[Saigon] Ain't nothin stoppin this murder in this metropolis I represent the poor and proper-less caught in monopolies The pessimists out-numbered the optimists on the block and it's coppers that got binoculars, cause I can feel 'em watchin us (they be watchin us) If only they knew what we had a pocket of They probably swarm in without a warnin pointin glocks at 'em (get down!) But this is gettin us paid So at a very tender age we learn the tricks of the trade From coppin coke to cookin it and chippin it with the blade to baggin and pitchin to gettin rid of it in a raid Most of us'll never get to the stage where his lawyer and bail, hell, we happen to get stiffed in the cage And it's crazy, we be out here for days upon days Makin just enough to get some licks, some kicks and some haze It's a damn shame, we placed in a no-win situation The party is in the pen and the blow is the invitation
[Q-Tip] (Fishkill!) Riker's Island, you don't stop Green Haven all day, you don't stop Yo hold it down in Rahway, you don't stop You gotta strive in Elmira, you don't stop Sullivan, Coxsackie, you don't stop All my peoples, Auburn, you don't stop And last but not least for the sure shot is the Abandoned Nation
[Saigon] Theresa baby daddy got a bad habit of smokin money up She gettin some stripper paper but savin up for a tummy tuck Lil' man hungry as fuck He only one years old but knows he's unlucky and such As he grows he gets bitter, now he acts up in class He curses his teachers out, tell 'em to make 'em kiss his ass Soon as he didn't pass his momma whippin his ass His pop, is not around; the boy is block bound (block bound) Not even 12 months later He's suckin on 40 ounces and pissin in elevators Idolizin the guys with Big Rob who's gettin the quick paper And now he despises the shit taker He 13 goin on 26-and-a-half His only dream was to have bricks in the stash Poppin the clutch and hittin the gas So then he start dabblin in the coke game, pitchin for half Now he's sittin in the cell, with an unpeculiar bell He happen to make a sale to a unfamiliar male who was a undercover cop, his photo was at the station The party is in the pen, the blow is the invitation
[Q-Tip] Bayview and Clinton, you don't stop North Branch, Connally, you don't stop Huntsville, Bunker Hill and you don't stop Greenville, James River, you don't stop
[Saigon] The party is in the pen and the government is promotin it That's the reason I don't be believin in all this votin shit They bring the coke in this bitch Ain't no poppy seeds in the P's, please, nothin but a whole lot of hopelessness That's where all the focus is Makin sure the blacks stay in the back, the same place that uhh, scoliosis is How could they lie with such compulsiveness? We just sit around actin like as if this is how we supposed to live Fuck outta here! I could swear in 'bout a year I'll have these suckas explainin why the hell they still got us here Still bein treated like shit Still gettin beat with nightsticks, still attract the heat in my six That's probably why I still drink Bacardi and the gin Cause whitey tryin to invite me to the party in the pen A body'll get yo' ass up in V.I.P. And a burner'll get you in without showin your ID The coke, that'll get you in especially if you cook it up You RSVP, to the party in the P -enitentiary, Saigiddy, I am the truth I ain't one of these kids that lie to your youth, I'm livin proof
[Q-Tip] + (Fatman Scoop) Comstock in the house, you don't stop Sing Sing, uh, you don't stop (don't stop!) Attica, c'mon, you don't stop (OHH!) And Attica, c