Alive On Arrival

[Verse 1] Down at the best spot It's me and J-Dee and they sellin' more birds than a pet shop The spot's hot, and everybody nervous That's when the blue car surfaced Oh, why did fools have to let loose? Heard six pops from a deuce-deuce Big Tom had to push us Thirteen niggas runnin' straight to the bushes For they gats so they can draw down But why a motherfucker like me have to fall down? Not knowin' why I dropped out Fuck it, still can't afford to get popped out So now I gotta jet Only ran one block, but my shirt is soakin' wet Tryna see if we got 'em Looked down and my sweatshirt's red at the bottom Didn't panic but I still looked cracked out Yelled to the homies then I blacked out [Interlude 1: Homies] Get up, man, get up, man (Come on, keep that nigga awake, man) Come on, man, get up, man, come on, man [Verse 2] Woke up in the back of a trey On my way to MLK That's the county hospital, jack, ha Where niggas die over a little scratch Sittin' in the trauma center In my back is where the bullet entered "Yo, nurse, I'm gettin' kinda warm" Bitch still made me fill out the fuckin' form Coughin' up blood on my hands and knees Then I heard, "Freeze, nigga, don't move" Yo, I didn't do a thing Don't wanna go out like my man Rodney King Still got gaffled Internal bleeding as the bullet starts to travel Now I'm handcuffed Being asked information on my gang affiliation "I don't bang, I rock the good rhymes And I'm a victim of neighborhood crime" [Interlude 2: Police Officers] Are you the only one who got shot? What kind of a gun was he carrying? Do you know who it was? (No, man, don't know who it was, man) Are you in a gang? (Man, what does it matter, man? I'm shot) [Verse 3] I need to see a MD And y'all motherfuckers giving me the third degree? Look at the waiting room It's filled to the rim like the county jail day room Nobody gettin' help Since we poor, the hospital, it moves slow Now I'm laid out People steppin' over me to get closer to the TV Just like a piece of dog shit Now will I die on this nappy ass carpet? One hour done passed Done watched two episodes of M*A*S*H And when I'm almost through They call my name and put me in ICU Halfway dead No respect, and handcuffed to the bed Now the drama starts 'Cause the bullet must be just a hair from my heart Then I begin the ass kissin' Just to get looked at by a overworked physician Had the chills, but my temperature's a hundred and three Only got a Band-Aid and a IV That's when I start cussin' Police steady askin' me who did the bustin' [Interlude 3: Police Officers] What did you get shot with? (Twenty-two) Who shot you? (I dunno who shot me) Was it gang-bangers? (Had to be) [Verse 4] Why, oh why, can't I get help? 'Cause I'm black, I gots to go for self Too many black bodies the hospital housin' So at 10 PM, I was Audi 5000