Masta Ace - Labyrinth (Frankie Beverly) lyrics

[Verse 1: Masta Ace] Eh yo, I got to watch my back as I travel through Rockaway and Livonia, Picken Avenue Belmont, New Lot, Stone and Saratoga I just wanna slice the piece and maybe have a soda But if I try to rock this leather and this nameplate Like my man Nate I can meet the same fate He in the wheelchair, knife in the spine man My friends like: "yo come on, we'll be fine man" But see this black suede Puma's with the gold stripe Are hot of the press and yes it's a cold night The type of night when all coasts seem suspicious I know we ain't no b**hes but these streets are vicious Bus stops, alleyways and them side blocks It's the few spots you can wind up in a pine box Last car of the A train, it ain't sane Play around, you lay around in great pain And now the kid ensure like weight gains Tell me why would you wanna die for a fake chain? sh**, why you wanna die for a real one? Cause real bullets they k** when they fly from a real gun Man I'm a err on the side of caution Because this stuff my moms bought was a small fortune For this great advice you gone thank me thoroughly Labyrinth, caught in this maze, Frankie Beverly [Hook: L.T.] Fire burning Hot all over them streets And this world is falling Because they don't care about me And we, humanity We must fight Fight for the sake of life Fight for the sake of our children [Verse 2: Masta Ace] Being I'm a only child and moms keeps a steady job I stay fresh to d**h and yes they ready to rob These suede Wallabees got 'em on the cheap friend And my sheepskin same color as a wheat thin These Cazal frames really are a rare color But I'm not ready to die like hair color All I want to do is impress the ladies Cause this be the eighties and it's wild over here brother Walk lightly or end up in a fight see Unless you wanna lose that there, hold it tightly Since grade school, been fresh from the start dawg And that makes me a target like a dartboard So I gotta stay on point like church shoes And the first rule's watch out for the worst dudes One false move and moms have to bury me Try to make it through this maze, Frankie Beverly [Scratches] Universal ghetto survivors [Verse 3: Masta Ace] I first learned what a labyrinth is In AP cla** with all the talented kids This game had a ball and your goal was to get it home And if it fell in the hole, then you did it wrong Man, my hood be sort of the same You can get robbed in the bus, on court or the train Yup, I'm already stressed, please don't worry me Labyrinth, this here maze, Frankie Beverly [Hook: L.T.] Fire burning Hot all over them streets And this world is falling Because they don't care about me And we, humanity We must fight Fight for the sake of life Fight for the sake of our children [Outro] Uh, a dollar short of having a dollar Being broke in the hood is a curse Hit the Ave, you know how to fix it I know it's bad but could have get worse I see these kids, they might wanna jump me But I'm not gonna show 'em I'm scared I just know I'mma find me a way out They gonna know I was here