hold down the block

i gotta lay down the block

when the block is hot

i gotta use my imagination

to change the situation

i gotta lay down the block

when the block is hot

i gotta use my imagination

to change the situation

yea

feds feast on street dons

look at their teeth showin'

salivatin' at the mouth

south to east orange

keep pourin' that liquor

but nigga don't sleep on it

you'll be givin' up your jesus piece to your peeps to pawn it

for legal fees in the penal dorm

screamin' on the horn with 'bout thirty years on your conscience

i'm watchin' brothers disappear

it's appallin'

some dudes had just only a year of ballin'

counter-intelligence found a strange evidence

still we behind the wheel with heat on us

hangin' with predicates

position we placed in caves in

so they got us caged in

ways spinnin' like mike bivens from new edition aging

i got families i'm feeding 'cause my mans is bleeding

every five seconds look in all directions

i come through prepared; i give 'em a call

i'm close

bring them guns downstairs

i gotta lay down the block

when the block is hot

i gotta use my imagination

to change the situation

i gotta lay down the block

when the block is hot

i gotta use my imagination

to change the situation

uh

uh

it's beef week

monday

murder

two niggaz dead

tuesday

wednesday and thursday is hearse-day

friday

somebody-gotta-die-day

saturday

put the gat away

chillin' wit your chick and a bag of haze

wonderin' how it's all gon' end and what type of way

'cause sunday back to gunplay

mo' shit start over nothin'

and get finished quick 'cause the art of repercussion

yeah

i seen it

a g' going out indecent

takin' a plea agreement

thinkin' he secret

escape the crime scene

now you live straight like 9:15

then one-time intervene

my man ain't like me sayin' i don't care if i die

but the sig sauer on me now i'm scared to die

you thinkin' the one i send to clap you be a shorty

but he old school

holdin' a.38

he in his forties

i gotta lay down the block

when the block is hot

i gotta use my imagination

to change the situation

i gotta lay down the block

when the block is hot

i gotta use my imagination

to change the situation

anytime brothers can't get jobs

then they rob

a man rather die than live on his knees and starve

cops steady askin' your man what happened

first he tell then he stop

like he not really rattin'

guess he not really in that casket from a sawed-off

listen

peep game from the brain of an all-star

the rain hurt niggaz bones who been shot

metal pins in their leg

they walk with a limp-hop

the streets lie

so you better be cautious

your man'll fry you plus

everybody talkin'

a vet

a general

don't step where i walked in

make your own path

be a legend in your skin

make your own cash

don't stress what i'm forcin'

don't expect more when you put in less work than all them

queensbridge projects has taught him

and that's for life

you heard me right

i got the block

when the block is hot

i gotta use my imagination

to change the situation

i gotta hold down the block

when the block is hot

i gotta use my imagination

to change the situation

i gotta hold down the block

when the block is hot

i gotta use my imagination

to change the situation