got a thing or two i want to say
gonna rock you down if your in my way
don't want no peace or love and kindness
all i really ever need is...
silence! i'll tell you when it's time to speak
riot! hopefully sometime next week
fire! starting in your own backyard
don't trust me cause i'll lie to you
gonna make a point to not come though
my smiling face will stab your back
what i really want to do is...
violence! beating grandma sure sound fine
steal! there counldn't be a better time
thanks! for everything not nailed down
when i was very young
my folks would go away say
mark go watch tv
i couldn't disobey
i did as they would say
it started to control me
i started to withdraw
i didn't care at all
filling my face with tater tots
tv made me think
it was ok to drink
and kill, rape, steal, loot, fuck, cheat, lie, destroy
violence a lot of violence
i was raised by the big blue screen
you don't want me on your team
you can't cure me
you cannot make it stop
thought provoking sonic device[Nelly]
(Look out!)
Gun shots rang out over the city
And had everybody duckin' and runnin', checkin' for any
Kinda shelter cause them peoples man they at it again
If you aint heard or seen it then you better pretend
Aint got no time for stoppin', aint no catchin' your wind, ya
Baby mammas on the porch tellin' their daughters "Come in!"
Got fathers grabbin' sons "Where the hell have you been boy?"
And y'all they startin young I'm talkin 13 and 10
They started trainin' in the streets some type of ghetto battles
But they aint hoopin in no gym they hoop on crates in the alleys
Where else can you shoot a jump shot
Sling a rock all from the same spot?
Got one gang on this half the other gang
On the other half of the same block
Gunplay on Monday
Sundays a fun day
When will it stop?
One day?
Hell, I cant call it
No way.
When your gettin started everybody wanna help and get you off
But turn around then the first motherfuckers wanna see you fall
[Chorus]
Say now (say now)
Can you hoes come out to play now? (play now)
Say now (say now)
Can you hoes come out to play now? (play now)
Say now (na na na na)
Can you hoes come out to play now? (na na na na na na na na)
Say now (na na na na)
Can you hoes come out
Na wait a minute na wait a minute na wait a minute na
[Hook: 2x]
Feel like I'm runnin' towards the daylight
Tryin' ta get my mind right
And just before I grab it, somebody be tryin'a snatch it from me (I'm talkin')
Say now
Can you hoes come out to play now?
[Nelly]
(Yeahh..Uh uh uh uhuh ohh, Hear me out now. Uh uh check it uh uh uh )
Tryin ta put my city on the map and they mad at me
The same city some of them live in and they mad at me
When I come down to state dirty why you mad at me?
Is it cause the old school freaked out niggas from A to Z?
Eight cd's, tv's, I aim to please
They mean