Statik Selektah - Down Like That (Lawtown) lyrics

"In the beginning" [Verse One]: ? had the k**er crossover I would watch him through the fences Just before the NBA ventures The way they laid the homie out senseless Execution k**in', chillin' feelin' for the senses Draw me on adventures And just Take a seat on the Lawrence street benches Take a look at where I grew up Not a screw up, I had some dedicated mentors Who schooled me to some rules that I use when I pen a sentence Avoid the pens sentence Middleton for instance Intense and since I wasn't a fool, I kept a j**el Little infants That grew up in my city, I have pity No really it is crazy on the babies In the 80's momma raised me in the little city and it made me gritty Made me Corey, gave me spitty, end of story y'all [Scratch Chorus]: In Lawtown it goes down like that" - Scientifik [Verse Two]: It goes L.A.W.T.O. the W.N Where trouble don't end, but trouble begin Man, fire truck flew by another arson You drive that Honda Civic? Watch your car son Gangs a big thing in my city n***as bang in my city, blood stains what remains of my city Spanish mami's so pretty Bonita, mamacita, ? ???? Vatos Locos fake thugs Insurance scams for grams Bangin' shawty's raw by the reservoir, dam Remember house parties and jams? Drama broke, no one spoke to po-p, we wild we loc We smoke, swiggin' easy jeezy Hit up Big & Beefy Or a booth up in Denny's by the cinemas We all got a hood of our own so remember my [Scratch Chorus]: "In Lawtown it goes down like that" - Scientifik "We be illin'" [Verse Three]: Shout to every set Every G, every vet Every unshoveled step Every hill, every meal Every bridge from the south to the area I rep, northside Of course I Slept Next to the rats in the cat's alley Kept, razor box cutters in my pack early Back, when Wesley brought machete to the spelling bee You tellin' me he beefin' with n***as here for real? Snow storm, Crazy Joe runnin' no shirt on his chest Naked man rapin' women, make the children scared to d**h Yes, this is Lawtown, my city's a mess But my city's the best Still my city's got less education So take an educated guess Head to college or hit the corner with the rest I'm on the d**h of my pops due to AIDS Do the knowledge on them Lawtown ways They made me craze [Scratch Chorus]: In Lawtown it goes down like that" - Scientifik