things done changed

notorious b.i.g.

remember back in the days

when niggaz had waves

gazelle shades

and corn braids

pitchin pennies

honies had the high top jellies

shootin skelly

motherfuckers was all friendly

loungin at the barbeques

drinkin brews

with the neighborhood crews

hangin on the avenues

turn your pagers

to nineteen ninety three

niggaz is gettin smoked g

believe me

talk slick

you get your neck slit quick

cause real street niggaz ain't havin that shit

totin techs for rep

smokin blunts in the project

hallways

shootin dice all day

wait for niggaz to step up on some fightin shit

we get hype and shit and start lifin shit

so step away with your fist fight ways

motherfucker this ain't back in the days

but you don't hear me though

no more cocoa leave-io

one two three

one two three

all of this to me

is a mystery

i hear you motherfuckers talk about it

but i stay seein bodies with the motherfuckin chalk around it

and i'm down with the shit too

for the stupid motherfuckers wanna try to use kung-fu

instead of a mac-10 he tried scrappin

slugs in his back and

that's what the fuck happens

when you sleep on the street

little motherfuckers with heat

want ta leave a nigga six feet deep

and we comin to the wake

to make sure the cryin and commotion ain't a motherfuckin fake

back in the days

our parents used to take care of us

look at em now

they even fuckin scared of us

callin the city for help because they can't maintain

damn

shit done changed

if i wasn't in the rap game

i'd probably have a key knee deep in the crack game

because the streets is a short stop

either you're slingin crack rock or you got a wicked jumpshot

shit

it's hard being young from the slums

eatin five cent gums not knowin where your meals comin from

and now the shit's gettin crazier and major

kids younger than me

they got the sky grand pagers

goin outta town

blowin up

six months later all the dead bodies showin up

it make me wanna grab the nine and the shottie

but i gotta go identify the body

damn

what happened to the summertime cookouts?

everytime i turn around a nigga gettin took out

shit

my momma got cancer in her breast

don't ask me why i'm motherfuckin stressed

things done changed