Adams Avenue

[Intro: Dice Arm] Hey you Hey you Hey come here Come here fool Show you why I'm the king on these dice boy All I do is win boy Ah, see it Let me get that Who's next Ah, Stan what's up baby Hey what's up baby Ah forget you then, stuck-up [Derek Minor pretending to be a Crip] Hey what up little man You know its crazy on these streets boy Goons out on the prowl You outta need protection You know I got them guns for the little man [Verse 1: Crip Member/Devil and Young Tony Tillman] Crip Member/Devil: Young love What it is Slow it down Let me show you how to live I've been seeing you pass through here Ever want to make a little cash I'll show you how to deal All you got to do is hit the block Young Tony: Nah man i'm good You gonna' mess around Get me shot Crip Member/Devil: Nah man Imma' mess around and get you paid Young Tony: You put my uncle Joe up in the grave Crip Member/Devil: Wait a minute man, chill Young Tony: Plus my mama told me don't mess with you fool You mean me no good Crip Member/Devil: Your mama mean well and say what she should But how you expect to leave out of your hood How you expect to make it Graduate And then go to college You ain't got the knowledge for scholarships You can't pay tuition You ain't got them dollars Let's be honest boy You can't afford it Your single mama can barely feed I'm sure it Young Tony: Man I can borrow my way through man I'm good at sports Crip Member/Devil: Ahh man you cool enough But you ain't Michael Jordan No disrespect but I can make you bills And they'll be so thick you can't fold them up You'll be the coolest bro What you about 17 Young Tony: Nah man I'm 15 Crip Member/Devil: Well that's old enough [Backstory: Tony's Mama and Young Tony] Mama: Get them food stamps out of my purse And go down to (?unintelligible store name?) so y'all can have something to eat while I'm at work Young Tony: Alright what you want me to get Mama: I don't know....get some baloney or something Young Tony: Some oatmeal pies? Mama: Nah don't get no oatmeal pies. Get what I told you to get and come right back. And don't go down Adams, go the back way! Young Tony: Ma, Adams is faster Mama: I don't care. You ain't got no business on Adams, so go the back way. As a matter of fact, I better not ever catch you on Adams [Verse 2: Crip Member/Devil and Young Tony Tillman] Young Tony: Ya, I hear you Your offers cool But Imma' keep my lane I see what happened to them other dudes Who put their hope in you They all leave in shame They leave in boxes Or they leave in chains But it's all the same Because it's you who trap them Crip Member/Devil: Nah man I don't make them stay They can leave whenever Young Tony: Ya, they all believe that until somebody clap them Crip Member/Devil: Hey whats' the problem Huh why so hostile Mama's baby doing what he's taught You need a bottle or your diaper changed Too scared to hank Or too small to walk Young Tony: Ya, whatever i'm just being smart Seeing through your lies It don't make me soft Seeing those other guys who didn't cut you off Live a life of crime And end up gettin' caught Crip Member/Devil: What you tryin' to say That it's my fault But take a look around It's my turn I could make you down man I could make you boss I know you seen your cousin Ridin' around in the crown he bought And he ain't ever take a loss That was all me Even put a gold herring bone on his neck And you don't want that? Young Tony: Well he can't buy love Crip Member/Devil: Man, forget some love But you don't want respect? Now your Uncle John.... Young Tony: Now hold up Crip Member/Devil: Now wait I'm just saying He was really cool Tony: So? Crip Member/Devil: People loved him He was quite the guy Hate that he had to die But he could live through you So what you think If you really man enough I could take you up a couple levels bro Young Tony: If my mama catch me she'll kill me though Crip Member/Devil: But she work at night so she'll never know