[00:00.00] 作曲 : Maman, Styles
[00:00.00]I said Gangstas ride
[00:00.00]Gentlemen live your life
[00:00.00]Cause Gangstas die
[00:00.00]It's only a matter of time
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[00:22.66]My pops came from Bed Stuy, my mom came from Africa
[00:24.84]I'm more a nigga if you know what I mean
[00:27.89]They hooked up in the '70's when liquor and weed was heavy
[00:31.26]And had me in Corona, Queens
[00:32.77]By the time I was seven my mom left my pop
[00:36.07]Then we moved to the south side of Yonkers, New York
[00:38.69]Then my mom remarried, had my little brother Gary
[00:41.62]My sister a year later, let me gather my thoughts
[00:43.93]By the time I was nine I was outta my mind
[00:46.68]My step pops didn't like me beat me outta my mind
[00:49.74]Ten and eleven the same I never would change
[00:52.67]He still had to hit me, aggravate a little nigga
[00:55.78]Still wearin' Skippys
[00:56.91]Garf had Adidas and Pumas, I could a had a pair
[01:00.35]My mommy said wait 'til Christmas but I needed em sooner
[01:03.71]If you heard I was broke dawg it wasn't a rumor
[01:06.52]I said Gangstas ride （Ride with me）
[01:10.26]Gentlemen live your life （Live it up）
[01:12.64]Cause Gangstas die （We all gon die）
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[01:15.58]It's only a matter of time （The clock tickin）
[01:18.46]I said Gangstas ride
[01:19.14]Gentlemen live your life
[01:22.83]Cause Gangstas di
[01:25.82]It's only a matter of time
[01:28.69]It was 1986 and I was twelve years old
[01:31.25]That's right around the time when crack came out
[01:33.69]It was the best thing that happened to me
[01:35.87]I swear to God cause I was gettin everything that I was askin about
[01:39.05]First we started off baggin up, me and garf
[01:42.35]Then shit start addin up, we gettin smart
[01:45.11]Now we on Broadway, coppin our own base
[01:47.73]Bring it home and put it in bottles, send us a rottle
[01:51.03]Drink an OE and scramble like it wasn't tomorrow
[01:53.15]I'm gettin kicked out of Junior High, thinkin I'm grown
[01:55.96]Got bust with the yellow rabbit
[01:57.70]And I had every color dealt we was gettin it on
[02:01.45]I was out robbin Mexicans six in the morn'
[02:04.32]Mom said I'd had to ep again, rip it I'm gone
[02:07.13]Nigga get a little loony and grown, soup in the dome
[02:09.93]Fuck me up worst when I went to the group home
[02:12.75]I said Gangstas ride （Ride with me）
[02:15.37]Gentlemen live your life （Live it up）
[02:18.23]Cause Gangstas die （We all gon die）
[02:21.66]It's only a matter of time （The clock tickin）
[02:23.79]I said Gangstas ride
[02:26.40]Gentlemen live your life
[02:29.16]Cause Gangstas die
[02:32.10]It's only a matter of time
[02:34.90]I'm leavin out a lotta shit, nigga it's too real
[02:37.52]My alcoholic backround, the welfare motels
[02:40.27]Abuse that I had to take struggle at my mom's recruit
[02:43.08]How the fuck I'm gon bomb wit you
[02:45.57]And the cases I got up to date told you that I bust a eight
[02:48.69]My niggas I can't name, outta state （My niggas fuck with weight）
[02:51.75]Little brother gone but I got a baby angel
[02:54.01]You fuckin with a dirty name, don't let these niggas change you
[02:56.88]The present's what you get
[02:58.13]And the past is what make the man future
[02:59.75]I can't tell you I ain't God or lil' Superman
[03:01.81]No there ain't a 'S' on my chest, but it's a 'D' on my block （D Blok）
[03:06.18]And said life the deepest lesson is death
[03:07.74]I'm determined and I'm disciplined and destined to rep
[03:10.36]I'm a Gangsta and a Gentleman, Panero the best
[03:13.17]When I pass I'm like gas, motherfuckers
[03:15.43]Cause I'm a leave a stain that you'll never forget
[03:18.49]I said Gangstas ride （Ride with me）
[03:21.80]Gentlemen live your life （Live it up）
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[03:24.69]Cause Gangstas die （We all gon die）
[03:27.56]It's only a matter of time （The clock tickin）
[03:30.18]I said Gangstas ride
[03:32.73]Gentlemen live your life
[03:35.42]Cause Gangstas die
[03:38.36]It's only a matter of time （The clock tickin）