Once around the block to show me ...You're promisin' the world to me ...k is cheap when all the guns ...Watchin' all the action from a ring ... number waiting for the chance ...Sweating from the moments ...Leading up to face the music

, and I'm headed to the arcade. ...I've got all the patterns down, up until the ninth key. ...So I'm heading out the back door and in the other side; ...Gonna eat the cherries up and tak...'m gonna fake it to the left, and move to the right; ...ow I've got them on the run, and I'm looking for the high score; ...So it's once around the block, And I'll slide back out the side door.

I walk around town with the pound strapped down...It gets mad deep in the streets ... real then you know the deal ...sneaks upon my camp once more, ...Breakfast is served the killa dilla from the sky, ...Watch the thin line 'nough ra...the words you talking h...Bucktown's the state of mind that ...cause the roots silly around my way to get hot. ...troy when I step in the center. ...A decipher in the night, woo rolled t...Now you sank in the sadem, asking me to...er I got lyrics out the Tims, ...When I come around the block, ...I give mad love to the heads that I know, ...while the heads that I don't ...eave ya stranded in the mist, ...Crack down on the wack found backgrou... Camp organizing in the streets, ...in the industry on the rise with my peeps,...ge to gain a mental block on your brain, ...eady for what be on the brick side.

Once upon a time not lon...They did the job, money came wit...The cop grabbed his arm... little did he know the little boy was stra...The kid pulled out a gu...The barrel was set straight for the cop's kidney, ...The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to f...cold dashed and ran around the block, ...A shot for the head, he shot back ...Looked around good and from expec...cided he'd head for the subway stations, ...Ran up the stairs up to the top floor, ...Opened up the door there, guess w...Dave the dope fiend shootin'...Who don't know the meaning of water no...The dope fiend brought ...Raced up the block doing 83, ...scaped alive though the car was battered, ...-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered, ...gnant lady, got out the automatic, ...er head and he said the gun was full o' lea...He told the cops "Back off or h...So he let the lady go and he star...Before long the little boy got surr...He dropped the gun, so went the glory, ...And this is the way I must end this...The cops shot the kid, I still hear h... another case 'bout the wrong path,

Once upon a time not lon...They did the job, money came wit...The cop grabbed his arm... little did he know the lil' boy was strapp...The kid pulled out a gu...the barrel was set straight for the cop's kidney, ...The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to f...cold dashed and ran around the block, ...a shot for the head, he shot back ...Looked around good and from expec...cided he'd head for the subway stations, ...Ran up the stairs up to the top floor, ...opened up the door there, guess w...Dave the dope fiend shootin'...who don't know the meaning of water no...the dope fiend brought ...Raced up the block doing 83, ...scaped alive though the car was battered, ...-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered, ...egnant lady and out the automatic, ...er head and he said the gun was full o' lea...he told the cops "Back off or h...so he let the lady go and he star...before long the lil' boy got surrou...He dropped the gun, so went the glory, ...and this is the way I must end this...the cops shot the kid, I still hear h... another case 'bout the wrong path,

Once upon a time not lon...They did the job, money came wit...The cop grabbed his arm... little did he know the lil' boy was strapp...The kid pulled out a gu...the barrel was set straight for the cop's kidney, ...The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to f...cold dashed and ran around the block, ...a shot for the head, he shot back ...Looked around good and from expec...cided he'd head for the subway stations, ...Ran up the stairs up to the top floor, ...opened up the door there, guess w...Dave the dope fiend shootin'...who don't know the meaning of water no...the dope fiend brought ...Raced up the block doing 83, ...scaped alive though the car was battered, ...-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered, ...egnant lady and out the automatic, ...er head and he said the gun was full o' lea...he told the cops "Back off or h...so he let the lady go and he star...before long the lil' boy got surrou...He dropped the gun, so went the glory, ...and this is the way I must end this...the cops shot the kid, I still hear h... another case 'bout the wrong path,

Once upon a time not lon...They did the job, money came wit...The cop grabbed his arm... little did he know the little boy was stra...The kid pulled out a gu...The barrel was set straight for the cop's kidney, ...The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to f...cold dashed and ran around the block, ...A shot for the head, he shot back ...Looked around good and from expec...cided he'd head for the subway stations, ...Ran up the stairs up to the top floor, ...Opened up the door there, guess w...Dave the dope fiend shootin'...Who don't know the meaning of water no...The dope fiend brought ...Raced up the block doing 83, ...scaped alive though the car was battered, ...-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered, ...gnant lady, got out the automatic, ...er head and he said the gun was full o' lea...He told the cops "Back off or h...So he let the lady go and he star...Before long the little boy got surr...He dropped the gun, so went the glory, ...And this is the way I must end this...The cops shot the kid, I still hear h... another case 'bout the wrong path,

Once upon a time not lon...They did the job, money came wit...The cop grabbed his arm... little did he know the lil' boy was strapp...The kid pulled out a gu...the barrel was set straight for the cop's kidney, ...The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to f...cold dashed and ran around the block, ...a shot for the head, he shot back ...Looked around good and from expec...cided he'd head for the subway stations, ...Ran up the stairs up to the top floor, ...opened up the door there, guess w...Dave the dope fiend shootin'...who don't know the meaning of water no...the dope fiend brought ...Raced up the block doing 83, ...scaped alive though the car was battered, ...-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered, ...egnant lady and out the automatic, ...er head and he said the gun was full o' lea...he told the cops "Back off or h...so he let the lady go and he star...before long the lil' boy got surrou...He dropped the gun, so went the glory, ...and this is the way I must end this...the cops shot the kid, I still hear h... another case 'bout the wrong path,

Around the block, maybe once or twice, ...She's given me the runaround, yeah, ow...And right down to the nick of time, ...She's given me the runaround, oh, ow! ...She owns the time. ...She's given me the runaround, oh, ow! ...She's given me the runaround, oh, ow! ...nd stumbling across the land, full of mirac

ld] with fingers in the mouth tidgy poo na ...Once upon a time not lon...d folks and making' the dash" ...They did the job, money came wit...the cop grabbed his arm... little did he know the lil' boy was strapp...the kid pulled out a gu...the barrel headed straight for the cop's kidney ...The cop got scared, the kid, he starts to f...cold dashed and ran around the block ...a shot for the head, he shot back ...cided he'd head for the subway stations ...Ran up the stairs up to the top floor ...opened up the door there, guess w...Dad, the dope fiend shooting...who don't know the meaning of water no...the dope fiend brought ...Raced up the block doing 83, crashed i...scaped alive though the car was battered ...-tat-tatted and all the cops scattered ...lady and pulled out the automatic ...er head and he said the gun was full of lea...He told the cops, "back off or ...so he let the lady go and he star...Before long the lil' boy got surrou...he dropped the gun, so went the glory ...And this is the way I got to end th...I saw the cops shoot the kid, I still hear h... another case 'bout the wrong path

Oh, what the heck ...The thing I'm talkin' a... you can't see with the naked eye ...But to the nose it's a nuisanc...From here to the Himalayan ...About the dragon ...It could be the beverage you guzzle...The diabolical energeti...The I-Z Mza-Mza-a-r-k-i...For the one you adore, chec...Of the dragon ...I once knew a guy by the name of Tock ...them kids from like around the block ...The kid was cool, had the right gear, and sli...The only thing was wron...ays wanna like hang around ...ad bass with scents around ...I started beatin' around the bush cause he thoug..., "Yo Tock, you got the dragon!"

You cooked the Sunday meal at 6 ...e these dependin on the weather ...Checked my mail the other day and Sam d...The nerve of this mothe...ick, fast, do it on the double (9-1-1) ...The line been busy for ...I be watchin the tube, toastin the rude ...Notice the news ain't nothin b...Lord it's troublin, the more you be hustlin the more you strugglin ...ange shit, stuck in the same shit ...I just be steppin around the block cause I was doin my...I burn shit once my lyric drop, one ...AQ had me caught in the rain ...I'm 'bout to pull the mask out and have '...ut and it's all for the brain ...en everything under the sun ...'all never heard of the blacks still young ...Steppin out in the cowboy banana brim ...Once you rockin camel sk...Management go get the checks so we can be

Ya heard the Ice was rockin', ti...ur neck comin' down the stairs ...o your ride, pushed the speed to the limit ...Now you're at the jam but in for a sh...id big line wrapped around the block ...Through the walls of the hall you could hear...when you got inside the sight straightened ...Cause as you look around all you could see w...'s time that I tell the truth ...Cause females are the one thing that I ca...I love to buy the girls things, love ...boys you must admit the best part of each d...Not that hangs around me ...Don't dig goin' to the movies alone ...alkin' to myself on the telephone ...' to get a dance in the federal pen ...park with a gang of the guys ...y girl walkin' down the street ...n' a box rockin' to the beat ...The girl looked pretty,...he's got to be with the Ice ...The next thing I knew I...The girl was cut like a...op half was heaven, the bottom was the hell ...I knew tonight that the Ice was gonna rock ...Until she noticed the bulge growin' in my...You should'a seen the girl's eyes as my b...This is just about the time that the Ice passed out ...The next day I woke the girl was through ...She was the best y'all, yes on ...ere to let you know the girl went off on the Ice ...t comes to partyin' the ladies know how ...It's the homeboys always try...cause they ain't on the bill ... put their hands in the air, they take the show to the top ... start rockin' with the ladies once the show begins ... don't lean against the wall like they're I...e, my homeboys, and the ladies alone

Once upon a time in the land of fever, ther...Every 1st of the month this pretty feline got the hots ...And that's when the neighborhood (D-d-d...They'd line up around the block ...The locals come around (Come Around) ...When they see the scarlet light ...Lo and behold the fantastical way

tick tock, Mo is on the jock ...I did her in the limo as we went around the block ...Sucked the mole on her hip, licked the lipstick off her li...One hand gripped the car, the other on her breast...I let the seat recline and I ...Uh, Ho's in the front for the 1990's ...Walkin' around showing off their h...hn, you meet him at the mot' ...innin', and this is the beginnin' ...ll about working on the streets no more ...Peter was on the beater, I was about... to front so here's the rude scoop ...I can't stop once I get started ...They come with the rough stuff, boy we...In the same order as ya he...sk what, me tell ya the truth, you understa...The iron eye can get bu...I flipped her from the top of my head, eno...I'm the brother with the short short dreads ...rd because I go for the gusto ...And I cover up the moans by turnin' up