Street

They believed that they were free, but in reality They were trapped by their own selfish and greedy Desires. American society was not going forward. It was taking people backwards. They were becoming isolated beings driven by Primitive animal forces. Trapped on Earth, yeah, that's our predicament Ask What it's worth, not shit if your position is The path to burn, listen to its initiative Blast And burn, only if it's lifting dividends Trapped on Earth, yeah, that's our predicament Ask what it's Worth, not shit if your position is The path To burn, listen to its initiative Blast and burn, Only if it's lifting dividends Yo, I'm dangerous, Man, your battle station is cold war Stand behind Bricks like coke lords Stories passed down from the Ghetto is folklore And if you ain't on top Yet, then smoke more Presidential glitch, Who the fuck did we vote for? The man with a hundred brick stash in the Boat floor Bush made a war in Iraq, Now shit's crazy Known to put a shell in Your face like Dick Cheney The ghetto Dick Tracy, I done seen me a lot of shit Trapped On Earth under reign of a communist Waiting for The Planet X to bring the apocalypse Sick of This wack rappers getting monotonous Move through Your city like a damaging tidal wave Gave the Hammer to the man and told him to pound Away We can build empires, move with a cavalry Get knocked the fuck out, see more stars than Outer space Trapped on Earth, yeah, That's our predicament Ask what it's worth, Not shit if your position is The path to Burn, listen to its initiative Blast and burn, Only if it's lifting dividends Trapped on Earth, Yeah, that's our predicament Ask what it's worth, Not shit if your position is The path to Burn, listen to its initiative Blast and burn, Only if it's lifting dividends I seen a lot Of shit since the days of my birth And Living on this planet, we call it Trapped on Earth Backbone verse is what I give you, Destined to distribute Tribute to hip-hop, The real shit always continues Son, I keep it Real without a record deal, we can build Parlay On a track, take a trip to Dr. Ill's Reminisce about back in the day, We wasn't stressing We ran the streets choking off Trees and cypher blessings See, my life is a Lesson, each day's another pop quiz Watch this, They found my cousin dead inside his whip Why The good die young? Why they murder Big L? Why I walk the streets, no peace, ignore living Hell Support my uncles in jail Wrong decisions got Him sitting in detention This life you living, Screaming out, "Fuck the system" Peace to Snowgoons, Peace to the fam, bloodline Ain't no stopping me Now, I'm coming out, it's my time Trapped on Earth, yeah, that's our predicament Ask what it's Worth, not shit if your position is The path To burn, listen to its initiative Blast and burn, Only if it's lifting dividends Trapped on Earth, Yeah, that's our predicament Ask what it's worth, Not shit if your position is The path to Burn, listen to its initiative Blast and burn, Only if it's lifting dividends We're coming to the End of our days And the way shit's going, We ain't far from our graves Yo, this really Ain't adding up Sometimes I just wanna bag it Up Life is ill, son, I had enough Kids Killing kids, people kill their families People Starving in the streets, that's the reality Then you Got that family that's all about vanity Sending kids To college, don't want them to work hourly For That same salary, push your act cowardly Send Another child to war to leave casualty The rich Get rich, the poor keep on missing 'Cause they Cut education to further the prison system See, We trapped on Earth, I've been trapped since birth All you fake motherfuckers, take your mask off first So I can look you in the eyes 'fore I take you to church Put you right back In the Earth, basking in dirt Trapped on Earth, Yeah, that's our predicament Ask what it's worth, Not shit if your position is The path to Burn, listen to its initiative Blast and burn, Only if it's lifting dividends Trapped on Earth, Yeah, that's our predicament Ask what it's worth, Not shit if your position is The path to Burn, listen to its initiative Blast and burn, Only if it's lifting dividends They've Been Busy in terms of their level of effort. They've been busy in terms of the actual weapons That they've been producing. They've been busy in terms of expanding production Ranks. They've been busy in terms of expanding their Institutional capability. They've been demonstrating that they have steadiness Of purpose, that they're purposeful about what They're doing.