dead prez - Hell Yeah(2003)

[00:01.80] Fulton Street
[00:02.42] Dean Street (click clack)
[00:04.59] President (uh huh)
[00:06.16] Nostrand Ave(DP's)
[00:07.92] Orange Ave (RPG's)
[00:10.53] T-Town (Who wanna ride?)
[00:12.85] Brooklyn
[00:14.50] Come on, Come on
[00:15.01] Sittin' in the living room on the flo' hunger pain
[00:16.84] got me on some migraine shit but I'ma maintain
[00:19.10] Nigga got two or three dollars to my name
[00:20.64] and my homies in the same boat goin' through the same thing
[00:22.82] ready for a caper, steady plottin' for the paper
[00:24.97] we been livin' in the dark since April
[00:26.61] on the candle, gotta get a handle
[00:28.53] my homie got a 25 automatic added to the gamble
[00:30.62] nigga get the phone book look up in the yellow page
[00:32.93] lemme tell you how we fiendin ta get paid
[00:34.41] we gon' order take out, when we see the driver
[00:36.14] we gon' stick the 25 up in his face, let's ride
[00:38.28] steppin' outside like warriors into the notorious southside
[00:40.40] one weapon to the four of us, hidin' in the corridor
[00:44.18] til' we see the dominoes car headlights
[00:45.98] white boy in the wrong place at the right time
[00:47.95] soon as the car door open up he mine
[00:49.54] we roll up quick and put the pistol to his nose
[00:51.59] by the look on his face he probly shitted in his clothes
[00:53.64] you know what this is a stick up
[00:55.11] gimme the dough, from the pick up
[00:56.89] you ran into the wrong niggas
[00:57.95] we runnin down the block hot with these stack of pizza boxes
[00:59.72] so we split up and met back at the apartment
[01:01.82] Hell yeah (yo ain't you hungry my nigga?)
[01:05.04] Hell yeah (you wanna get paid my nigga?)
[01:09.09] Hell yeah (ain't you tired of starving my nigga?)
[01:11.04] Hell yeah (well lets ride then)
[01:13.59] Hell yeah, Hell yeah
[01:14.74] I know a way we can get paid
[01:18.84] you can get down but you can't be afraid
[01:20.60] let's go to the DMV and get a ID
[01:22.09] the name says you but the face is me
[01:24.75] now it's yo' turn take my paperwork
[01:26.54] like 1, 2, 3 let's make it work
[01:28.61] then fill out out the credit card application
[01:30.83] then it's gonna be about three weeks of waitin'
[01:32.66] for American Express, Discover card
[01:34.55] Platinum Visa Mastercard
[01:36.55] cuz when we was boostin shit we was targets
[01:38.60] now we just walk right up and say charge it
[01:40.56] to the game we rockin' brand names
[01:42.40] well known at department store chains
[01:44.39] even got the boys in the crew a few thangs
[01:46.36] Po Po never know who the true blame
[01:48.28] store after store ya' know we kept rollin'
[01:50.27] wait two weeks report the card stolen
[01:52.12] repeat the cycle like a laundrymat
[01:54.02] like a glitch in the system thats hard to catch
[01:55.97] comin' out the mall, with the shopping bags
[01:57.66] we can take 'em right back and get the cash
[01:59.64] yeah, get a friend and do it again
[02:01.86] damn right that's how we pay the rent
[02:03.81] Hell Yeah
[02:04.96] Got to get this paper
[02:07.18] I'm down for the caper, we steady on the grind
[02:11.66] It's a daily struggle
[02:15.15] We all gotta hustle, this is the way we survive
[02:19.53] I know a caper
[02:36.15] We can get some government paper
[02:37.60] You know food stamps can we really do that
[02:38.88] Hell yea, right there for the taking
[02:40.44] Fuck welfare we say reparations
[02:42.29] And, uh, you know the grind
[02:44.23] Get up early get in the line and just wait
[02:45.48] Everybody on break that's part of the game
[02:47.11] And when they call your name
[02:48.36] Ms. CaseWorker let my state my claim
[02:49.95] I'm homeless, jobless, times is hard, I'm 'bout hopeless
[02:51.96] But I gotta eat regardless
[02:54.32] No family to run to I'm 22
[02:55.75] Now tell me what the fuck am I supposed to do
[02:57.63] My sad story made her feel close to me
[02:59.72] I made her feel like it was an emergency
[03:01.54] When I came to the crib niggaz couldn't believe
[03:03.40] I came back with a big bag of groceries (hell yeah)
[03:06.30] Every job I ever had I had to get on the first day
[03:08.31] I find out how to pimp on the system
[03:09.62] Two steps ahead of the manager
[03:10.93] Getting over, on the regular, tax free money out of the register
[03:13.49] And when I'm working late nights stockin' boxes I'm creepin' their merchandise
[03:16.68] And don't put me on dishes I'm dropping them bitches
[03:19.47] And taking all day long to mop the kitchen shit
[03:21.25] We ain't getting paid commission, minimum wage, modern day slave conditions
[03:24.60] Got me flippin' burgers with no power
[03:26.63] Can't even buy one off what I make in an hour
[03:28.34] I'm not the one to kiss ass for the top position
[03:30.66] I take mine off the top like a politician
[03:32.59] Where I'm from doing dirt is a part of living
[03:34.48] I got mouths to feed dawg I gots to get it
[03:36.50] Hell yeah (you down to roll my nigga?)
[03:39.79] Hell yeah (you ready to get your hands dirty my nigga?)
[03:43.96] Hell yeah (your mamma need money and things my nigga?)
[03:47.94] Hell yeah (well lets ride then)
[03:50.09] Hell yeah
[03:51.79] If you claimin gangsta
[03:55.33] Then bang on the system
[03:57.80] And show that you ready to ride
[04:00.06] Till we get our freedom
[04:03.49] We got to get over
[04:05.77] We steady on the grind
[04:07.99] (repeat)
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