S.K.I.T.S. - Lord Finesse.mp3

[00:09.15]It's all real in the Nine-Four
[00:10.50]Shorties kaught up in the system
[00:18.45]Just close your eyes ...
[00:18.96]Picture a ghetto, break it down
[00:26.01]Back in the days I was livin' swell see
[00:28.38]I was ridin' bikes, rollerskatin' & playin' skelzies
[00:31.56]But nowadays *************t is different
[00:33.57]Little kids be riffin', the mother*******s won't listen
[00:36.63]Instead of shootin' tops they shoot Glocks
[00:38.67]They point 'em at cops (*Blam*) and that's the way they get props
[00:41.94]Yo, they do what they wanna
[00:43.95]************* a 9-to-5, they makin' G's on the corner
[00:47.25]Material things is what they want to scoop
[00:49.38]They can't get *************t like that, workin' for no summer youth
[00:52.89]They got clients, they livin' like giants
[00:55.56]They got the whole drug *************t to a science
[00:57.87]They got, jewels and beepers, hundred dollar sneakers
[01:00.63]Lexus coupes: Windows down boomin' the speakers
[01:03.90]They got, ******* in flavors, probably ******' your neighbor
[01:05.97]C'mon! They got *************t under control like the mayor
[01:08.88]Man, you see the news today
[01:11.07]So how you gonna tell these little kids that school's the way?
[01:14.13]Yo, it ain't about I.Q.
[01:15.81]Some of these kids are makin' more than doctors
[01:17.85]And didn't finish high school
[01:19.29]Teenagers are caught up in the system
[01:21.78]And God forbid if you front on 'em or try to diss 'em
[01:24.66]They got everything, from Nines to shotguns
[01:27.24]And they'll put 2 in your chest and lounge til' the cops come
[01:29.88]If you ain't from the ghetto this is undercover
[01:32.31]But in 94, *************t is real like a mother*******
[01:35.61]Tryin' to strive 9-to-5 out in the street
[01:37.98]There's no rain or *************ne, trying to get ends to meet
[01:40.95]************* the cops they don't obey the law
[01:42.78]And if you ain't catch on by now, I ain't even tryin' to say no more
[01:52.08]I don't give a *************!
[01:53.70]I'm just a squirrel, that's out to get a nut
[02:00.21]What? That *************t sucks!
[02:09.81]And besides, I wouldn't make enough
[02:12.30]In this time and day, kids get paid in all kinds of ways
[02:15.45]And get more respect, than *************s that's three times they age
[02:18.39]I know a child that's runnin' wild
[02:20.40]That say ************* playin' tag, he's tryin' to get a hundred thou'
[02:23.46]So it's hard to find a stable child
[02:25.53]Kids are watchin' violent movies, or either got cable now
[02:29.16]And they catch on so quick
[02:30.60]Bout time they hit 16 they be on some Nino Brown, G.I. Joe *************t
[02:34.26]When school is out, they just wanna lamp
[02:36.30]The last thing on they mind, is mother******' summer camp
[02:41.43]All they wanna do is clock dough, scoop ******* and get blunted
[02:44.97]Kids is strapped, they be packin' *************t
[02:47.10]I seen shorties get iller than villains in some action flick
[02:50.43]They say times is rough jack
[02:52.41]And when you tell 'em cool out
[02:53.73]Man they quick to say: ************* that!