Lil' Kim - Lighters Up (Nationwide Version)(2013)

[00:05.49] I come from Bed-Stuy
[00:07.06] Where niggaz either do or they gone die
[00:08.99] Gotta keep the Ratchett close by
[00:11.08] Someone murdered
[00:12.25] Nobody seen, nobody heard it
[00:14.28] Just another funeral service
[00:16.05] Niggaz will get at you
[00:17.53] Come through shinin', they yap you
[00:19.52] In broad daylight kidnap you
[00:21.49] Best get clap through
[00:22.87] Police stay on us like tattoos
[00:24.85] Niggaz only grind 'cuz we have to
[00:27.06] Money is power
[00:28.26] Sling crack, weed and powder
[00:29.94] Fiends come through every hour
[00:32.01] It's all about that dollar
[00:33.56] And we no deal with cowards
[00:35.31] Weak lamb get devoured
[00:37.48] By the lion in the concrete jungle
[00:39.43] The strong stand and rumble
[00:41.09] The weak fold and crumble
[00:41.82] It's the land of trouble
[00:43.34] Brooklyn home of the greatest rappers
[00:45.92] BIG comes first then the queen comes after
[00:48.71] Now put your lighters up, Bed-Stuy
[00:52.06] Put your lighters up, New York
[00:55.06] Put your lighters up, D.C.
[00:56.96] Keep putting your lighters up, Philadelphia
[00:59.72] Put your lighters up, Detroit
[01:02.58] Put your lighters up, Chi-town
[01:05.03] Keep putting them lighters up
[01:06.80] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[01:09.44] Now, let me give you a walk through
[01:10.42] Show you what to do and you don't do
[01:12.27] Where its not safe to go to
[01:14.29] Them boys approach you
[01:15.41] Better say quick who you close to
[01:17.32] Don't come through if niggaz don't know you
[01:19.43] 'Cuz people is talking
[01:21.02] The streets is watching
[01:22.40] The G's is lurking
[01:23.69] Stash the nine in the garbage
[01:24.96] The life of a hustla
[01:26.36] The life of a gambler
[01:28.04] Dice game, kill more niggaz than cancer
[01:29.81] You know who you fuck with
[01:31.37] Brooklyn don't run, we run shit
[01:33.12] Roll up and just bumrush shit
[01:35.32] We don't play that
[01:36.64] Out in Bk, not at all
[01:38.64] For a pound leave your face on the wall
[01:41.31] R.I.P in memory of
[01:44.06] Never show thy enemies love
[01:46.98] We get it on where we live
[01:48.64] You better have a pass when you cross that bridge
[01:51.36] Welcome to Brooklyn
[01:52.56] Put your lighters up, LA
[01:55.30] Put your lighters up, VA
[01:57.92] Put your lighters up, Texas
[02:00.46] Keep putting your lighters up, New Orleans
[02:03.18] Put your lighters up, St. Louis
[02:05.55] Put your lighters up, A-T-L
[02:08.37] Keep putting them lighters up
[02:10.00] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[02:12.77] Damn homie, I'm so tore
[02:15.53] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[02:17.50] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[02:20.28] But fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more
[02:22.76] We in the club like
[02:23.62] (Damn homie, I'm so tore)
[02:25.30] Lighting the dutch like
[02:26.26] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[02:28.02] Passing the bub like
[02:29.17] (And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more)
[02:30.41] Back at the bar like
[02:32.27] (Fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more)
[02:33.28] See, BIG done told you
[02:34.99] I'm the hottest bitch on the planet
[02:36.77] Biggest sex symbol, since Janet
[02:38.70] There's a Nolte bandit
[02:40.44] Laying in the cut like a bandage
[02:42.01] Come through Fulton St. in the vanquish
[02:44.11] Doing them damage
[02:45.69] And if you don't understand it
[02:47.31] Then let me give it to you in Spanish
[02:49.46] Soy la senorita mas Linda del
[02:52.15] Barrios y lo es abo tu eres despacio
[02:54.76] Still over in Brazil, sipping Mescotto
[02:57.15] You must of forgot though
[02:58.58] So I'mma take you back to the block yo
[03:00.42] Put you on to how we rock yo
[03:02.32] Some are boosting
[03:03.93] 12-year olds prostituting
[03:05.78] Hit-men hired for execution, there's no solution
[03:09.04] Niggaz, still piss in the hallways
[03:10.71] Fiends get high on em' all day
[03:12.93] The youth them bang at the cops off the roof
[03:15.63] If you don't know my town is the truth
[03:18.38] Welcome to Brooklyn
[03:19.68] Now put your lighters up, New Jersey
[03:22.05] Put your lighters up, Boston
[03:24.70] Put your lighters up, B-More
[03:27.14] Keep putting your lighters up, Miami
[03:30.28] Put your lighters up, Puerto Rico
[03:34.27] Put your lighters up, Kingston, Jamaica
[03:36.05] Keep putting them lighters up
[03:37.03] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[03:39.85] Damn homie, I'm so tore
[03:42.15] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[03:44.71] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[03:47.47] But fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more
[03:49.97] We in the club like
[03:51.31] (Damn homie, I'm so tore)
[03:52.29] Lighting the dutch like
[03:53.15] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[03:54.71] Passing the bub like
[03:55.63] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[03:57.21] Back at the bar like
[03:58.38] (Fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more)
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