Gang Starr - Code Of The Streets(1999)

[00:19.58] Take this for example young brothers want rep
[00:22.06] Cause in the life they're living, you can't half step
[00:24.62] It starts with the young ones doing crime for fun
[00:27.21] And if you ain't down, you'll get played out son
[00:29.55] So let's get a car, you know, a fly whip
[00:31.94] Get a dent, pull a screwdriver, and be off quick
[00:34.58] With a dope ride, yeah, and a rowdy crew
[00:36.85] We can bag us a benz and an audi, too
[00:39.29] Even a jeep or a van, goddamn, we're getting ours, yo
[00:42.52] Take a trip up the strip, and be like stars so
[00:44.88] It doesn't matter if the cops be scoping
[00:47.03] They can't do jack, that's why a young brother's open
[00:49.78] To do anything, anywhere, anyplace
[00:52.25] Buckwild in another court case
[00:54.23] It's the code of the streets
[00:59.27] They might say we're a menace to society
[01:01.67] But at the same time I say "why is it me? "
[01:04.05] Am I the target, for destruction?
[01:06.36] What about the system, and total corruption?
[01:09.57] I can't work at no fast-food joint
[01:11.75] I got some talent, so don't you get my point?
[01:14.36] I'll organize some brothers and get some crazy loot
[01:16.52] Selling d-r-u-g-s and clocking dollars, troop
[01:19.79] Cause the phat dough, yo, that suits me fine
[01:22.13] I gotta have it so I can leave behind
[01:24.45] The mad poverty, never having always needing
[01:27.14] If a sucker steps up, then I leave him bleeding
[01:29.58] I gotta get mine, I can't take no shorts
[01:31.93] And while I'm selling, here's a flash report
[01:34.12] Organized crime, they get theirs on the down low
[01:36.74] Here's the ticket, wanna bet on a horse show?
[01:39.50] You gotta be a pro, do what you know
[01:41.98] When you're dealing with the code of the streets
[01:58.57] Nine times out of ten I win, with the skills I be weilding
[02:01.52] Got the tec one dealing, let me express my feelings
[02:04.03] Guru has never been one to play a big shot
[02:06.62] It's just the styles I got that keep my mic hot
[02:09.12] Anf f**k turning my back to the street scene
[02:11.69] It gives me energy, so imma keep fiends
[02:13.92] Coming, just to get what I'm selling
[02:16.23] Maybe criminal or felon dropping gems on your melon
[02:19.07] So keep abreast to the gangstarr conquest
[02:21.46] Underground ruffnecks, pounds of respect
[02:23.83] I've never been afraid to let loose my speech
[02:26.43] My brothers know I kick the code of the streets
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