[B] Wyclef, Butch Ca**idy, Sharissa [W] What up [S] Unnnnnh! [B] From the West Indies to the West Coast [W] Callabo [B] You say keep it gangsta [Hook: Wyclef] (Butch Ca**idy) But when the beef come, you're the first to run (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) Yo, that ain't your gun, it belongs to... (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) You roll with a hundred, but when the beef come don't nobody want it (Gangster, la la la la, la la la la) [Wyclef] (Butch Ca**idy) I want to dedicate this chant to my people locked down livin life in the yard (KEEP IT GANGSTA) Keep a shank boofed up in their tape just in case a thug wanna play hard (KEEP IT GANGSTA) All this ice-grillin talk bout you King of New York, now you wanna call a guard (THAT AIN'T GANGSTA) But it's too late when the guard show up, cause your body's going straight to the morgue (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) [Hook: Wyclef] (Butch Ca**idy) But when the beef come, you're the first to run (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) Yo, that ain't your gun, it belongs to... (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) You roll with a hundred, but when the beef come don't nobody want it (...GANGSTER) [Butch Ca**idy] (Wyclef & Sharissa) I wanna dedicate this jam to the ladies holding spots when they fellows locked down (KEEP IT GANGSTA) Keep a Glock in they pocket blowin shots till they pray I'm in town (KEEP IT GANGSTA) And to the snitch that ratted on rich - the streets got you 16 rounds (THAT AIN'T GANGSTA) But theres only one place for a gully rat, six feet under the ground (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) I'm gonna keep it gangsta (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) La la la la, la la la la (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) [Hook: Wyclef] (Butch Ca**idy) You roll with a hundred, but when the beef come don't nobody want it (...GANGSTER) [Big Jack] (Butch Ca**idy) Ah, pick it up, pick it up, pick it up Yo, stop with the posin Y'all ain't really holdin I'm about to open, a chapter of the Omen Casket, closin, bodies, frozen I've, been chosen, y'all forsaken Ante up, so the chains get taken Flash backs of the rock season in the making Ain't no more MC'n, ice is just gleamin And you wonder why you got robbed, cause your life had no meaning, fake gangstas (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) [Hook: Wyclef] (Butch Ca**idy) But when the beef come, you're the first to run (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) Yo, that ain't your gun, it belongs to... (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) You roll with a hundred, but when the beef come don't nobody want it (...GANGSTER) Nobody, nobody, nobody (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) [Sharissa] (Butch Ca**idy) Now what would you do if Henchman's came for you? (GANGSTA) 9 out of 10 times you would flee your crew (GANGSTA) So before you lie and say you running these streets (YOU SAY KEEP IT GANGSTA) You better watch out cause they have heat (GANGSTA) Now what would you do if Big Jack came for you? (GANGSTA) 9 out of 10 times you would leave your crew (GANGSTA) So before you lie and say you running these streets (GANGSTA) You better watch out cause they have heat [Butch Ca**idy] Gangsta I'm gonna keep it gangsta You say keep it gangsta La la la la, la la la la You say keep it gangsta Gangsta You say keep it gangsta