| Lyrics: | Intro (spoken):
People
The world today is in a very difficult situation
And we all know it
Because we're the ones who created it.
Chorus:
What's wrong with our future? (4x)
Verse One:
Bust
this
How long will this last?
A friend to the end a memory in the past
You think you're big cause you walk with a shotgun
I got new for you your days are
numbered son
Why don't you get yourself a job?
When your kid grows up, do you want
him to rob?
Look at your mother, teardrops
She just received a phone-call from the
cops
"Your son will do life, 'cause he wigged a man's wife
Shot her with a gun and
stabbed her with a knife.", or
Take a look at your mother's heart torn
She just
received a phone-call from the morgue
"Your son is dead from three shots to the head.
The killer left a note and this is what the note said:
"Never be bigger than you are.
Never try to pose like you're a superstar
Next time you rob somebody, and you give
him the death-wish.
When you pull the trigger, nigga, don't miss."
Is this how you
wanna be
Dead on the street or locked in a penetentiary?
It's cool to be free
And it's alright for you to be you and for me to be me
Look at you, 15 years old
Coolin on the corner with a can of Old Gold
Whatever happened to school?
Yeah, sure you go to school, but you go to be cool
To sport sneakers that you took from
somebody
To talk about the kid that you bucked at some party
Life is a gamble, and
you're losin
Before it's too late, brother, you better start choosin
Left from
right, right from wrong
Or you'll be singin that old blues song
(Yo, you gotta buck
em, or else you're soft)
Some I knew thought the same, now they're way up North
You
ain't soft, cause you didn't buck a shot
Put the pistol down, throw up your hands, see what
ya got
Old Johnny Walker from around the block
Was livin' rather large 'till he got
knocked
He had "Livin' Large" on his Jeep plates
"Livin' Large" on his real estate
He even bought a diamond "Livin' Large" name plate
He used to look at cops and smile
in their face
Drive a BMW and pump the bass
One day, he made a move for a friend
The f-r-iend, the voice said, "Yo, I need ten.", Johnny said, "When?"
Later on that
day, Johnny went to play the game he normally plays
To do a favour for a chum
You
see, a friend is a friend, but then, some are none
Cause when he got to the spot they were
supposed to meet
All he found was a police-infested street
I guess havin a friend is
rough
Cause now Johnny's up north, doin push-ups, gettin buffed
You see this chain
I've got, I've got it, honestly
You see the clothes I wear, I've got it, honestly
You see the Jeep I drive, I've got it, honestly
I work hard, it ain't easy being me
Never had an excuse for life
Just did what I did, now what I do, I do it right
"Jumbo, Jumbo", they cry on the block.
5.0, 5.0, lay low, here comes the cops
Man,
your lifestyle is petro
On your knees again, because Jumbo said so
"Free Mandela",
you cried
But you still sell dope to brothers and sisters outside
Martin Luther King
had a dream (ooh yeah)
That's exactly what turned his dream into a nightmare
Malcolm
X said, "By any means necessary."
He didn't mean just for you, brother, he meant for
everybody
Maybe if we were still slaves, we'll be closer; however
Pickin cotton was
bad, but we picked it together
I pray for you, and you pray for me
Sincerely yours,
the overweight lover, Heavy D
Repeat chorus to end |
