Blak Luv

(laughter) *scratching* *Down the world is...* {Jeru The Damaja} This is to my brothers and sisters in the ghetto Avoid jail legend, fingerprints on full metal Jackets like design, so that you can't hack it But you musn't get caught up in these devilish tactics Never let the man pull ya string like Geppetto The game's the same, boricua or moreno Don't watch ya step and you be like, mi amigo Forensics made the maps, so now he's on death row Yo what's the steelo, real brothers do it on the d-low Knowing's half the battle, so now you know To be on point, cuz anybody can be a casualty Some brothers lost there life, fuckin with O.P.P Um robbery and P.C.P From the cradle to the state penitentary He'll be into the middle of next century Ask me, is it crying S-H-A-M-E You got to watch how you flow and you will grow If not you get tripped up in the ghetto Chorus 2X This is for the youth blak luv This is for the ghetto, blak luv, blak luv {Jeru The Damaja} This is to my brothers and sisters in the ghetto Sellin yae yo, playin c-lo, duckin po-po Some brothers got murdered over a kilo 5-0 ask questions, but nobody know What's the M.O., another brother trying to get dough Be careful how you live, cuz that's how you go Wild like Rambo, get shot down by the Commando Call your co-defendent sing like D'Angelo No problemo, but upstate you sing soprano Police sadimize, a man at the 7-0 Be careful where you go yo, and just in case you ain't know I flow, to liberate the ghetto Chorus 4X {Jeru The Damaja} This is to my brothers and sisters in the ghetto Trying to be like Pablo, DeNiro, Al Pacino You be all right until you run up on Columbo Get caught red handed, so you got to go You lose the crib, the car, the women and the dough This can't be happenin so you like "Oh No" So avoid this fate, and absorb the conscious flow This is not a demo, strictly for the ghetto Not the limo, work for the pimp, hustler and the ho And I'm gonna let you know Whether you as black as jack or brown as nino Blak Luv, is what we need to flow From the ghetto Chorus 4X Outro: Peace (laughter) Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! (laughter) Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! Ugh! (laughter) Fade...