Fat Joe - I Am Crack lyrics

You know What you gotta understand is that it's a drug that affects the brain chemistry of the user and it causes things like paranoia, euphoria, insomnia, loss of appetite and this really insatiable craving for more c**aine People who smoke crack, they get this immediate and intense release of dopamin in the brain and once those dopamin levels plummet after just a few minutes the smoker feels compelled to take another hit just to ease the feelings of depression and sadness Good afternoon We're reporting live in the streets of the Bronx today chronicling a deadly epidemic sweeping the nation A wave of violent crimes have been linked to chronic addiction to and distribution of a drug called CRACK They heat me up, I can see the top bubble waitin for me Investigators sendin snitches for me Sold out, lines around the block n***as waitin for a whiff of that base and that rock Chicago Bulls fitted, they callin me red top You can find me in Humboldt Park soon as it gets dark Or even in the daylight, even though it ain't right I'm outside the church preyin on some saved lives Or sittin on a scale good enough to taste I'm better than a protein shake to lose weight n***a, no doubt I'm the hardest in the game It's the Rock, I ain't talkin Jay, Biggs and Dame I'm talkin bling-bling, crack pipe and a collar I make bums fight to wash cars for a dollar A gla** dick in the mouth of a model Take your time, baby, don't spit, just swallow BASE Downtown Miami we've described on the scene a intense gun battle between police and known drug dealers from both the local area and New York City The shooting's been ongoing since early this afternoon and sources report that so far as many as nine people have been k**ed or wounded This is just another chapter in what has been Miami's epic struggle in the war against... ...I - I'm just a reporter! [shots] In the '80s I made so many premature babies Put n***as in Mercedes strapped with .380's Uh, who you think made Nino smarter? If it wasn't for me, it wouldn't be no Carter Down in DC, yeah, sh** got scary Almost lost my political connect with Mayor Barry They mix me with embalming fluid, it's unreal And Jada said he cooked me on a Foreman Grill Turn a happy home into a stash house They can smoke me all night until they pa** out I'm cool with pops and I'm cool with moms But they don't know that we cool, me and you share a bond Franklins, Jacksons, get me to actin a fool I transform into a bird on the moon Down south yeah, they on me, kid I'm the sh** lettin baseheads and zombies live BASE A more brutal form of c**aine known as crack is increasingly penetrating every part of our social strand Cla**ified as a Schedule I substance by the DEA crack is wreaking havoc on (?) the inner city and the suburbs With the war on d** reaching a fever pitch law enforcement agencies are scrambling to rid their communities of this destructive drug CL 63 with the seats reclinin From the cracks we slingin and the keys we flinin Keep iron on me, n***as on the streets keep eyin me Till I Stuart Scott a n***a, y'all peep me sideways Crack is good coke, good dope Is good money, thick broads on big boats Big business, big Benzes 26 rims lead to never ending sentences I'm lookin clean in a box With a fresh line-up, n***a, your time's up The dumps where they find you mangled and tied up 50 keys in the stash gets the streets dried up Short a few guns, need a couple of pies You see a boat, I run it right by Can you feel it, nothin can save ya It's crack baby, minus the incubators