Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - My Street Blues lyrics

"yeah she has a gun and I went
And got her a gun permit!
Now they didn't have to shoot that
Old lady down like that
They didn't have to do that!
It's one old woman in that house
I've got burglar bars there to
Try to protect her
I've got mercury lights out there to
Keep it bright and light
I'm as mad as hell! And
Somebody's gon' answer to that!"

"Police are defending the shooting death
Of a 92 year-old woman
It happened as plain-clothes officers burst
Into her home last night
To serve a search warrant for drugs
Police say they made an undercover drug buy
At the house earlier in the day
The woman's niece said there were


Never drugs in the house
And her aunt lived alone
And probably just panicked
The family is furious"

It's so many ways to die - ohh no
It's so many ways to fly - steady as we go
It's so many ways to rise high, high
Cause life can't pass us by no mo'

Chillin on my momma's front porch
I'm watchin sittin here reminiscin on how
Hot the block gets
From right here I can truly see
How crooked the cops is
My vision gettin blurry as I
Look at my options i could
Just let 'em drop me or I
Could cock it and pop it
The way they murdered Oscar
Was preposterous nonsense
They talkin with their Glocks
Conversation is violence and they wonder why
Society is criminal-minded
They never gon' change, come around my way
Another one shot down slain while
The cop got praised
It's hard to maintain when they
Supposed to protect us
You or me could be the
Next one bleedin injustice

Even though the world shows no affection
(no affection) you gotta keep it movin
Got to keep on steppin
(got to keep on steppin)
The Man Upstairs is our only protection
It's very necessary
You remember this is temporary (temporary)

Time's tickin all day
Let me swoop up in yo' neck of the woods
Everybody tend to they own
Hustle, got much respect, that's all good
Turn on the news it's no surprise to see
Police brutality and worse they out here
Gunnin us down in the street
Abuse of authority ain't even it
Rather the vast majority of 'em
Is too damn incompetent
When is enough gon' be enough I ask
I know we all tryin to live
Life free from all the madness
It's sad enough you gotta watch
Out or get jacked
But the worst one's the criminal
That's hidin behind the badge
You got a problem it may be a
Waste of time to call 'em
Cause the only thing they bringin is
More problems so why bother?

Political think I'm illiterate
Literal me I get so cynical
It's pitiful livin in minimal
General's animals stick with their tentacles
I'm more alive, I'm just tryin to fight evil
Me and my people, my people and me
I'm still single
And even though I look meager I'm
Eager to make some money
My heart is more than a direction
My protection from dummies
Hold your hand like babies
Feel my hand gettin stuck
Josiah acted a fool, Rasu, 7th Sign, what

I'm lookin around the world
My temporary city it makes my heart hurt
Feelin the struggles of my brothers
It takes some hard work
Bein raised by single mothers the
Case was caught first
And they got daddy in the pen
Gotta face the law's worst
No guidance we dyin, we barely
Survivin, the knowledge is there
They ain't providin
They starvin us out to keep us divided so
They can get money and hide it
Operation Silence
The government got some secrets
They ain't tellin cause if they let you know
They can't convict you felon
But they done slipped and let
The Thugs know the deal
We comin back to save the ghetto
Let the truth be revealed
If we all get on the
Level and exhibit some skills
We can all get out of debt and we
Can pay off these bills and just chill