[Chorus: Raekwon] POP POP POP, when it shots, whose to blame? Three get dropped and removed from the game One get knocked, now his whole life is changed Cuz he's so far from freeing the world, that seem strange [GZA] I come from a place where they say, d**h comes too soon Where the hoods on the block, dance to a different tune Every night and every day, hotels of foul play Turns fatal, when this hostile land of AK's On any date, not wait to pump them rounds The reminder; it's a murderer stomping ground With one less witness, gunned down in the staircase Who had led his crew, but he was moving at a snail's pace Many suspects, many possible motives Just kept coming with unstoppable explosives The weak fold in these most extreme conditions While the rivals quickly strengthen their position The mission was to move in, with sheer brute force And lives, they get lost, on a collision course The streets are fascinating, so they gotta explore it more But not without walking through some hurricane corridors Become the most wanted, life can seem haunted Thugs and agents who work closely up on it Patriotic hustlers that k** for presidents Conceal the truth, but can't hide the evidence A man died holding some dice that he was shaking Like a bank stop, but no valuables was taken Shot at 8:45, but he died at 9 A video was the most precise witness to the crime, it's on [Chorus 2X] [Hook: Ras Ka**] Uh, crips and bloods, bricks and thugs Clips and thugs, that's gangsta Lifes, more disciples, send me a**ault riffles Bust if he don't like you, that's gangsta O-3-1's, and, Latin Kings with Dirty guns, that's gangsta Shot dozen coppers, Mexican mafias k**ing innocent, and son they dons [Ras Ka**] Yo, a view to a k**ing, aim two to the ceiling When n***as started illin', random chick catch a stray Now her whole nose is peeling, and some girls is squeeling So the po-po's concealing the exits The four-four's grilling at the next sh** Homey's wetless, when they tech spit d**h is something, that's the best sh** n***as play XBox 360, wet sh** Halo 2 and SoCom, fresh paws hit the block There go Saddam, muthaf**as know your moms But get frustrated and blow your bombs Little n***as is too small to hold they arms Drex' should of thought about that, before get gone Sixteen years old getting charged as adult Conservatives, want harsher sentences but get no result And I still can't read a burner, maybe I'm part of the problem But when the war's going on outside, you know the outcome [Chorus 2X]