GZA - Cold World lyrics

Babies cryin' brothers dyin' and brothers getting knocked sh** is deep on the block and you got me locked down In this cold, cold world It was the night before New Year's, and all through the f**in' projects Not a handgun was silent, not even a Tec Outside as I'm stuck, by enemies who put fear And blasted on the spot before the pigs were dere You know hoods robbers snipers new in sight, f** blue and white They escape before them flash the f**in' lights Gunshots, shatter first floor window panes Shells hit the ground and blood stained the dice game Whether broke callisthetic, any style you set it Beat n***az toothless, physically cut up like gooses But with iron on the sides thugs took no excuses Therefore, your fifty-two handblocks was useless Links was snatched off necks, scars on throats Jackets took, after bullet rips through coats Against those who felt the cold from the steel made em fold And squeal, once the metal hit the temple of his grill Destruction worker, who was caught for his bomber No time to swing the hammer that was hangin' from his Farmer's And it's bugged how some n******gs catch slugs And pockets dug from everything except check stubs And it does, sound ill like wars in Brownsville Or fatal robberies in Red Hook where feds look For fugitives to shoot cops, n******gs layin' on roof tops For his CREAM he stashed in a shoebox But he was hot, and the strip was filled with young k**ers You don't suspect, so cops creep like caterpillars And born thieves stay hooded with extra bullets Those who try to flee they hit the vertebrae, increase the murder rate Similar to hit men who pull out Tecs and then Drop those who crack like tacos from Mexican Rapid, like recipients cashin' checks again Back to the motherf**in' spot on Lexington Babies cryin' brothers dyin' and brothers getting knocked sh** is deep on the block and you got me locked down In this cold, cold world We be runnin' from the cops, bustin' off shots sh** is deep on the block and you got me locked down In this cold, cold world