Big Shots

[ VERSE 1 ]<br>Once upon a time there was a big diesel kid<br>Who just got sprung from a 10 year bid<br>10 years is a long time, he left as a pup<br>But came out as an adult, about to act up<br>Out on the block he played the average street games<br>Gamblin, scramblin, just to build up a name<br>Pumped a few pockets, he got on the spot<br>Not until he bought a Benz did his name get hot<br>Out on the streets slingin big rocks on concrete<br>Those who tried to play him, they cold got beat<br>I mean cold, you dissed him and you just got smoked<br>Then he`d take your spot and leave your family broke<br>Even five-o was petro and wouldn`t even act up<br>To give him a ticket, they`d have to call in for back-up<br>That`s how extra and large the boy got<br>Just gettin started in the game of a big shot<br><br> (Gangsta boogie, gangsta boogie)<br><br>[ VERSE 2 ]<br>It only took two years for all of this to occur<br>He met a light-skinned squally and flipped over her<br>She was dope alright, but the girl was so young<br>Her eyes was so lovely that money was strung<br>This kid was 23 and the girl 16<br>See, another street king had now found his queen<br>And he was runnin things, puttin others in fear<br>Makin 20 g`s a week, and that`s a million a year<br>Steppin out to the club with his girl in a mink<br>Wearin custom-made jewels and big fat links<br>Go upstairs where his place would be set<br>With the choice of Dom Perrignon or Moлt<br>Four soldiers undercover loungin with his brother<br>Everybody strapped with a vest and a rubber<br>Just in case somebody`s girl got hot<br>But she was bagged and ragged in the club by a big shot<br><br>Extra large<br><br>[ VERSE 3 ]<br>Spots from the east to the westside he ran<br>If money was power, then this kid was He-Man<br>Never again would homeboy go thirsty<br>Cause he bought a mansion in Patterson New Jersey<br>The house that was owned by Lou Castello<br>At the age of 25 life was so mellow<br>A father of 4, each had different mothers<br>That`s to my knowledge, might have had others<br>Nothin could go wrong, the world was his<br>Until one day somebody gave him a quiz<br>To see if he was thorough or just a front<br>A kid pulled out and got smoked like a blunt<br>The brother knew how to react on impact<br>Bust him in the shoulders, opened up his back<br>Three more to go, what was four deep<br>Who were sent on a mission to put him to sleep<br>He dipped in a Benz, bein pursued by a van<br>Picked up the cellular phone to call his man<br>They strapped up and loaded up in the trucks<br>With A.K.`s, nines and Uzis, ready to buck<br>Now homebody was doin like 100 quick<br>Down the block cold jettin and not sweatin conflict<br>Bullets were flyin from the van behind him<br>His boys were rollin, but they couldn`t find him<br>The city was large, and they had to think fast<br>He had on a vest, but what if he crashed?<br>The brother made a right, and what happens then?<br>A big yellow sign that read `dead end`<br>Now he could give his soul to the essence to keep<br>All of a sudden there were shots from a black jeep<br>It was his young girl who met him at the spot<br>Cause she was always taught first hand from a big shot<br><br>[ VERSE 4 ]<br>19 year old female was so bold<br>Her and the homegirls always had ammo<br>The brothers in the van just kept on firin<br>Deep in the background the sounds of sirens<br>The kid in the Benz, got out and got shot<br>Caught two in the leg, and the leg was real hot<br>He fell to the ground with no strenght to run<br>The clip was empty in his automatic gun<br>The girl in the jeep had blocked off the street<br>Tryin to save a big shot from defeat<br>Crazy gunfire last for a while<br>But then came the trucks with the Bigfoot style<br>A.K.`s and Uzis weighed more than tons<br>Killed the three brothers that tried to run<br>The ones who lived were arrrested by the cops<br>But the charges were dropped, the judges were paid by big shots<br><br>[ VERSE 5 ]<br>Listen, it`s not hard to take charge<br>Life of a big shot is extra large<br>Strictly do or die, makin moves direct<br>Cause a big shot will always get just due respect<br>>From east to west coast, mainly minorities<br>Make enough money to buy the authorities<br>Dollars are chill when the women are real hot<br>So no matter what, you`ll always remember a big shot