Lighters Up

[00:37.97] I come from Bed-Stuy
[01:05.69] Where niggaz either do or they gone die
[01:06.59] Gotta keep the Ratchett close by
[01:07.52] Someone murdered
[01:08.12] Nobody seen, nobody heard it
[01:08.79] Just another funeral service
[01:09.38] Niggaz will get at you
[01:09.91] Come through shinin', they yap you
[01:10.51] In broad daylight kidnap you
[01:11.47] Best get clap through
[01:12.03] Police stay on us like tattoos
[01:12.76] Niggaz only grind 'cuz we have to
[01:13.33] Money is power
[01:13.96] Sling crack, weed and powder
[01:14.46] Fiends come through every hour
[01:14.98] It's all about that dollar
[01:15.98] And we no deal with cowards
[01:16.56] Weak lamb get devoured
[01:17.48] By the lion in the concrete jungle
[01:18.06] The strong stand and rumble
[01:18.53] The weak fold and crumble
[01:19.11] It's the land of trouble
[01:19.66] Brooklyn home of the greatest rappers
[01:20.15] BIG comes first then the queen comes after
[01:20.78] Now put your lighters up, Bed-Stuy
[01:21.36] Put your lighters up, New York
[01:21.90] Put your lighters up, D.C.
[01:22.83] Keep putting your lighters up, Philadelphia
[01:23.48] Put your lighters up, Detroit
[01:23.94] Put your lighters up, Chi-town
[01:24.69] Keep putting them lighters up
[01:25.25] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[01:25.74] Now, let me give you a walk through
[01:26.38] Show you what to do and you don't do
[01:26.88] Where its not safe to go to
[01:27.66] Them boys approach you
[01:28.16] Better say quick who you close to
[01:28.66] Don't come through if niggaz don't know you
[01:29.15] 'Cuz people is talking
[01:29.67] The streets is watching
[01:30.12] The G's is lurking
[01:30.70] Stash the nine in the garbage
[01:31.04] The life of a hustla
[01:31.55] The life of a gambler
[01:32.05] Dice game, kill more niggaz than cancer
[01:33.08] You know who you fuck with
[01:33.44] Brooklyn don't run, we run shit
[01:33.93] Roll up and just bumrush shit
[01:34.95] We don't play that
[01:35.50] Out in Bk, not at all
[01:36.08] For a pound leave your face on the wall
[01:36.57] R.I.P in memory of
[01:37.32] Never show thy enemies love
[01:37.84] We get it on where we live
[01:38.32] You better have a pass when you cross that bridge
[01:38.72] Welcome to Brooklyn
[01:39.30] Put your lighters up, LA
[01:39.62] Put your lighters up, VA
[01:40.14] Put your lighters up, Texas
[01:40.58] Keep putting your lighters up, New Orleans
[01:40.95] Put your lighters up, St. Louis
[01:41.52] Put your lighters up, A-T-L
[01:42.03] Keep putting them lighters up
[01:42.98] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[01:43.50] Damn homie, I'm so tore
[01:43.91] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[01:44.53] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[01:44.96] But fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more
[01:45.47] We in the club like
[01:45.99] (Damn homie, I'm so tore)
[01:46.32] Lighting the dutch like
[01:46.89] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[01:47.28] Passing the bub like
[01:47.66] (And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more)
[01:48.14] Back at the bar like
[01:48.94] (Fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more)
[01:49.34] See, BIG done told you
[01:49.78] I'm the hottest bitch on the planet
[01:50.16] Biggest sex symbol, since Janet
[01:50.70] There's a Nolte bandit
[01:51.19] Laying in the cut like a bandage
[01:51.63] Come through Fulton St. in the vanquish
[01:52.07] Doing them damage
[01:52.91] And if you don't understand it
[01:53.48] Then let me give it to you in Spanish
[01:53.88] Soy la senorita mas Linda del
[01:54.42] Barrios y lo es abo tu eres despacio
[01:54.88] Still over in Brazil, sipping Mescotto
[01:55.21] You must of forgot though
[01:55.75] So I'mma take you back to the block yo
[01:56.25] Put you on to how we rock yo
[01:56.66] Some are boosting
[01:57.28] 12-year olds prostituting
[01:57.67] Hit-men hired for execution, there's no solution
[01:58.05] Niggaz, still piss in the hallways
[01:58.47] Fiends get high on em' all day
[01:59.38] The youth them bang at the cops off the roof
[01:59.78] If you don't know my town is the truth
[02:00.14] Welcome to Brooklyn
[02:00.54] Now put your lighters up, New Jersey
[02:01.08] Put your lighters up, Boston
[02:01.47] Put your lighters up, B-More
[02:01.83] Keep putting your lighters up, Miami
[02:02.37] Put your lighters up, Puerto Rico
[02:02.83] Put your lighters up, Kingston, Jamaica
[02:03.67] Keep putting them lighters up
[02:04.00] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[02:07.97] Damn homie, I'm so tore
[02:08.74] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[02:09.17] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[02:09.67] But fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more
[02:10.11] We in the club like
[02:10.59] (Damn homie, I'm so tore)
[02:11.04] Lighting the dutch like
[02:11.43] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[02:12.28] Passing the bub like
[02:12.72] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[02:13.13] Back at the bar like
[02:13.85] (Fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more)
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