O.G. Original Gangster
The Tower
Ice-T
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[Verse 2]
In a blink of an eye, a riot broke out
Blacks put their backs to the wall
Cause it was north and south
A gun man shouts
And everybody✦ had doubt
Until✦ the bullets started fly'n
Took two men out
Then they rushed✦ everybody✦
Back to their cells
Damn the pen is different than
The county✦ jail
I'm in a one man cell
I know my life's✦ on a scale
I wonder✦ if that gunman✦ is goin' to hell
This is my second day
I got a ten year stay
I learned my first lesson
In the pen you don't play
I saw a brother✦ kill another✦
Cause he said he was gay
But that's the way it is
It been that way for years
And when his body✦ hit the ground
I heard a couple of cheers
It kind of hurt me inside✦
That they were glad he died
And I ask myself✦
Just who had the power?✦
The Whites?✦ The Blacks?
Or just the gun tower!✦
[Verse 3]
You see the Whites✦ got a thing
The call White pride
The Blacks got the muscle
Mexicans got the knives✦
You better✦ be wise
You wanna✦ stay alive✦
Go toe to toe with a sucka✦
No matter✦ wht size
A fool tried to sweat me
Act'n like he was hard
I stuck him twice in the neck
And left him dead in the yard
It was smooth how I did it
Cause nobody✦ could see
With my jacket✦ on my arm
And my knife on the side of me
Bam bam, it was over✦
Another✦ one bites✦ the dust
I went crazy✦ in the pen
With nobody✦ to trust
Bench'n ten quarters, so I'm hard to sweat
Used✦ a tat gun, and engrved my set
They call me a lifer✦
Cause I'm good as dead
I live in the hole, so the floor's my bed
And I ask myself✦ again✦
Who has the power✦
The Whites?✦ The Blacks?
Or just the gun tower✦
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