Down the Backstreets

* featured artists on this album were jazz musicians<br><br>[Guru]<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(I`m walkin down the backstreets)<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(I be walkin down the backstreets)<br><br>Yo, here goes some info on my flow and how I move<br>to a def groove, I keep my rep smooth<br>On the down-low, I travel with my mind to the street<br>Concrete, like the gravel I`m in deep<br>So I gotta hit ya from a real perspective<br>Cause anyone who`s talkin that crap, will surely get his<br>I`m not the one to act flashy<br>Cause man where I be at, we don`t have to be classy<br><br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(I`m walkin down the backstreets)<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(I be walkin down the backstreets)<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(Walkin down the backstreets)<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(I be walkin down the backstreets)<br><br>Check it stupid<br>While you`re out there, on the main streets frontin<br>Your game`s week, so I`m huntin you down clown<br>Cause you need to learn somethin<br>All that bluffin, won`t get you nothin but killed<br>No mission fulfilled, because there`s others who will<br>get jealous, hell if they can take clout from you, they`ll do it<br>So that`s what I`m about to do, I`ll step to it<br>and strip you of your pride (your pride)<br>And then I`ll stick and I`ll rip you up from all sides<br>or possibly I`ll let you slide, slime<br>Cause you`ll set your own death in just a matter of time<br>Yeah, and I`ll be somewhere on the sidelines, y`know<br><br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(Walkin down the backstreets)<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(I be walkin down the backstreets)<br><br>So when you`re lookin for me, here`s where I`ll be<br>I`ll be walkin down the backstreets in your vicinity<br>Cause I been out here for a few<br>So all that you`re doin, ain`t really nothin new (nothin new)<br>I peeped the way you always perpetrate<br>You`re so phony, you make me wanna regurgitate<br>Since you`re ridin so high, you`re bound to fall<br>while I stand tall, and you don`t get no props at all out here<br><br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(walkin down the backstreets)<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(I be walkin down the backstreets)<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(Walkin down the backstreets)<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(It`s the backstreets)<br>Down the backstreets, down the backstreets<br>(In your backstreets)<br><br>Down the backstreets, is a mind state<br>Cause I don`t have to be a pop star to rhyme great<br>I`ve been out here observin things<br>So now all fake gangsters and pranksters I`m servin<br>YouknowhatI`msayin? I`m the king<br>Come down the backstreets where it`s dark<br>I`ma snatch your heart<br>So get a handle on life and quit livin so trife<br>Or else we`re gonna have to run up, and SMACK all the weak<br>Comin straight from the backstreets<br>And I`m out, ninety-three, it`s all me