| Crime stories
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| You get, boy, no glory
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| Not in these crime stories
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| I’m tellin' you right now, no glory
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| Scene I
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| Too Big and the Hammer rollin' on a hit
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| Knives in our hands to the sound of the click
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| And now we’re ready, we hit the swoove
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| Windows ease down we spray their crews
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| Eight fools dead, a baby too
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| You ask me how I’m livin', this hit’s for you
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| But that’s not all we got the prize
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| A mother in a kitchen, now yo, she’s dead inside
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| Yeah, we took them suckers out
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| They know what time it is now
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| Crime stories
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| Homeboys, you get no glory
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| Not in these crime stories
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| You ain’t gettin' nuthin' on that, no glory
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| Scene II, me and Too Big at the club
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| Too Big and the Hammer kickin' it at the club
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| Boastin' about the way that we pulled those sucker’s plugs
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| We weren’t worried, naw, we didn’t care
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| When you’re in this war, yo, all is fair
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| A tap on my shoulder, I turn around
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| Too Big is dyin' fast, he’s on the ground
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| I reach for my gat, it was too late
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| The knives went pointblank range in my face
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| Yo, they opened fire and took me out
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| Somebody tell my mother, I love her, man
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| Crime stories
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| Boy, you get no glory
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| I’m not going to mislead my brothers
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| Crime stories, I’m tellin' ya right now, ah, will they talk? |
| No glory
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| Scene III, the pimpin' game
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| Now I’m pimpin' these berries, got to get that money
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| Those suckers still payin' for a little bit of honey
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| Nothin' in this world can stop my flow
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| AIDS ain’t done nothin' but help my business grow
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| My babes are trained to make that dollar
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| To take you out, fool, it ain’t no bother
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| You dropped your pants and you pay the price
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| Your money maybe AIDS, fool, and then your life
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| Yeah, that’s right 'cause a pimp got to make it
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| You know what I’m sayin'
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| We’re talkin' about crime stories
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| And I ain’t givin' up no propers, no glory
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| Crime Stories, all the real brothers have been locked up
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| And you know they don’t wanna go back, no glory
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| Scene IV, the pimp got took out by Barry’s brother
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| We got this tip on some new fresh bait
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| Money in their heads and they could hardly wait
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| My girls went to their room to make the play
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| Two suckers at once, yeah, would make my day
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| Now I’m outside some suckers walk up
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| Talkin' real hard about smokin' my butt
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| He pushed the button, the blade came out
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| Cut me on my throat and then a bullet in my mouth
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| I guess the devil got all the babes in hell
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| Maybe he’ll let me work with him? |
| Ssh
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| Crime stories
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| I’m tellin' ya, man, you get no glory
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| 'Cause I’m not gonna mislead my young brothers
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| Crime stories, if you’ve ever been locked up
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| You know the true stories, no glory
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| And I’d like to say this before we get outta here
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| To my brothers in the game, my brothers
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| Who are out there doin' what they feel they’ve got to do
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| I wanna ask you one favor, let’s let the young kids 10, 11, 12 years old
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| Let’s let them go on and do their thing at the schoolhouse
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| Let’s give them a chance to make it
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| Let’s give them a chance at a different life
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| You doin' what you feel you have to do
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| But they youngsters and they don’t know any better
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| So we want to give them a chance to live
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| I mean life is precious, and you know that yourself
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| And you try to make a better life for yourself
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| So what I’m sayin' this from the bottom of my heart, let the kids be
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| Help the children lead to another way
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| And peace from you and I love you and I’m outta here |