One two y'all

Old school y'all

Allow me if you will

to indulge my verbal skill into a scene

about the feeble minded schemes of a teen

I tried to stay alive and I strived

Sometimes I even cried

I was only ten years plus five

Nevertheless

**** gave me stress

my addiction to sess

led to my first conviction and arrest

yes yes

the East New York style was like the wild wild west

'cuz if you had to impress

when you dressed in fresh gear

"Hey yo, we only rockin' Bally's over here!"

this year if you ain't got it

you still could be down but play the rear

you come to the section that I'm from

ry to rock your fresh apparel

and you'll be starin' down the barrel of a gun

remember '83 and '84 in high school

come December the jewel was the Brooklyn rule

the restroom was off limits to the herbs

cuz we was shootin' celo from the palms to the curbs

lady luck be with me, daddy needs a new pair of shoes

but daddy hates to lose so somebody got to get abused

you think you jettin' with my dough, hell no

nigga you don't know my steelo

we 'bout to take a vote on your sheepskin coat

and your phat gold rope chain

you had to be insane to even get into the game

it's me you need to thank

that you're only gettin' ganked point blank

my homeboy Tank got the shank

that's how it was, so this is how it is

you got to keep it real when you deal with them Brooklyn kids

the Zulus dropped jewels on a school called ****

now it's graphics, the gods had crazy mathematics

chicks Uptown wore Louis Vuitton and Fendi

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