Ice-T
The Hanging
[Verse 1]
The fucking cops shot me
Blew holes through my clothes
Some slugs got me leaking, bleeding out [?]
A quarter mil stash in the dash of the Ghost
I murder these streets, it don't matter the coast
I move so much blow you need a snowplow (now)
I'm on the run, just me and my gun
The dilemma of a [?] I'm deep in it
The black card has no limits (please) let me finish
40 years [?] hustlin' gang [?]
[?] I'm a "G" with no brake lights
[?] up out of ya quick, cops can suck dick
Fuck prison and the whole fucking legal system
They gotta catch me, ain't caught me yet
I got a private airport, G5 Jet
I got a dozen passports, Mills offshore
It's a quick expedition to a spot with no extradition

[Chorus]
Feds on that RICO shit, they want my whole crew
Especially the kingpin, thought you knew
They want me dead for my years of crime and bangin'
Fuck that, the catching comes before the hangin'
Feds on that RICO shit, they want my whole crew
Especially the kingpin, thought you knew
They want me dead for my years of crime and bangin'
Fuck that, the catching comes before the hangin'
[Verse 2]
Had to lose 'em and then stop at the Doc
An underground spot for cats to get shot a lot
Sew me up was easy to do
Didn't hit an organ, shots went right through
Beelined to my safe house, grab my cake out
A N***a couldn't go home, I knew it'd be staked out
Strapped up wit the fully and the body armour
My 12-gauge benelli, broke all my celly's
I'm 100 P gangsta f'real
Motherfucker tried to play me and this cap I pill
Cheat all my life, now i'm losing my wife
And my new baby girl, that's my goddamn world
First things first i gotta stay free
Ain't no cuffs on me, just a flooded AP
N***a on the run, fuck a 5K1
Fuck a motherfuckin' fed, I'm either dead or an asset

[Chorus]
Feds on that RICO shit, they want my whole crew
Especially the kingpin, thought you knew
They want me dead for my years of crime and bangin'
Fuck that, the catching comes before the hangin'
Feds on that RICO shit, they want my whole crew
Especially the kingpin, thought you knew
They want me dead for my years of crime and bangin'
Fuck that, the catching comes before the hangin'
[Refrain]
The catching comes before the hangin'
The catching comes before the hangin'
The catching comes before the hangin'
The catching comes before the hangin'

[Verse 3]
My adrenaline is pumpin' at extreme pressure
Extreme situations always call for extreme measures
Trust nobody, blood's ice cold
Pull up the hoody, strap on my hip, tuck the gold
Rat motherfucker's got me all on this bid shit
I hustled my whole damn life without a parking ticket
Now i gotta get wicked wit the quickness
Get [?] to get caught, get close and get shot
I'm leaving everything I love for everything I did
I gotta drop the fuck out off the grid
Cops shot me once, won't happen again
They either gonna kill me or a life in the pen
Right now i'm not to be fucked with
Cops try to stop me, those cops will get bucked quick (buck! buck!)
I blew my life for jewels, cash money and minks
Now i'm left with just animal instincts

[Chorus]
Feds on that RICO shit, they want my whole crew
Especially the kingpin, thought you knew
They want me dead for my years of crime and bangin'
Fuck that, the catching comes before the hangin'
Feds on that RICO shit, they want my whole crew
Especially the kingpin, thought you knew
They want me dead for my years of crime and bangin'
Fuck that, the catching comes before the hangin'
[Refrain]
The catching comes before the hangin'
The catching comes before the hangin'
The catching comes before the hangin'
The catching comes before the hangin'