
Date of issue: 31.12.2001
Song language: English
A Gangster And A Gentleman |
My pops came from Bed Stuy, my mom came from Africa |
I’m more a nigga if you know what I mean |
They hooked up in the '70's when liquor and weed was heavy |
And have me and corone their dreams |
By the time I was seven my mom left my pop |
Then we moved to the south side of Yonkers, New York |
Then my mom remarried, had my little brother Gary |
My sister a year later, let me gather my thoughts |
By the time I was nine I was outta my mind |
My step pops didn’t like me beat me outta my mind |
Ten and eleven the same I never would change |
He still had to hit me, aggravate a little nigga |
Still wearin' Skippys |
Bob had Adidas and Pumas, I could a had a pair |
My mommy said wait 'til Christmas but I needed em sooner |
If you heard I was broke dawg it wasn’t a rumor |
I said Gangstas ride (Ride with me) |
Gentlemen live your life (Live it up) |
Cause Gangstas die (We all gon die) |
It’s only a matter of time (The clock tickin) |
It was 1986 and I was twelve years old |
That’s right around the time when crack came out |
It was the best thing that happened to me |
I swear to God cause I was gettin everything that I was askin about |
First we started off bangin up, me and golf |
Then shit start addin up, we gettin smart |
Now we on Broadway, coppin our own bench |
Bring it home and put it in bottles, send us a rottle |
Drink a old ease Grem like it wasn’t tomorrow |
I’m gettin kicked out of Junior High, thinkin I’m grown |
God bust with the yellow rabbit |
And I had every color dealt we was gettin it on |
I was out robbin Mexicans six in the morn' |
Mom said I’d had to ep again, rip it I’m gone |
Nigga get a little loony and grown, soup in the dome |
Bump me up worst when I went to the group home |
I said Gangstas ride (Ride with me) |
Gentlemen live your life (Live it up) |
Cause Gangstas die (We all gon die) |
It’s only a matter of time (The clock tickin) |
I’m leavin out a lotta shit, nigga it’s too real |
My alcoholic backround, the welfare motels |
Abuse that I had to take struggle at my mom’s recruit |
How the fuck I’m gon bomb wit you |
And the cases I got up to date told you that I bust a eight |
My niggas I can’t name, outta state (My niggas fuck with weight) |
Little brother gone but I got a baby angel |
You fuckin with a dirty name, don’t let these niggas change you |
The present’s what you get |
And the past is what make the man future |
I can’t tell you I ain’t God or lil' Superman |
No there ain’t a 'S' on my chest, but it’s a 'D' on my block (D Blok) |
And said life the deepest lesson is death |
I’m determined and I’m disciplined and destined to rest |
I’m a Gangsta and a Gentleman, Panero the best |
When I pass I’m like gas, motherfuckers |
'Cause I’m a leave a stain that you’ll never forget |
I said Gangstas ride (Ride with me) |
Gentlemen live your life (Live it up) |
'Cause Gangstas die (We all gon die) |
It’s only a matter of time (The clock tickin) |
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