Put some money on my BOOKS While I’m still home And can change where I’m going Put some money on my BOOKS Care about me while we face to face Not after they come and take me away Other place…Put some money on my BOOKS
Welcome home Like the sweetest words ever known There are some shorties They daddies ain’t… neva seen ‘em home They wouldn’t know ‘em if they seen ‘em and that shit is wrong But the city don’t give a fuck about-it They running coloreds through the system Like water from Tia-juana If you see me on my-other shit Probably creeping on a come-up The beast walking amongst-us The streets that gave us game Same ones that steal the babies from-us Shotgun kicks inside of momma stomach She watch her fatherless son Grow up to be a monster Lord knows she didn’t want-it Did every-thing to steer him from-it But you know how it GO when it get going Some times when shit on the line Bad bitch-es like - fly cars Shopp-ing trips and fine art Fresh kids and close parks to walk-in {Night-mare – talk-in} From the cradle to the coffin It’s easy to get lost-in When inside of it – how can we stop-it Niggas running round talking Boss-shit Moving bags out they momma closet Still flossing a few pennies short of seeing real money When the jobs didn’t want him And the beater quit run-ning Nobody was seeing noth-ing Graduation is coming Infatuated by fast money They call it a trap – cause they see you com-ing The ones that coulda told-us-that Long gone - no tur-ning-back My turn to the hold the AK And look out the curtain like Malcolm Told ‘em to hurry back Barry Sanders these Jerry Coonies Is hella Strapped- every story is missing facts Forty Acre to four room flats It’s way more important than rap They snatching chains offa old ladies The city is crazy Them niggas is lame and shad-y Tough niggas show up forty deep And STIIIIIL Bust-ing Whose custom is the gun The strongest lobby system Still killing our sons The Uzi weigh a ton Public Enemy (NUMBER ONE) Why in the summer the murder rate Heat up like the season’s sun I need a reason why a color leaves us bleeding When protection from ourselves – was never need-ed (RIGHT) That territory is really only on LOAN un-TIL they need-it So what’s the beef for Poor-Man AND-who really need-it Population control