[Ronald Isley singing throughout song]

[Intro: Prodigy & Havoc]
Yeah yeah
Know what I'm sayin'
Straight burn biscuits baby
Yeah, give it to 'em raw uncut
Turn them headphones up
No doubt son
No problem
Creepin' it though baby
It's gangsta
The truth gonna come to the level

[Verse 1: Havoc]
Yo
As this blood flow through my veins
I stand before this mic with a stepped up game
Some things when I look how they never gonna change
It ain't a thing, n***as wild, then I'm cockin' that thing
Cuz you know with every action there's a reaction
And there's no known cure when I'm sick with the clappin'
How many times it have to happen
N***as talkin' like they generals but just mere captains
The streets there's rules, slugs hit 'em with infractions
And then there's Hollywood if you want some fuckin' acting
You got these n***as out mis-representin' they hood
Give 'em heart now they icin', I'm like n***a what's good?
Cuz you know how I get with these MACs and these techs
Blaze 'em down gives a fuck about the next n***a rep
Play around find yourself getting' cheated by death
Man gone and believe me dog it happened to the best
[Hook: Havoc]
You know a n***a, I be tryin' to chill
But now and then I hafta run these n***as a drill (no doubt)
There comes a time in every n***a life
When he's face to face with that ol' kill or be killed
And here I go again, grabbin' my steel
Cuz now and then I hafta run these n***as a drill (run 'em)
There comes a time in every n***a life
When he's face to face with that ol' kill or be killed

[Verse 2: Prodigy]
Don't make me have to body something
Fuck you and what you known for, to me you're nothin'
I don't see why in the world, to me you frontin'
And if you was that n***a, then you still mean nothing, homes (what)
My gun is bustin'
Fuck all y'all n***as my stomach is touchin'
And I be right there on Myrtle Ave, come through
You bitch ass n***as wouldn't know what to do
I get bulletproof love, pounds and hugs
You get extorted by the thugs that gew up in your hood
You get killed fuckin' with P, you really should
Not do that, I use that Ruger good
Catch a bad one
Ran dunn raggity
You got fucked up and left for dead in the street
[Bridge: Havoc]
Yo
Who wants it with Hav, who want it with P?
Not near one of y'all and I put that on me
But if…

[Hook: Havoc]
You know a n***a, I be tryin' to chill
But now and then I hafta run these n***as a drill
There comes a time in every n***a life
When he's face to face with that ol' kill or be killed
And here I go again, grabbin' my steel
Cuz now and then I hafta run these n***as a drill
There comes a time in every n***a life
When he's face to face with that ol' kill or be killed

[Havoc]
Yo
Believe me dog there's more than cockin' and squeezin' and
Afterward that n***a still be breathin' and
Who gonna snitch if you lucky to leave it then
For a reward, n***as just might turn you in
I take it further and I might just murder him
That mouthpiece all together, I'm curbin' him
It's very clear and there's nothin' to blur my lens
It's very real, ain't got no time to pretend
[Prodigy]
Yo
Feelin' it thugs, I dump a magazine on you dunn
I'll run up on you n***as with the mask and glove
Dunn, there's nothin' for me to snap and get on tilt
I know it's nothin' for you to pay to have me killed
I respect the laws of war and love, I live by them shits
Y'all n***as not ready for this
You not knowin' how you about to get your head crushed
Spray it dunn, straight out
Shitted when them guns come out

[Hook: Havoc]
You know a n***a, I be tryin' to chill
But now and then I hafta run these n***as a drill
There comes a time in every n***a's life
When he's face to face with that ol' kill or be killed
And here I go again, grabbin' my steel
Cuz now and then I hafta run these n***as a drill
There comes a time in every n***a's life
When he's face to face with that ol' kill or be killed
You know a n***a, I be tryin' to chill
But now and then I hafta run these n***as a drill
There comes a time in every n***a's life
When he's face to face with that ol' kill or be killed
And here I go again, grabbin' my steel
Cuz now and then I hafta run these n***as a drill
There comes a time in every n***a's life
When he's face to face with that ol' kill or be killed

[Ron Isley singing]

[Bridge/Outro: The Johnson Sisters]
We've got to learn to swallow our pride
It's hard just to let things ride
Maybe one day things will change
As of right now let me show you something
We've got to learn to swallow our pride
It's hard just to let things ride
Maybe one day things will change
As of right now let me show you something
We've got to learn to swallow our pride
It's hard just to let things ride
Maybe one day things will change
As of right now let me show you something
We've got to learn to swallow our pride
It's hard just to let things ride
Maybe one day things will change
As of right now let me show you something
We've got to learn to swallow our pride
It's hard just to let things ride
Maybe one day things will change
As of right now let me show you something
We've got to learn to swallow our pride
It's hard just to let things ride
Maybe one day things will change
As of right now let me show you something