Tell Me Who Profits
(专辑: 93 'Til Infinity - 1993)
Hmmmmm I
could give a
damn about you and your crew Everybody's frontin, ain't nobody bein true to The
things they say, they say... (Man, I
understand) And... (I got a
plan for improvement...) But you gets the
finger And I
bring a
attitude with me 'Cause brothers that I
know be acting shifty Let me be me, and I'll let you be you But why talk about me if it's not me that you're talkin to Let's make it clear, you do not know me So skip "How ya livin'", "How ya feel, bro G" To me that's phony, asking if my shit's dropping The
kids stop when they start to get they lips popped, and They say I
forgot 'em, but I
ain't seen 'em in four years You always had my number So step with your poor tears And what about Blessings? (Plus is my man!) You need to stop it Screw the
doers, of rumors 'Cause you nerds never profit Tell me who profits? You got beat, 'cause you like to gossip Tell me who profits? You got beat, 'cause you like to gossip In school I
never used to raise my hand in class I
always knew the
teacher's hand A
passing grade to me... in the
back, relax 'Cause they wasn't kickin facts In facts, I
never learned math I
can fool with the
school system They take facts and twist 'em Into knots, right up the
blocks A
spot, to get a
40 Around the
corner get cracks Perhaps these is traps, to keep us tapped Saps, can buy gats, with flat-tipped bullet caps In the
locker room with no hassle And assholes sell cracks in sacks To class-foes & friends 'Cause the
mass goes with the
trend My friend, the
niggas makin ends is livin illegal That's the
way to get phat, and then we will Get stacks of cash, forget class, yeah That's the
way to go, I'm out to get dough Dough? The
education, to get you further Than murder and drugs with thugs You're better off being a
nerd That's absurd! Life don't mean nuthing without fat pockets That's the
only way to get paid You tell me who profits Tell me who profits? I'll have G's But you'll get shot, kid! Tell me who profits? I'll have G's But you'll get shot, dick! Huh! Ya gotta wonder, why niggas plunder, kill Have ya torn asunder 'Cause I'ma build And fill A
glass pipe full of crack And black men's pockets be phat A
little Let's whittle the
way to the
core now Ya packing a
Glock, macking the
block, fight with the
cops Well, who ya taking the
risk for? A
kingpin swinging with the
president Greasing 'em up & giving 'em papes for drugs in the
States Have ya dodging niggas and caps He's with George & Clarence Digging golf balls out of sand traps He's never seen Frisco or Oakland He got a
glimpse of New York When he went to see the
opera ("ahhhhhh! ") He's seventy-six, getting senile If we live past 24 we're due for a
stay in the
penile So see now, we polish our Berettas But there's no boats or 'caine fields nowhere in the
ghetto Yo... Tell me who profits? DC got schemes, and we ain't got spit, huh Tell me who profits? DC got schemes, and we ain't got spit, yo Tell me who profits? DC got schemes, and we ain't got spit Tell me who profits? DC got schemes, and we ain't got spit Damn