Lighters Up - Nationwide Version

[00:05.36] I come from Bed-Stuy
[00:06.92] Where niggas either do or they gon' die
[00:08.87] Gotta keep the ratchet close by
[00:10.96] Someone murdered, nobody seen, nobody heard it
[00:14.04] Just another funeral service
[00:16.29] Niggas will get at you, come through shinin', they yap you
[00:19.52] In broad daylight kidnap you
[00:21.56] Feds get clapped too
[00:22.90] Police stay on us like tattoos
[00:24.84] Niggas only grind 'cause we have to
[00:26.88] Money is power, sling crack, weed and powder
[00:30.12] Fiends come through every hour
[00:32.10] It's all about that dollar and we no deal with cowards
[00:35.52] Weak lamb get devoured by the lion
[00:37.90] In the concrete jungle, the strong stand and rumble
[00:40.43] The weak fold and crumble, it's the land of trouble
[00:43.07] Brooklyn, home of the greatest rappers
[00:45.83] B.I.G. comes first, then the Queen comes after
[00:48.88] Now put your lighters up
[00:51.16] Bed-Stuy, put your lighters up
[00:53.61] New York, put your lighters up
[00:56.47] DC, keep puttin' your lighters up
[00:59.04] Philadelphia, put your lighters up
[01:01.41] Detroit, put your lighters up
[01:04.03] Chi-Town, keep puttin' them lighters up
[01:06.31] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[01:08.75] Now let me give you a walk through
[01:10.28] Show you what to do and you don't do
[01:12.12] Where it's not safe to go to
[01:13.99] Them boys approach you
[01:15.45] Better say quick who you close to
[01:17.27] Don't come through if niggas don't know you
[01:19.13] 'Cause people is talkin', the streets is watchin'
[01:21.92] The D's is lurkin' stash the nine in the garbage
[01:24.53] The life of a hustler, the life of a gambler
[01:27.33] Dice games kill' mo' niggas than cancer
[01:29.64] You know who you fuck with
[01:31.19] Brooklyn don't run, we run shit
[01:33.04] Roll up and just bumrush shit
[01:35.04] We don't play that, out in BK, not at all
[01:38.28] Four pound leave your face on the wall
[01:40.94] R.I.P in memory of
[01:43.98] Never show thy enemies love
[01:46.27] We get it on where we live
[01:48.39] Better have a pass when you cross that bridge
[01:50.71] Welcome to Brooklyn, put your lighters up
[01:53.46] L.A., put your lighters up
[01:56.34] VA, put your lighters up
[01:59.05] Texas, keep puttin' your lighters up
[02:01.71] New Orleans, put your lighters up
[02:04.32] St. Louis, put your lighters up
[02:07.00] ATL, keep puttin' them lighters up
[02:09.78] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[02:12.51] Damn homie, I'm so tore
[02:14.74] And I don't think I'm ever gonna smoke no more
[02:17.44] And I don't think I'm ever gonna drink no more
[02:19.90] But fuck it, bartender you can give me one more
[02:22.26] (We in the club like) Damn homie, I'm so tore
[02:24.74] (Lightin' the Dutch like) And I don't think I'm ever gonna smoke no more
[02:27.61] (Passin' the cup like) And I don't think I'm ever gonna drink no more
[02:29.94] (Back at the bar like) But fuck it bartender, you can give me one more
[02:33.06] See, B.I.G. done told you
[02:34.43] I'm the hottest bitch on the planet
[02:36.34] Biggest sex symbol since Janet
[02:38.26] The Zanotti bandit
[02:39.59] Layin' in the cut like a bandage
[02:41.62] Come through Fulton St. in a Vanquish
[02:43.51] Doin' 'em damage
[02:45.01] And if you don't understand it
[02:46.94] Then lemme give it to you in Spanish
[02:48.89] Soy la senorita mas linda del barrios
[02:51.66] Y lo es abo tu eres despacio
[02:54.08] Still over in Brazil sippin' Mascoto
[02:56.52] You must have forgot though
[02:57.80] So I'ma take it back to the block, yo
[02:59.78] Put you on to how we rock, yo
[03:01.90] Some are boostin'
[03:03.82] Twelve year olds prostitutin'
[03:05.34] Hitmen hired for execution, there's no solution
[03:08.66] Niggas still piss in the hallways
[03:10.69] Fiends get high in 'em all day
[03:12.50] The youth them bang at the cops off the roof
[03:15.09] You don't know my town is the truth
[03:17.63] Welcome to Brooklyn, now put your lighters up
[03:20.38] New Jersey, put your lighters up
[03:23.05] Boston, put your lighters up
[03:25.88] B'more, keep puttin' your lighters up
[03:28.49] Miami, put your lighters up
[03:31.25] Puerto Rico, put your lighters up
[03:33.43] Kingston, Jamaica, keep puttin' them lighters up
[03:36.18] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[03:39.37] Damn homie, I'm so tore
[03:41.45] And I don't think I'm ever gonna smoke no more
[03:43.88] And I don't think I'm ever gonna drink no more
[03:46.54] But fuck it, bartender you can give me one more
[03:49.08] (We in the club like) Damn homie, I'm so tore
[03:51.69] (Lightin' the Dutch like) And I don't think I'm ever gonna smoke no more
[03:54.41] (Passin' the cup like) And I don't think I'm ever gonna drink no more
[03:56.84] (Back at the bar like) But fuck it bartender, you can give me one more
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