Crime

[Verse 1: Mr. 2-17] This one for my partners 'hind the wall This one for my partners that got caught This one for my partners down the road I got partners that ain't coming home I got partners spending they whole life in jail I got partners that can't wait to catch a bail I got partners guilty and they'll keep it real But if they don't repent man they gon' go to hell [Hook: Mr. 2-17] If you can't do the time then don't do the crime If you can't do the time then don't do the crime If you can't do the time then don't do the crime They gave my boy a nick and he started crying [Verse 2: Mr. 2-17] They gave my boy a dime and he started crying Then he hit the stand and he started lying Your honor that gun ain't mine, your honor that gun ain't mine But we got your, on tape sending bullets flying Now he goin' down for a long time At the wrong place, at the wrong time Two kids and a baby mama left behind I seen this here play out 'bout a thousand times 'Nother black man in the chain gang 'Nother black man tryna gang bang Another black man in the system I could've went to prison but I didn't, thank God [Hook: Mr. 2-17] If you can't do the time then don't do the crime If you can't do the time then don't do the crime If you can't do the time then don't do the crime They gave my boy a nick and he started crying [Verse 3: 2 Chainz] This one for my partners locked behind the fence Doing anything to pay they mama's rent Yeah, hard head made a soft rear Snakes in the grass, I bought a John Deere Really ain't got no fear, really ain't got no fear Use a digi scale for a souvenir Put my first spot in my mama's name Zero zero zero then the comma came I'm straight up out the streets, I'm tryna maintain Cut from a different cloth, we not the same thing Forty years old, tryna join the gang Twenty-five years for a quarter thing [Hook: Mr. 2-17 & 2 Chainz] If you can't do the time then don't do the crime (don't do it) If you can't do the time then don't do the crime (don't do it) If you can't do the time then don't do the crime (woah) They gave my boy a nick and he started crying [Verse 4: Mr. 2-17] If you ain't really 'bout it then stay out the streets How you play with fire, don't expect the heat When you in the streets you better watch your feet Cause when you in the streets, them boys they play for keeps When you in the streets you better watch your mouth When you in the streets you better watch your house If you in the streets you might not make it out Man these streets ain't nothing you should play about If you hit a lick you better run with it If you in the streets just know what come with it That's not the life that I chose, that's not the life that I chose I chose the way of the Lord, for me He died and He rose [Hook: Mr. 2-17] Just don't do the crime, just don't do the crime Man don't do that crime, man don't do that crime Don't do the crime man, don't do the crime If you can't do the time then don't do the crime