Punch (TDE)

Punch (TDE) - Prelude lyrics

rate me

(Intro)

The riots in Los Angeles have written a sorrowful page in American history

(Verse)

This ain't hip hop, this apocalypse, velvet glove ova the iron fist

Pull a surprise, come closer, accomplished ghetto novelist

Risk taker, gay shrug, no consequence!

This ain't no consciousness, leave niggas unconscious quick

Non-responsive

Common sense say that the corners is bent

Stay cautious, a whip for five percent tint

On the other side of that window, in addition to extended clips

Plenty endo' dip, 'nough to make a nigga flip (word)

G rise, with teenagers high inside with no license to drive

Coincide with gentle times

Modern day Babylon, the great Harley

Fornicated with the nations and gave birth to the garden

Circa 1956, they finished the bricks

2 year prior my grandmamma left Mississip'

Cuz they was hangin' niggas, burnin' niggas quicks

Jim Crowe's laws got too thick, she called it quits

(Interlude)

What a transition from Jim Crowe, South

To projects, niggas in gardens

(Verse 2)

Compton imperial housing development

Seemed like a great place for her to settle in

So she did and her kids had kids

Fifteen years later her grandson helped start the Crips

That was Michael’s conception, yeah my interconnections

Stuff of legends, street nigga heaven

We in the late 60', early 70'

Eventually J. Edgar tried to ruin the black legacy

Infiltrated the Panthers, pomped drugs in our vicinity

We got high, and lost all sensibility

Ronald Reagan was Cali's governor then

Ten years before Oliver North, I ran contraband

Scam, that’s when the world first heard of Ross

Freeway Ricky got rid of weight quickly

Rewind back in the projects, niggas got busy

Seven niggas changed the course of niggas in history (damn)

A shotgun and Molotov, whole block was engulfed

There’s certain things I had to leave off

Bounty hunter Watts, firmly established

Harassing Y-stats and festivals

A sea of red rags, they would clash with reputable crip fashions

In each direction had 'em surrounded

Concrete assassins, the bucket of blood, no leader among thugs

Bottom feeders and scrubs, it's all but one slug away

From being enlisted in the Pontianak street grace

Then the 80' came and introduced crack, cocaine

To the vein, the south central poked pain

In the air, the atmosphere exploded

Like nuclear radiation, every hood corroded

From variations of rock, and early rap exposed it

You get the message! (yes)

That’s a triple ? wrapped

In a metaphor for the labor pains felt by my mama

(Outro)

So it’s like, your family’s history

And the streets... birthed you

They birthed who you are!

Projects, crack 80', streets, the hustlers

It’s all in your blood, ma

Where’s the story?

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