Styles P - A Gangster And A Gentleman (Album Version (Explicit))(2002)

[00:01.70] (Styles - Verse One)
[00:08.07] My pops came from Bed Stuy, my mom came from Africa
[00:24.56] I'm more a nigga if you know what I mean
[00:27.07] They hooked up in the '70's when liquor and weed was heavy
[00:30.07] And had me in Corona, Queens
[00:32.53] By the time I was seven my mom left my pop
[00:35.10] Then we moved to the south side of Yonkers, New York
[00:38.03] Then my mom remarried, had my little brother Gary
[00:40.90] My sister a year later, let me gather my thoughts
[00:43.22] By the time I was nine I was outta my mind
[00:45.83] My step pops didn't like me beat me outta my mind
[00:48.74] Ten and eleven the same I never would change
[00:52.14] He still had to hit me, aggravate a little nigga
[00:55.11] Still wearin' Skippys
[00:56.56] Garf had Adidas and Pumas, I could a had a pair
[00:59.48] My mommy said wait 'til Christmas but I needed em sooner
[01:03.16] If you heard I was broke dawg it wasn't a rumor
[01:06.29] (Chorus (repeat 2x) - Styles)
[01:07.07] I said Gangstas ride (Ride with me)
[01:08.55] Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)
[01:10.68] Cause Gangstas die (We all gon die)
[01:13.24] It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin)
[01:15.92] (Styles - Verse Two)
[01:16.92] It was 1986 and I was twelve years old
[01:30.58] That's right around the time when crack came out
[01:33.47] It was the best thing that happened to me
[01:35.24] I swear to God cause I was gettin everything that I was askin about
[01:38.66] First we started off baggin up, me and garf
[01:41.05] Then shit start addin up, we gettin smart
[01:44.34] Now we on Broadway, coppin our own base
[01:45.40] Bring it home and put it in bottles, send us a rottle
[01:50.16] Drink an OE and scramble like it wasn't tomorrow
[01:52.71] I'm gettin kicked out of Junior High, thinkin I'm grown
[01:55.67] Got bust with the yellow rabbit
[01:57.43] And I had every color dealt we was gettin it on
[02:00.88] I was out robbin Mexicans six in the morn'
[02:03.71] Mom said I'd had to ep again, rip it I'm gone
[02:06.34] Nigga get a little loony and grown, soup in the dome
[02:09.42] F**k me up worst when I went to the group home
[02:12.01] (Chorus (repeat 2x) - Styles)
[02:12.86] I said Gangstas ride (Ride with me)
[02:13.66] Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)
[02:17.05] Cause Gangstas die (We all gon die)
[02:20.91] It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin)
[02:22.57] (Styles - Verse Three)
[02:32.92] I'm leavin out a lotta shit, nigga it's too real
[02:37.19] My alcoholic backround, the welfare motels
[02:39.53] Abuse that I had to take struggle at my mom's recruit
[02:42.62] How the f**k I'm gon bomb wit you
[02:44.97] And the cases I got up to date told you that I bust a eight
[02:48.39] My niggas I can't name, outta state (My niggas f**k with weight)
[02:51.20] Little brother gone but I got a baby angel
[02:53.61] You f**kin with a dirty name, don't let these niggas change you
[02:56.42] The present's what you get
[02:57.82] And the past is what make the man future
[02:59.30] I can't tell you I ain't God or lil' Superman
[03:01.79] No there ain't a 'S' on my chest, but it's a 'D' on my block (D Blok)
[03:05.36] And said life the deepest lesson is death
[03:07.46] I'm determined and I'm disciplined and destined to rep
[03:09.24] I'm a Gangsta and a Gentleman, Panero the best
[03:12.41] When I pass I'm like gas, motherf**kers
[03:15.57] Cause I'm a leave a stain that you'll never forget
[03:17.91] (Chorus (repeat 2x) - Styles)
[03:18.92] I said Gangstas ride (Ride with me)
[03:20.84] Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)
[03:24.14] Cause Gangstas die (We all gon die)
[03:27.11] It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin)
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