dope's on me[00:00:52]
Now my hope's gone see and I lost my freedom[00:00:54]
Locked up see ya[00:00:55]
He was a young lad off of happiness and smiles[00:01:06]
He was sprung bad wanted all the trendy classy[00:01:09]
Number one fads in a very short time[00:01:11]
Learned the rules of combat[00:01:13]
Learned who was a punk and who would have swung back[00:01:15]
How to take from the weak especially when hungry[00:01:18]
While mama's workin' two jobs and daddy's gone away[00:01:20]
And police be throwin' you vibes even at a young age[00:01:22]
And it was like he was livin' in a cage[00:01:25]
From the outside world 'cause he just couldn't relate[00:01:27]
And then life really began and trifeness[00:01:31]
Was a given when he graduated[00:01:32]
The fall[00:01:52]
So he hustled doin' whatever just to get the bread and mustard[00:01:57]
Stacked high grew wit' some niggaz that he trusted[00:02:01]
He shouldn't have though 'cause them same niggaz got him busted[00:02:04]
And 'bout the same time he 'bout to get sent up[00:02:06]
His ex-girl is like "I'm pregnant baby daddy plus it's twins"[00:02:08]
And when he goes to jail he has company[00:02:11]
In the form of fifty percent of the cats he grew up with[00:02:13]
Gets out goes back just like a puppet[00:02:16]
Caught in a genocidal death trap of the government[00:02:18]
The don't rehabilitate they just be lovin' it[00:02:21]
When niggaz is in the pen 'cause that's big money makin' to them[00:02:23]
The rise[00:02:43]
For some time he sat and pondered[00:02:48]
Trapped in a cell filled with criminals and convicts[00:02:50]
Time had arrived to confront the real conflict[00:02:52]
Lookin' within not without he got honest[00:02:55]
Started to read and acquire that self knowledge[00:02:57]
Learned he was royalty and didn't come from garbage[00:03:00]
How to embrace struggle and learn from his problems[00:03:02]
True wealth is health family and a higher consciousness[00:03:04]
Learned that most of what he was taught was nonsense[00:03:07]
Read up on economics and how to start a business[00:03:10]
Self determination and dedication empowered him[00:03:12]
Somethin' inside him told him only God could stop him[00:03:14]
Now he's out livin' what others said was impossible[00:03:17]
Thought he would be another victim of ghetto obstacles[00:03:19]
Through the concrete a rosebud started to blossom[00:03:22]
Remember change is really all that remains constant yeah[00:03:24]
Saved message Friday 3:56 PM[00:03:34]
Hey B-Cam this is your sister Dee-Dee[00:03:38]
I was just callin' to tell you that I gone to see Frankie[00:03:40]
And I told him that you wanted him to[00:03:43]
Give a like what it was like to be in prison[00:03:45]
And what advice he would give and oh my God[00:03:48]
I got this letter from him Tim you've got to hear it[00:03:50]
This word should be in a book or a song or something[00:03:52]
I mean really[00:03:55]