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I'ma take this opportunity to explain |
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Why would a kid in '89 wanna sling cocaine |
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Kilos of cracks in stacks, and spend 20s and 10s |
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And at the age of 11 own a brand-new Benz |
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But I don't blame it on the kids, man, the system is wack |
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There's more money on the streets, gee, than flippin over' Big Macs |
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But if you're still confused, just groove to the music |
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Cause I'ma show you why they do it |
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*That's why* *they* *do it* |
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Call up the press, the newscast, cause I'm about to serve |
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A dope message segment, yeah, that need to be heard |
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Why would a young'un comin up wanna sling in the streets |
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Instead of plannin' for an educated college degree? |
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Here's an answer: who's a role model in the ghetto |
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While these young 'uns live in the slums like bums? |
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They ain't got a role model, so they look up to the brothers on Daytons |
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While daddy drive a station wagon |
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Slackin, lackin, held in the back, and |
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Mama's broke as hell, so they start sellin crack and |
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Clockin more g's than the Jackson 5 |
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See, to them, slingin drugs is a way to survive |
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Go get a job, minimum wage, no, don't even bother |
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Slavin like a sucker for 3.85 an hour? |
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Nope, I ain't with it, y'all can take that back, jack |
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And stuff it down your mouth like a garbage can compact |
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'Just say no' - man, these children are laughin slingin dope |
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Yo, the slogan's a joke |
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People keep speakin 'pon drugs, but they never coincide |
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When they never slung dope in their life |
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How can they speak upon a subject at which they lack knowledge? |
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You say you're tryin to stop drugs? It's all a bunch of garbage |
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But if you're still confused, yo, just groove to the music |
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Cause I'ma show you why they do it |
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*That's why* *they* *do it* |
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Now if you're still havin trouble tryin to find a reason kids sling dope |
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And sport a fat gold rope |
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Let's take a look at this materialistic system, bro |
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Specifically designed to keep minorites broke |
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You know the news got me laughin, every day they comin up with somethin new |
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Curfews and task force crews |
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But who's to blame, because they never ever seem to work |
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It just seem that more people get jerked and hurt |
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How can they account for the problem which they started? |
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Hey yo, you must be retarded |
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But if you're still confused, just groove to the music |
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And Doub'll show you why they do it |
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*That's why* *they* *do it* |
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No more lollygaggin wastin' time, let's get to the facts |
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You ask what could spark a kid into slingin that crack? |
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Then think about it, to a kid comin up in this surrounding |
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The cash and caine, he's more than forced to sling |
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His homies used to do it, and his brothers do it too |
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So he gotta do it, or else he ain't cool |
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Suckers try to knock him, but they never suceed |
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So much money his pockets, parents down to his knees |
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Almost blamin on the parents, the first thing we do |
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In '89, y'all, a kid's gonna do what he wanna do |
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But what do you expect when a brother lack role models? |
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All he know is women, cash and Eight bottles |
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Most people make it to the top, man they never come back |
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Speak to the kids, say, "Yo, this is wack" |
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Too busy havin' fun in the next man's game |
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They think they made it, but they got a shackle still on they brain |
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People try to play me like a booty-neck sucker |
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The system sling, but see, they do it undercover |
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You want the truth well, here, I just threw it |
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Peace - that's why they do it |
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*That's why* *they* *do it* |