[Hook] Straight from Crooklyn Better known as Brooklyn Never taking shorts cause Brooklyn's the borough
[Verse 1: Special Ed] Panic, as another manic depressive Adolescent stares at death Now, what's left
When there ain't no God And a whole lot of pride It might be a homicide So let the drama slide
We don't want no problems, B Get your name in the obituary column sheet
Cause life is too short And it just gets shorter I wish I had a quarter for all my people they slaughtered
Last year alone in the Dead Zone Walk straight but don't walk late Cause I'm coming with a hate Only made from what it made me Cause nobody ever played me
Now it's only getting worse Buckshot and Ase in the land of the waste Kicking you in your face
[Verse 2: Masta Ace] We be doing it up Crooklyn style What does it take to get you wild My mentality is getting iller, killer Instinct that's trying to infiltrate, but wait
I know you wanna enter But I can't let you in My mind state's the maddest I'm gone with the wind
Because it is survival of the fittest When the shit hits the fan I got my shank in my hand
Black man with the permanent tan I come from the 'ville and never ran Damn!
[Verse 3: Buckshot] I'm feeling another part of reality Hit me when I represent the F.A.P Straight from the 'ville Tilden played the building I mean literally when I say I make a killing
For my cypher See, I'm finning to bust a piper Original heads represent the Brooklyn all night
Do or die I'm saying it's you and I Bring your click so we can get Stone like Family Sly
Peace to C.I. and the Bush Might even see Ruck And the Rock giving the push
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[Verse 4: Masta Ace] We did it like that And now we do it like this We did it like that And now we do it like this
Go inside your mind And find a time that you miss And just think about the steel in your fist
It's just an extension of your arm It's that ghetto type of charm That makes all the homeboys swarm
Can I drop the bomb Oh, yes, I can Move with the groove Smooth like Geechie Dan
Who is the man That kid there Who is the chick with the pick in her hair
Angela, uhh, Davis And we roll like Avis Rent-a-Car kid, there you are
[Verse 5: Special Ed] You know where to find me Whenever you need me If you know the Ave, follow the path To the land of the aftermath
But don't frolic in the midst Crazy ass Crooklyn kids Cause they always throwing A body on my lawn
I'm getting a Rottweiler without a collar Get off my block, boy And give me a dollar for the trouble Or get blown up like a bubble
[Verse 6: Buckshot] Let's take a sec to think back The year of the seven-oh When Brooklyn was the place to go
Flow on a journey up to Crown Heights Ebbets Field, feel the reel to reel On your life
Trife individuals live in the PJ's Dee Evil, check my DJ Hey, play what I wanna play in the day But in the night, I feel the right took a left
Bucktown, Brooklyn, break it down Heads from state to state Travel as I unravel the rate
Howard, Tapscott & Sutter I remember way back in the days Playing hot peas and butter
Brother, if you want another lesson Crooklyn session Take it back, black Smith and Wesson
[Verse 7: Special Ed] Press your luck You get stuck by Buck For your bucks
Masta Ace has the taste For ducks and duck sauce So tell Lord Digger Dig a grave for the bones
Sticks and stones While I kick some ancient poems Through your domes Act went back To attack your homes
So, Tip, can I flip (Yes, you can) I'm in the World War With Muhammad,