[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 [00:22.66]My pops came from Bed Stuy my mom came from Africa [00:24.84]I'm more a ni**a if you know what I mean [00:27.89]They hooked up in the '70's when liquor and w**d 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 ni**a [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 Christmas 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） [01:15.58]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 sh*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]Ni**a get a little loony and grown soup in the dome [02:09.93]F**k 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 sh*t ni**a 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 f**k 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 niggas I can't name outta state （My niggas f**k with weight） [02:51.75]Little brother gone but I got a baby angel [02:54.01]You f**kin with a dirty name don't let these niggas 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 motherf**kers [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） [03:24.69]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）