It's all real in the Nine-Four Shorties kaught up in the system Just close your eyes ... Picture a ghetto, break it down Back in the days I was livin' swell see I was ridin' bikes, rollerskatin' & playin' skelzies But nowadays *************t is different Little kids be riffin', the mother*******s won't listen Instead of shootin' tops they shoot Glocks They point 'em at cops (*Blam*) and that's the way they get props Yo, they do what they wanna ************* a 9-to-5, they makin' G's on the corner Material things is what they want to scoop They can't get *************t like that, workin' for no summer youth They got clients, they livin' like giants They got the whole drug *************t to a science They got, jewels and beepers, hundred dollar sneakers Lexus coupes: Windows down boomin' the speakers They got, ******* in flavors, probably ******' your neighbor C'mon! They got *************t under control like the mayor Man, you see the news today So how you gonna tell these little kids that school's the way? Yo, it ain't about I.Q. Some of these kids are makin' more than doctors And didn't finish high school Teenagers are caught up in the system And God forbid if you front on 'em or try to diss 'em They got everything, from Nines to shotguns And they'll put 2 in your chest and lounge til' the cops come If you ain't from the ghetto this is undercover But in 94, *************t is real like a mother******* Tryin' to strive 9-to-5 out in the street There's no rain or *************ne, trying to get ends to meet ************* the cops they don't obey the law And if you ain't catch on by now, I ain't even tryin' to say no more I don't give a *************! I'm just a squirrel, that's out to get a nut What? That *************t sucks! And besides, I wouldn't make enough In this time and day, kids get paid in all kinds of ways And get more respect, than *************s that's three times they age I know a child that's runnin' wild That say ************* playin' tag, he's tryin' to get a hundred thou' So it's hard to find a stable child Kids are watchin' violent movies, or either got cable now And they catch on so quick Bout time they hit 16 they be on some Nino Brown, G.I. Joe *************t When school is out, they just wanna lamp The last thing on they mind, is mother******' summer camp All they wanna do is clock dough, scoop ******* and get blunted Kids is strapped, they be packin' *************t I seen shorties get iller than villains in some action flick They say times is rough jack And when you tell 'em cool out Man they quick to say: ************* that!
It's all real in the Nine-Four Shorties kaught up in the system Just close your eyes ... Picture a ghetto, break it down Back in the days I was livin' swell see I was ridin' bikes, rollerskatin' & playin' skelzies But nowadays *************t is different Little kids be riffin', the mother*******s won't listen Instead of shootin' tops they shoot Glocks They point 'em at cops (*Blam*) and that's the way they get props Yo, they do what they wanna ************* a 9-to-5, they makin' G's on the corner Material things is what they want to scoop They can't get *************t like that, workin' for no summer youth They got clients, they livin' like giants They got the whole drug *************t to a science They got, jewels and beepers, hundred dollar sneakers Lexus coupes: Windows down boomin' the speakers They got, ******* in flavors, probably ******' your neighbor C'mon! They got *************t under control like the mayor Man, you see the news today So how you gonna tell these little kids that school's the way? Yo, it ain't about I.Q. Some of these kids are makin' more than doctors And didn't finish high school Teenagers are caught up in the system And God forbid if you front on 'em or try to diss 'em They got everything, from Nines to shotguns And they'll put 2 in your chest and lounge til' the cops come If you ain't from the ghetto this is undercover But in 94, *************t is real like a mother******* Tryin' to strive 9-to-5 out in the street There's no rain or *************ne, trying to get ends to meet ************* the cops they don't obey the law And if you ain't catch on by now, I ain't even tryin' to say no more I don't give a *************! I'm just a squirrel, that's out to get a nut What? That *************t sucks! And besides, I wouldn't make enough In this time and day, kids get paid in all kinds of ways And get more respect, than *************s that's three times they age I know a child that's runnin' wild That say ************* playin' tag, he's tryin' to get a hundred thou' So it's hard to find a stable child Kids are watchin' violent movies, or either got cable now And they catch on so quick Bout time they hit 16 they be on some Nino Brown, G.I. Joe *************t When school is out, they just wanna lamp The last thing on they mind, is mother******' summer camp All they wanna do is clock dough, scoop ******* and get blunted Kids is strapped, they be packin' *************t I seen shorties get iller than villains in some action flick They say times is rough jack And when you tell 'em cool out Man they quick to say: ************* that!
