What Can I Do? - Remastered

[00:03.55] In any country
[00:04.89] Prison is where society sends it's failures
[00:08.15] But in this country
[00:09.89] Society itself is failing
[00:31.33] Tadow, how you like me now, I'm in the mix?
[00:34.09] It's 1986 and I got the fix with the chicken and a quota
[00:37.83] Got the baking soda, let the water boil, workers all loyal
[00:41.48] Dropped out the twelfth
[00:42.25] 'Cause my wealth is shorter than a midget on his knees
[00:45.34] Now I slang keys
[00:46.38] Infest my hood with crack, cuz I'm the mack
[00:48.78] Take a nation of millions to hold me back
[00:51.06] Too big for my britches, and I got bitches
[00:53.77] Now I'm hittin' switches, niggas want my riches
[00:56.26] Used to get 18 when my G was alive, now a key is 13-5
[01:00.95] '89s the number, another summer
[01:04.07] Police ain't get no dumber
[01:06.02] Streets dried up, used to think it would last
[01:08.39] But being a king-pin is a thing of the past
[01:11.14] They tried to blast me for sellin' a boulder
[01:13.76] Now I got my ass in Minnesota
[01:15.84] Got my own crew, it's on brand new
[01:18.28] Damn, what can I do?
[01:20.53] Tadow
[01:23.02] (Now it was on from dusk to dawn
[01:25.14] And everything jumped)
[01:28.21] What the fuck can I do?
[01:30.19] Tadow
[01:32.78] (Now it was on from dusk to dawn
[01:35.03] And everything jumped)
[01:39.93] Already done stack me half a mill ticket
[01:42.33] Bought a house next to Prince, so now I can kick it
[01:45.12] Now I got ends, wavin' to my friends, rollin' in my Benz
[01:48.79] Goin' to see the Twins, play at the dome
[01:51.12] Police are tappin' my mobile phone
[01:53.53] I'm almost home
[01:54.78] Gettin' excited, indicted
[01:57.16] Spent a grip and a year tryin' to fight it
[01:59.33] Lawyer got paid, plea, no contest
[02:02.13] And everything I own got repossessed
[02:05.08] Now take a look at the dust
[02:06.80] And I'm happy cuz I only got 36 months
[02:09.81] Never picked up a book
[02:11.84] But my arms are 16 inches, niggas look
[02:14.86] Can't wait for '92 so I can get with my crew
[02:17.57] And see, what can I do?
[02:19.30] Tadow
[02:21.63] (Now it was on
[02:23.09] From dusk to dawn
[02:24.19] And everything jumped)
[02:28.96] Fucked up in the pen, now it's ninety-fo'
[02:31.63] Back in LA, and I'm bailin' in the dough
[02:34.03] Everybody, now I gotta start from scratch
[02:36.45] So where to work at, and niggas smirk at
[02:38.97] Me say ain't nuttin' poppin from here to the LB
[02:42.65] What you tell me?
[02:43.69] No it ain't crack, and everybody's jackin' for a coupe
[02:46.89] Cuz, they sent in the troops
[02:48.74] Even though I got muscle, that ain't my hustle
[02:51.97] Takin' niggas' shit in a tussle
[02:54.10] No skills to pay the bills
[02:55.78] Talkin' about education to battle inflation
[02:58.68] No college degree, just a dumb ass G
[03:00.82] (Yeah, you, nigga), who me?
[03:03.08] I got a baby on the way, damn it's a mess
[03:05.91] "Have you ever been convicted of a felony?" Yes
[03:08.46] Took some advice from my Uncle Fester
[03:10.95] All dressed up in polyester
[03:13.36] Welcome to McDonald's, may I please help you?
[03:15.68] Shit, what can I do?
[03:17.98] Tadow
[03:20.34] (Now it was on
[03:21.78] From dusk to dawn
[03:22.88] And everything jumped)
[03:28.19] The white man has broke every law known to man to establish Amerika
[03:32.64] But he'll put you in the state penitentiary
[03:34.83] He'll put you in the federal penitentiary for breaking these same laws
[03:38.58] Now we gonna look and see if this motherfucker
[03:40.86] Is guilty for the laws he'll put you in jail for
[03:43.73] Drug using, drug selling, armed robbery, strong armed robbery
[03:48.08] Grand larceny, rape, racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder
[03:52.63] Extortion, aggravated assault, mayhem, sodomy of the black man
[03:57.36] Trespassing, embezzlement, perjury, kidnapping, smuggling
[04:02.31] Grand theft, brandishing a firearm, carrying a concealed weapon
[04:06.67] Breaking and entering, and premeditated cold-blooded murder
[04:11.73] Guilty on every charge
[04:27.16] Ayo, whatsup homie?
[04:28.77] Why you just sitting here looking up in the sky?
[04:32.02] Waitin on the lord
[04:34.19] Waiting on the Lord?
[04:35.73] Thats right, waiting on my Lord and saviour Jesus Christ
[04:39.82] So, you aint gan do nothing with your life
[04:41.38] But sit here and wait for Jesus to fall out the sky?
[04:45.02] That's right
[04:47.83] Alright then
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