Gang Starr - Jfk 2 Lax Lyrics
YoYo premier?Yeah whassup g?That trip to l.a., may be delayedWhy whassup Im on my way to the airport nowYeah well your boy guru got knockedWhat? !I dont know what this is about, sounds crazy manSomethin about a gunThe court calls keith elam to the stand.Please approach the bench.[guru]Yo they got me handcuffed, Im down in central bookingThings are *****ed up, the way my futures lookingBut Im too fly, ima change this scenarioMake some power moves and tighten up my bankrollChumps are leary though, they see me as a threatIm like the black dutch schultz when you get me upsetFive-oh makes me wanna flip, larry davis styleGot a nigga depressed, while hes awaitin trialIts ok though, cause from grey skies comes blueThrough darkness comes light and I be known as the guruAnd this I certify we all should be alerted byThe traps within the system, our youth is gettin murdered byThe d.a. says they got me on a felonyIm tryin to live my life, so what the ***** is you tellin me?The streets are war, thats what brothers carry weapons forAnd I take the weight as I did beforeThe next thing you know, they got me on the radioA rapper arrested, suckers showin me on videoOf course I know, that Im a role modelBut yo this rap life is real life sometimes its full throttleRight now I gotta think about me ***** the industryYou gets no love, except those who support meWhats the story, what happened when I went to l.a.?Mixin shit up, no not there I got familyNothin happened, mind your business yo stepYou know we connect, jfk 2 laxChorus: guruThey wanna lock us all up, and throw away the keyDont wanna see us come up, dont wanna see us makin gsLong as we know this is the key to our destructionLets make moves no discussion[guru]Peace to my man hass, and orange man payin the costAll the twenty-five to lifers all my brothers gettin tossedInto the system, supposed to rehabilitateIts why you gotta regulate your own mindstateRead, study lessons and build your inner powerThe next level, doesnt tolerate cowardsFor example, I know this rich nigerianPowerful american thats proud to be an africanHe asked me why do all us brothers be gettin trappedI told him Id explain it broke it down in a rapWhether you got naps, braids waves or no hairWithout esteem for yourself nigga, you goin nowhereAnd you can swagger like you rule this; josey walesUnorganized revolt almost always mostly failsGive up the savage ways, be effective soldiersTo elevate the mental is to be poor no moreTheres war in the streets, prepared men know bestOur rhyme as live as it gets, jfk 2 laxTheyre always makin trouble yo, against the righteousKillin us in cold blood, those beats those vipersAnd as I sit feelin the pain in my wristI vow to myself that ima change this shitOr at least I gotta try, or part of me will dieAnd only by action will any ideas solidifySo I inhale, exhale as I ponderThis grown man will make mistakes no longerIve been there, Ive seen how they make us fall victimTo their tricknowledgy, with no apology I diss emAnd so I rip facts to dope tracks I caressYoure gonna hear about it, from jfk 2 lax*plane lands*
