Krayzie:
Dedicate this to all the niggas on the streets; niggas in the hood strugglin,
Doin what the fuck they gotta do to make their money; and all the thugs, the
Hustlas, the gangstas, the playas, pimps. lets roll, lets roll.
[. . . ghetto love, ghetto love. I can feel that ghetto love, ghetto love . . .]
Street people [people] all my people be them niggas with an attitude. [were
Ready for war.] the street mentality: its do what you gotta do [do what you
Gotta do].
I dedicate this to the niggas in the hood [where they at? where they at? where
They at? ], keepin it real on the street. niggas they practice what they preach,
Stayin true until they d-i-e. niggas still strong. we keep on bailin through
The stress and all the rest of the shit thats goin on. speakin of violence, i
See, you got to keep a pistol, cause if niggas think youre rich, you gon be
Got, they out to pinch ya. bullshit you not--killin because of the pump, and it
Drives us to the point of no return, especially when you re gone off of the
Sherm. you could give a fuck about a nigga flossin. while you walkin, he on
Sixteen switches. aint that a bitch? but thats life. this shit aint nothin
Nice, and hell take yours if his aint right. and I cant stop em or knock
em, but yo, I wouldnt even try, though. cause Bible say, hey, either repent
Or you will die. so [so, so], choose one [just one]: either repent and get
Saved, or put some food on your table for now.
Krayzie:
Street people [people]: all my people be them niggas with an attitude. [were
Ready for war.] the street mentality: its do what you gotta do [do what you
Gotta do].
Krayzie [with niko]:
I see my sisters out there hustlin, man [strugglin, man.]. do what it takes,
But thats the brakes, rustle up what you can. gotta feed your babies [babies,
Yeah]. handle yourself your own business--dont wait on that nigga to get you
Nothin. we been poor long enough, and I know you would scheme on somethin
[somethin, yeah]. take the welfare, fuck it! the system givin it to you,
cause its guilt on they conscience. dont let em fool you [dont let em fool
You, no]. really aint doin a nigga any favors, so come on and get the paper,
Paper, before you die, die. this verse is for my ghetto queens, tryin to come
Up and get them better things, particularly cheddar cheese. make that money
[make that money]. work, work, work. whatever your occupation, as long as you
Bringin home the bacon, bacon, bacon. dont let your enemy lock your mind, too.
And I hope yall really been payin attention cause its 1999, ooh. [ooh-ooh,
Yeah.] though people comin around, we gon thug. so where the thugs at? gimme
Some of that ghetto love [ghettp love].
Krayzie:
Street people [people]: all my people be them niggas with an attitude. [were
Ready for war.] the street mentality: its do what you gotta do [do what you
Gotta do].
Krayzie [with niko]:
Now if yall feelin me, lets get down and tear the roof off the mother. shoot
The muthafuckas! Im serious and mean business. ready to pump pump and ride, you
With it? come on, put it out there. pump, pump, pump police. they treat us like
Animals--lets attack em like beasts. but hold on: fore you start fightin
[hold on, hold on], lets brighten up the action scene, pass me the gasoline [no
More, no more]. Im really not trippin on this rappin no more, cause I know
It wont last too much longer . when its over, then I be a full-time soldier [i
Told you], if I make it out of the game with all my sanity. get paid, fuck the
Fame, get out quickly. understand me? cause at the rate Im goin, pretty soon
Theyll try to ban me for killin these muthafuckas tryin to tamper with my
Family. now they got me runnin from these po-pos, tryin to jam me, but I told
Them muthafuckas not to try to test my manly, and this is my mentality for
Fuckin with the street life, street life [street life.]
Krayzie:
Street people [people]: all my people be them niggas with an attitude. [were
Ready for war.] the street mentality: its do what you gotta do [do what you
Gotta do].
Niko:
I gotta give it up to all my thugstas, were street people. them niggas with an
Attitude, lets stop the killin, were strugglin just like you to make a
Livin. were not pretendin, dont yall remember? it aint easy tryin to stay
Alive, some people out there smokin crack. my people workin 9 to 5, just doin
It right. real strong, hold on cause it wont be long before the strugglin
Days is long gone, hold on, be strong.
Krayzie:
Somebody better em we the t-h-u-gs real fuckin soldiers, soldiers, soldiers,
We soldiers. were t-h-u-gs real fuckin soldiers, soldiers, soldiers, we
Soldiers.
[get on up, get on up.]