Code Of The Streets

Take this for example Young brothers want luck Cause in the life they're livin They can't have stuff It's starts with the young ones Doing crimes for fun And if you in town You'll get played out son So let's get a car You know a fly-rip Get a dent, pull a screwdriver And be off quick With the dope bag yeah And a rowdies group With the bag is the best And an Audi too Even a jeep or a van Goddam, what you hittin on Jo Take a trip up the strip And be like stars so It doesn't matter If the cops be strollin They can't do jack That's why young brothers hopin You do anything, anywhere, anyplace Fuck while in another court case It's the code of the streets They might say that we A menace to society But at the same time I say Why is it me Am I the target For destruction What about the system And total corruption I can't work At no fast food joint I got some talent So don't you get my point I'll organize some brothers And get crazy Lou Selling D.R.U.G.S.s And crocking dollars true So the fat dough Yo, that suits me fine I got to have it So I clean behind The mad poverty Never havin all that's needed If someone steps up Then I leave them bleeding I got to get mine I can't take no shorts And while I'm selling Here's a flash report Organized crime They got Bears on the down mo Here's the ticket Want to bet on a horse show? You got to beat a pro Through what you know When you dealing With the code of the streets Nine times out of ten I went with the sales I'd be wielding Got the tenth on in And let me express my feelings Cool has never been One to play a big shot As if the stars I got That keep my mike hot And fuck turning my back To the street scene It gives me energy So I keep things a' comin Just to get What I'm selling Maybe criminal felonies Up with gems on your melon So keep abreast To the Gang Starr conquest Underground roughnecks Pounds of respect I never been afraid To let loose my speech My brothers know I kick the code up the streets