Lighters Up

[00:06.01] Come from Bed-Stuy
[00:07.46] Where niggas either do or they gon' die
[00:09.11] Gotta keep the Ratchett close by
[00:11.37] Someone murdered
[00:12.43] Nobody seen, nobody heard it
[00:14.79] Just another funeral service
[00:16.32] Niggas will get at you
[00:17.65] Come through shinin', they yap you
[00:19.42] In broad daylight kidnap you
[00:21.61] Feds get clap too
[00:22.86] Police stay on us like tattoos
[00:24.66] Niggas only grind 'cause we have to
[00:26.55] Money is power
[00:28.41] Sling crack, weed, and powder
[00:30.07] Fiends come through every hour
[00:32.03] It's all about that dollar
[00:33.49] And we no deal with cowards
[00:35.23] Weak lamb get devoured
[00:37.32] By the lion in the concrete jungle
[00:39.07] The strong stand and rumble
[00:40.79] The weak fold and crumble
[00:42.30] It's the land of trouble
[00:43.51] Brooklyn home of the greatest rappers
[00:45.63] BIG comes first then the queen comes after
[00:48.12] Now put your lighters up (Bed-Stuy)
[00:51.51] Put your lighters up (New York)
[00:55.99] Put your lighters up (D.C.)
[00:58.57] Keep putting your lighters up (Philadelphia)
[01:01.56] Put your lighters up (Detroit)
[01:04.24] Put your lighters up (Chi-Town)
[01:06.41] Keep putting them lighters up
[01:07.28] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[01:09.31] Now, let me give you a walk through
[01:10.62] Show you what to do and you don't do
[01:12.45] Where it's not safe to go to
[01:14.04] Them boys approach you
[01:15.62] Better say quick who you close to
[01:18.76] Don't come through if niggas don't know you
[01:19.68] 'Cause people is talking
[01:21.04] The streets is watching
[01:22.26] The D's is lurking
[01:23.96] Stash the nine in the garbage
[01:25.19] The life of a hustler
[01:26.32] The life of a gambler
[01:27.67] Dice game, kill more niggas than cancer
[01:28.98] You know who you fuck with
[01:31.15] Brooklyn don't run, we run shit
[01:33.16] Roll up and just bumrush shit
[01:35.11] We don't play that
[01:37.47] Out in BK, not at all
[01:38.34] Gor a pound leave your face on the wall
[01:40.90] R.I.P. in memory of
[01:43.57] Never show thy enemies love
[01:46.26] We get it on where we live
[01:48.22] You better have a pass when you cross that bridge
[01:51.10] Welcome to Brooklyn
[01:52.66] Now put your lighters up (L.A.)
[01:54.81] Put your lighters up (V.A.)
[01:57.47] Put your lighters up (Texas)
[02:00.81] Keep putting your lighters up (New Orleans)
[02:02.06] Put your lighters up (St. Louis)
[02:05.69] Put your lighters up (ATL)
[02:08.29] Keep putting them lighters up
[02:09.77] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[02:12.71] Damn homie I'm so tore
[02:14.44] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[02:17.41] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[02:19.92] But fuck it, bartender you can give me one more
[02:22.49] (We in the club like)
[02:24.00] Damn homie I'm so tore
[02:25.66] (Lighting the dutch like)
[02:26.96] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[02:28.15] (Passing the bub like)
[02:29.06] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[02:30.68] (Back at the bar like)
[02:31.92] Fuck it, bartender you can give me one more
[02:33.52] See, BIG done told you
[02:35.23] I'm the hottest bitch on the planet
[02:36.68] Biggest sex symbol, since Janet
[02:37.84] The Zanotti bandit
[02:39.70] Laying in the cut like a bandage
[02:41.82] Come through Fulton St. in the vanquish
[02:43.54] Doing them damage
[02:45.29] And if you don't understand it
[02:47.27] Then let me give it to you in Spanish
[02:48.86] Soy la señorita más linda del barrios
[02:52.20] Y lo es abo tu eres despacio
[02:54.24] Still over in Brazil sipping Moscato
[02:58.87] You must of forgot though
[02:59.46] So I'mma take you back to the block yo
[03:00.75] Put you on to how we rock yo
[03:02.33] Some are boosting
[03:04.06] 12-year-olds prostituting
[03:05.54] Hit-men hired for execution
[03:07.21] There's no solution
[03:09.06] Niggas still piss in the hallways
[03:10.68] Fiends get high on em' all day
[03:12.72] The youth them bang at the cops off the roof
[03:15.49] If you don't know my town is the truth
[03:17.95] Welcome to Brooklyn
[03:19.51] Now put your lighters up (New Jersey)
[03:21.24] Put your lighters up (Boston)
[03:24.01] Put your lighters up (B'more)
[03:27.48] Keep putting your lighters up (Miami)
[03:29.99] Put your lighters up (Puerto Rico)
[03:32.50] Put your lighters up (Kingston, Jamaica)
[03:34.99] Keep putting them lighters up
[03:37.42] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
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