The Roots - Panic!!!!! lyrics

Yo, I woke up in the darkness at
12: 17 to shots and sirens
Look out the window, peep the high beams
Now they searchin'
The cops lookin' for the person
That pulled the trigger
Medical figures is nursin' the
Kid that got shot
Some innocent Akh that would front
To flip the rock
On them at McKean Street block
I tried to tell him to stop 'cause yo
It's ghetto red hot
Similar to the blood now floodin' his top
I take a step out the spot
To the point of attack
And see the shorty-wop heart blast
Out of his back
Damn, I'm thinkin' it don't cease
It's no more peace
Police level increase, but what the fuck
It's still crime on the streets
I can't breathe, now what's goin' on?
One minute you alive, the next you're gone
Illadel-P-H-IA Hell
Bust off into the heavens for
The nigga who fell
And hit the L, for the niggas who fell
That could have been prevented
In front of the flat your moms rented
And no one expect that from
You 'cause you was timid
Fuckin' with them cats from
Outside city limit's
Funny how this whole thing changed
An off minute yo, dig it, Panic!!
None of this is ever granted
Drownin' in a nightmare, stranded