[Verse 1] Yeah, I lace my boot sometime I've been [?] over my peasy n***a naps Cloth crown budweiser echo my breath Gym start pissed the skin on my cheek the taste of blood Tease me n***a screaming at my window here we got beef A bunch of duck mother f**ers was hovering down the streets And beating the actorial how can that be I get my shotty out the Closet get my jack sh** off the dresser stepping over pissy dope Phenes lean as I exit hit the block the morning hot like the sun For the Black and brown rebels strapped for battle yea here We come rubel kings targets here in the concrete swinging From fire escapes lions coward when we come through Flying colours red black and green and the brow frequent flag Don't matter we all on the same team what you paying for Love respect loyalty I honor blocks from city hall but the mayor Forgot about us uh [Hook] This is a warrior thing This is a warrior thing (This is a warrior thing thing thing) This is a warrior thing This is a warrior thing (This is a warrior thing thing thing) [Verse 2] Early around the Bronx now as the police See they don't know how to communicate with the Suburbans around the area you see they look at Us as blacks and Puerto Ricans f** that sh** man That's what they look at us as you understand yes This is a warrior thing listen this and we are here to Protect our brothers and sisters against people like Them, that if you going to communicate, communicate Man and if you going to fight we are going to fight back [Verse 3] You tired of poverty government cheesing chicken back It ain't enough to go around so now we going at each Others neck the symbol on my back means that I die For respect and you die for your sin so what all about That sometimes I feel like we trapped in this show Just a setup like whitey left us here to rot they don't Accept us question in my mirror long enough to load my Weapon co*k it back ready to draw like a cowboy in the [?] this is for all of us ll our pain all our stress Our hopelessness flowing dreams that we'll never catch Now I got your a** cornered like the angel of d**h ready To cancel christmas for you that's the faith that I rep my My whole life I've been told that I won't ever make it no Control over life unless I chose to take it now I'm taking Control cause I chose to forgive n***a get off of your Knees I'm a let you live [Hook] This is a warrior thing This is a warrior thing (This is a warrior thing thing thing) This is a warrior thing This is a warrior thing (This is a warrior thing thing thing)