A Gangster And A Gentleman

Yes

Pay full attention

This is for gangsters

This is for gentlemen

There's two kind of people out there

I happen to be the boss type

I'm a product of my environment

Been in the streets

I am what they made me

My pops came from Bed-Stuy, my mom came from Africa

I'm more **** if you know what I mean

They hooked up in the 70's when liquor and weed was heavy

And had me in Corona, Queens

By the time I was seven, my mom left my pop

And we moved to the south side of Yonkers, New York

Then my mom re-married, had my little brother, Gary

My sister a year later, let me gather my thoughts

By the time I was nine, I was out of my mind

My step pops didn't like me, beat me out of my mind

Ten and eleven, the same, I never would change

He still had to hit me, aggravated lil' ****

Still win Skippy's, golf had Adidas

And Puma's, I coulda had a pair

But mommy said wait till Christmas

But I needed 'em sooner

If you heard I was broke, dawg, it wasn't a rumor

I said gangsters ride (Ride with me)

Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)

'Cause gangsters die (We all gon' die)

It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin')

I say gangsters ride (Ride with me)

Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)

'Cause gangsters die (We all gon' die)

It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin')

It was 1986 and I was twelve years old

That's right around the time when crack came out

It was the best thing that happened to me, I swear to God

'Cause I was gettin' everything that I was askin' about

First we started off baggin' up, me and golf

Then shit start addin' up

We gettin' smart

Now we on broadway, coppin' our own base

Bring it home, put it in bottles, send us a rottle

Drink an OE and scrambled like it wasn't tomorrow

I'm gettin' kicked outta Junior High, thinkin' I'm grown

Got bust with the yellow rabbit

And I had every color dealt that we was getting it on

I was out robbin' Mexicans, 6 in the morn'

Mom said I had to F again, riff and I'm gone

**** get a little loony and grown, souped in the dome

Fuck me up first when I went to the group home

I said gangsters ride (Ride with me)

Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)

'Cause gangsters die (We all gon' die)

It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin')

I said gangsters ride (Ride with me)

Gentlemen live you life (Live it up)

'Cause gangsters die (We all gon' die)

It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin')

I'm leavin' outta a lot of shit, ****, it's too real

My alcoholic background, the welfare motels

Abuse that I had to take, struggle that my mom's withdrew

How the fuck I'm gon' bomb with you?

And the cases I got up to date

Told you that I bust the eight

Got **** I can't name outta state

****, fuck away

Little brother gone, but I got a bigger angel

You fuckin' with a dirty game

Don't let these **** change you

The presence what you get and the past is what made the man

A future I can't tell you, I ain't God or no superman

No it ain't a S on my chest

But it's a D on my block

'Cause in life the deepest lesson is death

I'm determined and I'm disciplined

And destined to rap

I'm a gangster and a gentleman

Panero the best

When I pass, I'm like yes, motherfuckers

'Cause I'ma leave a stink that you'll never forget

I said gangsters ride (Ride with me)

Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)

'Cause gangsters die (We all gon' die)

It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin')

I said gangsters ride (Ride with me)

Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)

'Cause gangsters die (We all gon' die)

It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin')