oppin this murderin in Metropolis...I represent the poor profitless cor...The pessimist outnumber the optimist on the block and it's...They probably swarm in without a warning p...Get down...but this is gettin us paid...nder age we learned the tricks of the trade...to chipping it with the blade...to gettin rid of it in a raid...appy to get stiffed in the cage... shame we're placed in a no win situation...The party is in the pen and the blow is the invitation...Hold it down in Rahway you don't st...You gotta strive in Elmira you don't st...t but not least for the sure shot...It's the abandoned nation...tter now he acts up in class...His pops is not around the boy is blocked down...He suckin on 40oz and pissin in elevators...Idolizin the guys with big rides...And now he despises the shit-taker...He 13 goin on 26 and a half...His only dream is to have bricks and ...Poppin the clutch and hittin the gas, so he start da...In the coke game pitchin f...Now he sittin in a cell with an unpe...cover cop his photo is at the station...The party is in the pen and the blow is the invitation...The party is in the pen and the government is promotin it...That's the reason I don't be believin in all this votin shit...They bring the coke in this bitch, ain't n...In the p's please, there's...That's where all the focus is makin sure all the blacks...Stay in the back the same place that uh, Scoliosis is...Acting like this is how we supposed to ...a here, I can swear in bout a year...l have these suckas in explainin why the hell they still got...ks, still attractin heat in my six... drink Barcardi and the Gin... tryna invite me to the party in the pen...The body will get your ass up in the VIP...And the burner will get you in without showing you...The coke that'll get you in especially if you c...You RSVP to the party in the P...tiary Saigitty I am the truth...se kids that lie to the youth, I'm living p...Comstock in the house it don't stop...Attica come on you don't stop...And Attica come on you don't stop...Out in Greenhaven you don'...Out west in Lompoc you don't st...Is San Quetin in the house and you don't...Over in Ironwood you don't ...Over in Connelly you don't ...Saigon the Yardfather you don'...Just Blaze on the beat he keeps it ho...t but not least for the sure shot...It's the abandoned nation...Comstock's in the house hands up (han...Sing Sing's in the house hands up (han...Attica's in the house hands up (han...Greenhaven's in the house hands up (to the sky)...Rahway's in the house hands up (put...Lompoc's in the house hands up (kee...Elmira's in the house hands up (han...Sullivan's in the house hands up (put

Have mercy on my soul...On my soul...On my soul...To the setting sun...Your skin's on fire again...To the promised land...To the bleeding heart ...A bandage for the wound...To the only one...Light and Heat...Burns the flesh of mortal men...I am the sign...From the west...The divine is laid to rest

We keep rising to the top...d keep eyes out for the cops... keep your kids off the street...They got you locked in a hole, 19 years ol...After the sunshine come the rain, after the fun time come the pain...ife got my daughter in shitty diapers (Dam...The rice is still raw and the meat is still frozen in the freezer...Either I hit the street to do some pitching, knowing these dudes is snitching...My living condition is not in the greatest condition ...reeze past, hop out in a ski mask...g moving and cruise in a G-Class (Vroom)...But keep writing the heat that the street like it...Youngings is reciting my lyrics,...Y'all niggas is thinking shit is easy, it's hard...ing I know I'm a do is keep believing in God...After the fast songs come the slow, after the sad songs come some...This is the life I have come to...Police is in Marquis', Chevy Cap...The young, hood boogers...The rap figures throwing money in the air like it's pizza...People in the hood ain't eating t...I tried to help the labels see the vision...I'm the new Public Enemy, I...ng, this nigga's up in the Forbes...r trying to rap for the cause...But in these next four bar...They enforcing on North American shor...hey can have rifles on their farms...Tell them wave at the artist, I feel like...Don't forget I'm the ex-con that made it the farthest (Yup)...Until the day that I lay with the martyrs...Or until the day I'm parlaying, ...I'mma remain the smartest, hardest working nigga in the business...hey putting my body in that life-size Zipl...To another 20 in the rock for them to gi...Whatever the case may be...We do a census on who is the sickest lyricist, t...We on the radio

Far from the evergreen of old As...Far from the rainfall on the trails of old Saigon...straight from the poster town of scor...To bring you the wilder side of gold...tiger there's a lot on your mind...Under the heat of the southwest sun...Took to the spotlight like a di...Came from the woodwork and the hopes they might...tiger there's a lot on your mind...To suffer the strain of the pain that's old....s so tonight can be the night that I send t...nna go back, I want the new day and age...Come on girls and boys, eve...ger there's a price on your head...Under the heat of...Under the heat of...Under the heat of the southwest sun...There's a lot on your mind

To get out of the heat ... lives changed like the weather ...He said I ate the last mango in Paris ...I took the last plane out of Saigon ...Took the first fast boat to ... a third world girl in Buzios ...With a pistol in each hand ...had a damn good run on Wall Street ...woke up dry beneath the African sky ...We shot the breeze for hours ...As the sun fell from the sky ...And like the sun he disappeared ...As I went back to the head ...I read upon the dingy walls ...The words the old man said: