Testi Ya Better Bring a Gun - King Tee, J-Ro, Mixmaster Spade

Ya Better Bring a Gun

They live on the street and they hustle for fame\nSome kill for a livin, some sling cocaine\nBecause its now a lifestyle and a full-time job\nAnd if you live in compton, its like at mccobb\nFrom block to block everybodys bad\nAnd if you dont know where youre at, then your lifes been had\nCause they walk in the street with intentions to meet\nSome sappy lookin punk with fila on his feet\nAnd if you try to act tough, well mr. tough, youre through\nCause everybodys a family, if not, theyre a crew\nIm here to give some advice advice (run!)\nCause if youre ever in compton, you better bring a gun\nYo, here come my homeboy mixmaster spade\nMan, whats up, man?\nHey man, aint you from compton, man?\n(ah yeah)\nAlright man, tell em whats up, man\nWhat you used to do\nI used to cut up the beat on the two turntables\nNow Im rappin on the mic, cause Im willin and able\nWhen Im on the mic I take no slack\nAnd everytime that you see me Im tearin a gat\nI got .380s and .22s\nYou messs with me, Im gonna bust on you\nI got a .357 and a m-16\nThey call me master spade, and tees the king\nNow compton is the city where the homeboys stay\nRollin in a different car everyday\nCant roll too hard, gotta watch my back\nCause if I dont, I just might get jacked\nNow compton is a city of a lotta fun\n(cant walk down the street\n(cant walk down the street\nCant walk down the stree without my gun)\nNow you know this just dont make no kinda sense\nNow the next place is kinda risky if youre walkin with your mother\nYall can get shot if she wears the wrong color\nTheyre all from the old school, nobodys modern\nThe place Im talkin bout is the nickerson gardens\nYou can get away with murder, cause they murdered the cops\nCause they said they tried to run a bumrush on watts\nBut they took control, slingers walk real tall\nWhile real down gangbangers write their set on the wall\nIf I was you I wouldnt visit here, its like hell\nAnd if you get robbed, who you gonna tell?\nIm only here for advice advice (run!)\nAnd if youre ever in watts, you better bring a gun\nNow you got a nice car with a brand-new paintin\nRag top convertable with all-gold daytons\nYou decide to take a ride down the crenshaw strip\nYou stop at the fat burgers to feed your lip\nYou got your sounds bumpin, playin zapp and vibe\nA skeezer comes your way, you say, «lets take a ride»\nSo youre cruisin crenshaw with her, youre goin to bail\nA brown cutlass pulls up, they put a gauge to your head\nThey say, «(get our your car) if you value your life\n(and leave your money) if you love your wife»\nNow youre standin in the street lookin like youre on crack\nAnd you say to yourself: I cant believe I got jacked\nYou call the police because your car they stole\nBut when you get in touch with them, they put you on hold\nYour car is gone, nothin could be done\nSo next time you cruise crenshaw, you better bring a gun!\nAlright, I wanna thank mixmaster spade for comin out to rock with me\n(and greg mack) the mack attack\nAnd I also wanna thank j-ro and sweet tooth for comin out rockin\n(and dj)\nAnd I wanna thank scotty d, cold-crush chris\nAnd dj pooh, the hip-hop gangster\n(when he say beat em up he dont be bluffin)\nWord\nAnd oh yeah, I forgot somebody\nUnknown!\n(yo man\nWho blew up that mcdonalds on central and rosecrans, du?)