Sing with me…
1990This ain’t a storyThis how it had to be1990, yeah I stood on that blockSame cold nights, same time on the clockEmpty house, no food in the potMama stressed out, bills tied in a knotNo father there, just silence and airPressure in the room, you could feel it in thereSo I stepped outside, had to breathe, had to moveStreet showed a path, gave me something to proveSame old faces, same worn-out kicksSame dead look, like they done with thisNobody came, nobody caredSo the older ones showed what was thereFirst small runs, yeah carrying packsHand to hand moves, no talk, no tracksThen it grew fast, yeah we grew with thatThree locked in — yeah we built from thatNo dreams left, just the need to eatCold hard choice — do I stay or leave?Tell me what you do when there’s no retreatGang click-clack — bring it back, bring it back1990 — yeah we started like thatFrom nothing to stacks, yeah we built from the trapGang click-clack — we don’t deal in capCome back, come back — yeah we move like thatTake it all back, yeah we taking it backWe take it all back — that’s fact, that’s factYears go by, but the block stay sameMore cash flow, more weight in the gameLines outside, yeah fiends in painSame hands shaking, calling my nameThey beg, they plead, still come backSame cycle running, no way off trackAnd I see it clear, but I stay intact’Cause that same street built me into thatPolice ride slow but they don’t get closeSee what they paid to, not what we hostDeals in the dark, yeah quiet and tightToo many people eating off that lifeTruth right there but it don’t get saidPeople pray hard while they still misledEyes to the sky but the ground stay redSame block feeding off what we spreadYou see it all but you don’t speakYou know it’s wrong but you stay weakTell me who wins when the system leaksGang click-clack — bring it back, bring it back1990 — yeah we started like thatFrom nothing to stacks, yeah we built from the trapGang click-clack — we don’t deal in capCome back, come back — yeah we move like thatTake it all back, yeah we taking it backWe take it all back — that’s fact, that’s factWorked all day, still broke at nightLow pay check, couldn’t make it rightKids at home, yeah they need that plateEmpty kitchen, had to change that fateThen I look up — see another lifeBig cars parked and they dressed up niceMen in suits eat good every nightSame damn city, two different sidesSo we went deeper, turned crew to a nameBuilt a full system inside that gameBrothers stay close, no switching sidesTrust stays low, so we move preciseEvery step planned, every move exactOne wrong turn and you can’t come backWe seen people fall, we seen them crackBut we stayed solid, never lost trackStarted with hunger, that’s the root of thisEmpty hands turned to a loaded riskSo don’t ask me why we chose that pathEvery next step came from the pastGang click-clack — bring it back, bring it back1990 — yeah we started like thatFrom nothing to stacks, yeah we built from the trapGang click-clack — we don’t deal in capCome back, come back — yeah we move like thatTake it all back, yeah we taking it backWe take it all back — that’s fact, that’s fact1990 — that’s where it beganOne move forward turned into a planStep by step, yeah line by lineEvery next move came right on timeNo fake talk — just truth in rapReal life story — and that’s that