Pete Rock - Pay The Price lyrics

[Intro] Yeah, Jaysaun, Edo [Jaysaun] Young youth, attitude like he's gun-proof Got a slight taste of the game, bit it with one tooth Thirst unquenchable for the finer things Blitz like 49ers, chrome 9 it sings Baritone or soprano, he stops, reload ammo Action shifts, blow a tunnel right through your flannel Just another urban vandal, too hot to handle Who crack your skull like a shell, now your brain's scrambled n***a I'm warnin ya, family be mournin ya You see it in my cornea, d**h's gon' be warmin ya over Your ghost elevate, your soul levitate For all the right choices, your mind better meditate So put the gun down, or get gunned down Frightened in the headlights, waitin to get run down The beat's courtesy of Pete Rock Worldwide, leavin every hood and borough in a deep shock [Chorus: Edo.G] If this the way you live your life Then, who am I to give advice In, blood money and the d** enticing But sometimes you gotta pay the price, man If this the way you live your life Then, who am I to give advice In, blood money and the d** enticing But sometimes you gotta pay the price, man [Edo.G] Young chicken, time bomb tickin Fruit ripe for pickin, she live her life different Little cute-a** dime, see I saw her the last time Doin a show, like halftime Perform the latest, to pasttime, in these fast times In a pitch black room, like a cast iron To the end like my last line She could do it cause her a** prime, but not a lifetime It's the cash climb, life of a stripper's grind Everybody in the world out to make the quickest dime Her moms used to hold picket signs She in the sickest, slime, that's why it's hard for me to kick this rhyme She had to get it while it's hot She wasn't that smart, they two worlds apart Two girls that fought, her moms with her effort lays But in the end, they both went they separate ways [Chorus] [Edo.G] Young victim, media depict 'em As a suspect, get your gut checked Virgin in the game, never touched yet, what's next? Get a little shot, now you into rough s** But you can't run from living Said you done with prison cause the streets is unforgiving Neighborhood full of red ribbons Cause you came up missing, find your body with your bloody linen [Jaysaun] Yeah, we never did like you, the rifle'll Stifle your life duke, and touch more kids than Michael Everybody's a k**er like Psycho So don't get your face erased like a typo The cycle rotates and repeats In the streets, can't nothin stop these wolves from eatin You in the presence of some carnivores And ain't no use in fightin us gnarlin yours [Chorus] [Outro] But sometimes you gotta pay the price, man But sometimes you gotta pay the price, man