[00:00.00] 作曲 : Maman, Styles[00:00.00]I said Gangstas ride[00:00.00]Gentlemen live your life[00:00.00]Cause Gangstas die[00:00.00]It's only a matter of time[00:00.00][00:22.66]My pops came from Bed Stuy, my mom came from Africa[00:24.84]I'm more a ************* if you know what I mean[00:27.89]They hooked up in the '70's when liquor and ****** was heavy[00:31.26]And had me in Corona, Queens[00:32.77]By the time I was seven my mom left my pop[00:36.07]Then we moved to the south side of Yonkers, New York[00:38.69]Then my mom remarried, had my little brother Gary[00:41.62]My sister a year later, let me gather my thoughts[00:43.93]By the time I was nine I was outta my mind[00:46.68]My step pops didn't like me beat me outta my mind[00:49.74]Ten and eleven the same I never would change[00:52.67]He still had to hit me, aggravate a little *************[00:55.78]Still wearin' Skippys[00:56.91]Garf had Adidas and Pumas, I could a had a pair[01:00.35]My mommy said wait 'til Chris**as but I needed em sooner[01:03.71]If you heard I was broke dawg it wasn't a rumor[01:06.52]I said Gangstas ride (Ride with me)[01:10.26]Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)[01:12.64]Cause Gangstas die (We all gon die)[01:15.01][01:15.58]It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin)[01:18.46]I said Gangstas ride[01:19.14]Gentlemen live your life[01:22.83]Cause Gangstas di[01:25.82]It's only a matter of time[01:28.69]It was 1986 and I was twelve years old[01:31.25]That's right around the time when crack came out[01:33.69]It was the best thing that happened to me[01:35.87]I swear to God cause I was gettin everything that I was askin about[01:39.05]First we started off baggin up, me and garf[01:42.35]Then *************t start addin up, we gettin smart[01:45.11]Now we on Broadway, coppin our own base[01:47.73]Bring it home and put it in bottles, send us a rottle[01:51.03]Drink an OE and scramble like it wasn't tomorrow[01:53.15]I'm gettin kicked out of Junior High, thinkin I'm grown[01:55.96]Got bust with the yellow rabbit[01:57.70]And I had every color dealt we was gettin it on[02:01.45]I was out robbin Mexicans six in the morn'[02:04.32]Mom said I'd had to ep again, rip it I'm gone[02:07.13]************* get a little loony and grown, soup in the dome[02:09.93]************* me up worst when I went to the group home[02:12.75]I said Gangstas ride (Ride with me)[02:15.37]Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)[02:18.23]Cause Gangstas die (We all gon die)[02:21.66]It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin)[02:23.79]I said Gangstas ride[02:26.40]Gentlemen live your life[02:29.16]Cause Gangstas die[02:32.10]It's only a matter of time[02:34.90]I'm leavin out a lotta *************t, ************* it's too real[02:37.52]My alcoholic backround, the welfare motels[02:40.27]Abuse that I had to take struggle at my mom's recruit[02:43.08]How the ************* I'm gon bomb wit you[02:45.57]And the cases I got up to date told you that I bust a eight[02:48.69]My *************s I can't name, outta state (My *************s ************* with weight)[02:51.75]Little brother gone but I got a baby angel[02:54.01]You ****** with a dirty name, don't let these *************s change you[02:56.88]The present's what you get[02:58.13]And the past is what make the man future[02:59.75]I can't tell you I ain't God or lil' Superman[03:01.81]No there ain't a 'S' on my chest, but it's a 'D' on my block (D Blok)[03:06.18]And said life the deepest lesson is death[03:07.74]I'm determined and I'm disciplined and destined to rep[03:10.36]I'm a Gangsta and a Gentleman, Panero the best[03:13.17]When I pass I'm like gas, mother******s[03:15.43]Cause I'm a leave a stain that you'll never forget[03:18.49]I said Gangstas ride (Ride with me)[03:21.80]Gentlemen live your life (Live it up)[03:23.73][03:24.69]Cause Gangstas die (We all gon die)[03:27.56]It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin)[03:30.18]I said Gangstas ride[03:32.73]Gentlemen live your life[03:35.42]Cause Gangstas die[03:38.36]It's only a matter of time (The clock tickin)