VI: Return of the Real
I Must Stand
Ice-T
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I know I can do it out there, man
I'm gonna✦ go for it, man
I gotta✦ get some money✦
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[ VERSE 2 ]
Streets of anger,✦ trouble and crime
I had it hard, had to sleep in my car sometime
But I never✦ let another✦ player see me down
I kept my front up, my gear clean
Even✦ when checkin✦ minor✦ green
Brothers✦ knew my game was true
So I hooked✦ up with the real crew
That knew excactly what to do
Bank jobs and jewels, quick to flex with tools
Pimpin✦ hoes on the block
Checkin✦ cash non-stop
Crack spots, armor✦ with interior bars
No lie, I used✦ to own 'bout 15 cars
Every✦ piece Fila✦ made
Drape my women✦ in suede
Pavet✦ Piaget,✦ Cesar's✦ Palace✦ holidays
It was on, crazy✦ out of control
We made up the word 'ballin',✦ that was how we rolled✦
But the FBI had a-whole-nother✦ idea✦
It's called✦ multiple indictments for hundreds of years
What
Daff is dead?
Carter✦ got 25 years?
Nah..
Spike 35 to life?
Nah, don't tell me B.O.'s dead, man
I don't wanna✦ hear that, man
I was just with him
[ VERSE 3 ]
The game is vicious, no retirement, you die young
Listen✦ to a fake, he might tell you to grab a gun
I get phone calls from condemned row
Brothers✦ I ran with, brothers✦ I really✦ know
They tell me, "Ice you got much love in the pen
You're the one that got away,✦ don't wanna✦ see you in"
They tell me, "Tell the little homies✦ the deal
Don't let em come up in this hellish habitat of shanks and steel"
I marched two million strong in D.C
Lookin✦ eye to eye with brothers✦ that I used✦ to think below✦ me
Damn, my mind was twisted in my hustlin days
But God spared✦ me, I got a baby✦ son to raise
And bein black ain't easy,✦ prejudice is real
But health and liberty is all we need for us to build
We gotta✦ come together, unseparated✦
Check yourself like I did, blackman, because we're all related✦
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