Verse 1 Move without hesitation Stinking of desperation What up b, Og's we hail with adulation There goes another villain Last night another k**ing Gave him head trauma they couldn't treat with no penicillin And ain't not snitch be no friend of ours Living in this shadowy land blacked out to keep you camouflaged Fall like a domino, f** that we give and go Hustle real fast if the money coming in kind of slow Matter fact, if you see that younger who was talking all kinds of smack You tell him beat told him that he better chill Cause you know, if they catch him moving when they perusing Then in the end, they gon bring his movements to a standstill Standing on the outside look in the ghetto gallery Artful dodgers bout to rob a n***a for his salary Yeah don we seen it all, live through the rise and fall Most dangerous when we got our backs against the wall slow down Chorus (Slow down) You ain't hard at all, get bucked in the brawl, you might fall so just (Slow down) You ain't built for this, some get kilt for this, sh** gets real so just (Slow down) We ain't born to fail, only the strong prevail, don't get nailed and just (Slow down) And I only fear God And the weapons of the weak Are the weakness of the hard, and I will never sleep Verse 2 Feeling nothing but mercurial Standing on the block at one o'clock by the flower shop with the murial Last night was crazy kind of hazy had a tussle Saw them OG's moving heavy weight without the muscle And we know to be aware, if they beckon us Living treacherous church goers gang banging with them seculars Cousin told me stay in school, why the f** would that appeal Making more money than them graduaters ever will When morning comes, you get up, to move with them boys again Night fall, bloop bloop bloop, you hearing that noise again Pavements painted with magenta, tainted Caught him slipping waited on the corner twisted the bora and left him sainted That's another n***a slain Living by the gun Next day we forgotten his name But there's another one, never run Nothing but the ill, you looking for a thrill Keep them shades on this is the place where looks could really k**, tell em slow down Chorus (Slow down) You ain't hard at all, get bucked in the brawl, you might fall so just (Slow down) You ain't built for this, some get kilt for this, sh** gets real so just (Slow down) We ain't born to fail, only the strong prevail, don't get nailed and just (Slow down) And I only fear God And the weapons of the weak Are the weakness of the hard, and I will never sleep Verse 3 Beyond the realms of the bourgeois the bourbon Where n******gs lifestyles yo they far from suburban Remaining vigilant in order to avert the drama Suited in all black cause that's the ghetto suit of armour To maintain your name you must stay on your a game You f** around and catch a virus in your mainframe More or less, they told you that knowledge would get you blessed Which gave you food for thought, but way too much to digest Never bluff, Cause beef son they never get enough Rocking over your j**els that's a diamond in the rough So you must stay alert where they lurk shotting work Don't be stunting in a benz, that's how n******gs be getting murked Your daddy used to cook so the Pyrex is vintage Stay out on the corners tryna increase your mintage Try and push past put it stays on your mind Have you looking at your watch like it's a sign of the times