GZA/Genius, Inspectah Deck - Cold World(1995)

[00:16.04] Babies dyin, moms cryin, and punks gettin off
[00:27.22] Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down
[00:30.17] In this cold, cold world...
[00:33.56] It was the night before New Year's, and all through the fuckin projects
[00:37.77] Not a handgun was silent, not even a tec
[00:40.29] Outsiders is stuck, by enemies who put fear
[00:43.19] And blasted on the spot before the pigs were dere
[00:45.75] You know hoods robbers snipers new in sight fuck blue and white
[00:49.08] They escape before them flash the fuckin lights
[00:51.14] Gunshots, shatter first floor window panes
[00:53.72] Shells hit the ground and blood stained the dice game
[00:56.37] Whether broke callisthetic, any style you set it
[00:58.99] Beat niggas toothless, physically cut up like gooses
[01:01.70] But with iron on the side thugs took no excuses
[01:04.26] Therefore, your fifty-two handblocks was useless
[01:07.02] Links was snatched off necks, scars on throats
[01:09.70] Jackets took, after bullet rips through coats
[01:12.07] Against those who felt the cold from the steel made em fold
[01:14.67] And squeal, once the metal hit the temple of his grill
[01:17.06] Construction worker, who was caught for his bomber
[01:19.78] No time to swing the hammer that was hangin from his Farmer's
[01:22.72] And it's bugged how some niggas catch slugs
[01:24.83] And pockets dug from everything except check stubs
[01:27.94] And it does, sound ill like wars in Brownsville
[01:30.36] Or fatal robberies in Red where feds look
[01:33.03] For fugitives to shoot cops, niggas layin on roof tops
[01:36.05] For his CREAM he stashed in a shoebox
[01:38.30] But he was hot, and the strip was filled with young killers
[01:40.99] You don't suspect, so cops creep like caterpillars
[01:43.59] And born thieves stay hooded with extra bullets
[01:46.06] Those who try to flee they hit the vertebrae, increase the murder rate
[01:48.92] Similar to hit men who pull out tecs and then
[01:51.61] Drop those who act like Thai flows from Mexican
[01:54.23] Rabbit, like recipients cashin checks again
[01:56.91] Back to the motherfuckin spot on Lexington
[02:00.05] Babies dyin, moms cryin, and punks gettin off
[02:02.18] Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down
[02:05.28] In this cold, cold world...
[02:07.99] They be runnin from the cops, bustin off shots
[02:12.83] Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down
[02:15.59] In this cold, cold world...
[02:18.58] Yo
[02:20.14] No time to freeze, undercovers ease up in Grand Prixs
[02:23.37] And seize packages and pocket the currency
[02:25.86] Clicks control strips full clips are sprayed
[02:28.62] Yellow tape barricades sidewalks where bodies lay
[02:31.57] Madness strikes at twelve o'clock midnight
[02:33.93] Stick up kids on the ground broke the staircase light
[02:36.60] And I stays harassed, scramblin for petty cash
[02:39.29] Jakes on my ass young bucks is learnin fast
[02:41.95] 357's and 44's
[02:43.95] Bought inside corner stores, provide fire sparks for wars
[02:47.70] Hospital floors surrounded by the law
[02:49.97] Homicide questioning while the jakes guard the door
[02:52.91] My hood stay tense, loyalty puts strength in my team
[02:55.12] Cause niggas main concern is CREAM
[02:57.56] Some niggas in the jet black Gallant
[02:59.94] Shot up the Chinese resteraunt, for this kid named Lamont
[03:02.96] I thought he was dead but instead he missed a kid
[03:05.85] And hit a twelve year old girl in the head and then fled
[03:08.12] Tactical narcotic, task force, back off fast
[03:11.45] Cause the crime boss is passin off cash
[03:14.03] Extortions, for portions of streets, causes beef
[03:16.47] Havin followers of Indians trying to play Chief
[03:18.77] You witness the saga, casualties and drama
[03:21.62] Life is a script, I'm not a actor but the author
[03:24.18] Of a modern day opera, where the main character
[03:26.79] Is presidential papers, the dominant factor
[03:29.79] Babies dyin, moms cryin, and punks gettin off
[03:53.09] Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down
[03:56.08] In this cold, cold world...
[04:00.12] They be runnin from the cops, bustin off shots
[04:03.83] Shit is deep on the block and you got me locked down
[04:06.68] In this cold, cold world...
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