
Date of issue: 31.12.2004
Record label: The Island Def Jam
Song language: English
Hazy Shade Of Criminal |
Reach uppity reach gotta reach |
Power to the people &the beats |
Some people accuse some people of crimes |
Some people get away wit’losin’my rhyme |
They don’t like where I’m comin’from |
So dey play dumb |
Dumb diggetty dumbb diggetty dumb |
But I’m tellin’you what they do Play a fool |
While the real thief cools in a pool |
He who got the finger on the war button |
Talkin’loud ain’t sayin’nuttin |
TV got 'em bigger than life |
All he needs is a knife |
Who’s the criminal? |
To the blind def &dumb |
Hard to see 'em comin' |
Don’t be dumb diggety dumb |
Politikin’writin’bad checks |
Still dey gettin’wreck |
Goin’fo’a nigga neck |
Rollin’in a blue 'n'white gang |
Ready to bang biggedy bang |
Hangin''round da hangin’rope |
Nope n-o-p-e |
I ain’t bendin’for the soap |
Never understood why the 'hood |
Half od who’s in da joint |
Now dey got me losin’my point |
Gotta have it goin’on |
Born criminal born |
Take a piece of America back |
But who had it first |
Hear the indian curse |
Robbed &stole so many so much |
It ain’t funny |
Now who got 'em face on money |
Politician passin’a bill paid in full |
C-note rockin’in a pocket |
How they livin’makin’sure they |
Lockin’us up I got a feelin’I’m… |
When it come to somethin’we say |
What dey don’t like is a brother like me On da mike |
In fact to the gritty ain’t none of us wack |
Noriega had back |
Jeffrey Dahmer enter the room without cuffs |
How the hell do we set stuffed |
In da back of a cell |
On an isle |
Ain’t it wild |
What’s a criminal? |
Only if I had one more time to kick |
The rhythm that keep rippin’down the door |
So the real crominals get exposed behind the clothes |
Doors 'n'the suits that make 'n'break da law |
Lookin’for my own 'cause I had enuff bull |
I can’t understand it must be crooked |
Way they planned it Police supposed to keep the peace |
But I can’t truss 'em |
So I keep my piece |
Loaded &cocked |
'Cause I don’t miss the block |
I’m talkin’about the ones who don’t get chained to the rock |
While we go away for the neighborhood crime |
Never liked what I saw in the law |
Indiana tress hangin’us instead of leaves |
We hangin’the rope |
Real criminals… |
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