Song | Just To Get A Rep |
Artist | Gang Starr |
Album | Just To Get A Rep / Who's Gonna Take The Weight? |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
And this is how the story goes | |
Brothers are amused by others brother's reps | |
But the thing they know best is where the gun is kept | |
'Cause in the night, you'll feel fright | |
And at the sight of a 4-5th, I guess you just might | |
Wanna do a dance or two | |
'Cause they could maybe bust you for self or wit a crew | |
No matter is you or your brother's a star | |
He could pop you in check without a get away car | |
And some might say that he's a dummy | |
But sticking you and taking all of your money | |
It's a daily operation | |
He might be loose in the park or lurking at the train station | |
Mad brothers know his name | |
So he thinks he got a little fame | |
From the stick-up game | |
And while we're blaming society | |
He's at a party with his man | |
They got their eye on the gold chain | |
That the next man's wearing | |
It looks big but they ain't staring | |
Just thinking of a way and when to get the brother | |
They'll be long gone before the kid recovers | |
And back around the way, he'll have the chain on his neck | |
Claiming respect, just to get a rep | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
And this is how the story goes | |
Ten brothers in a circle | |
Had the kid trapped, the one wit the hood | |
He said, ‽We'll hurt you†| |
If you don't run out your dues and pay | |
Give up the Rolex watch or you won't see another day | |
See, they were on the attack | |
And one said, ‽Yo, you wanna make this to a homicide rap?†| |
Make it fast so we can be on our way | |
Kick in the rings and everything, okay? | |
The kid was nervous and flinching | |
And little shorty with the 3-8, yo, he was inchin' | |
Closer and closer, put the gun to his head | |
Shorty was down to catch a body instead | |
Money was scared so he panicked | |
Took off his link and his rings and ran frantic | |
But shorty said, ‽Now†pulled the trigger and stepped | |
It was nothing, he did it just to get a rep | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
And this is how the story goes | |
Brothers are amused by others brother' s reps | |
But the thing they know best is where the gun is kept | |
' Cause in the night, you' ll feel fright | |
And at the sight of a 45th, I guess you just might | |
Wanna do a dance or two | |
' Cause they could maybe bust you for self or wit a crew | |
No matter is you or your brother' s a star | |
He could pop you in check without a get away car | |
And some might say that he' s a dummy | |
But sticking you and taking all of your money | |
It' s a daily operation | |
He might be loose in the park or lurking at the train station | |
Mad brothers know his name | |
So he thinks he got a little fame | |
From the stickup game | |
And while we' re blaming society | |
He' s at a party with his man | |
They got their eye on the gold chain | |
That the next man' s wearing | |
It looks big but they ain' t staring | |
Just thinking of a way and when to get the brother | |
They' ll be long gone before the kid recovers | |
And back around the way, he' ll have the chain on his neck | |
Claiming respect, just to get a rep | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
And this is how the story goes | |
Ten brothers in a circle | |
Had the kid trapped, the one wit the hood | |
He said, We' ll hurt you | |
If you don' t run out your dues and pay | |
Give up the Rolex watch or you won' t see another day | |
See, they were on the attack | |
And one said, Yo, you wanna make this to a homicide rap? | |
Make it fast so we can be on our way | |
Kick in the rings and everything, okay? | |
The kid was nervous and flinching | |
And little shorty with the 38, yo, he was inchin' | |
Closer and closer, put the gun to his head | |
Shorty was down to catch a body instead | |
Money was scared so he panicked | |
Took off his link and his rings and ran frantic | |
But shorty said, Now pulled the trigger and stepped | |
It was nothing, he did it just to get a rep | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax | |
Stick up kids is out to tax |