[Intro: La the Darkman]
Bear witness to the god, young thugs don't live long
Life is a game of chess (and you playing the pawn)
I be the king, listen to the knowledge I born
Walk a righteous path, you can never go wrong

[Verse 1: La the Darkman]
Yo, East New York on Schenectady, this kid live next to me
Manifest his destiny, to specialize in treachery
Subliminal, wanted to be nothing, but a criminal
With braids, and doo-loo dropped out the eight grade
Trading rocks, mad obsessed wit guns, was infected
Should of came amongst gods, could of been resurrected
He expected to live long, holding the Glock
Never opened up his lessons, never took the salat
Robbed a liquor store, the old man knew him since four
Still slapped him wit the toast and son emptied the cash drawer
Watchin news flicks, what the kid did, gettin famous
Found the owner in the back of the store, left brainless
The stainless was found, in the sewer three blocks down
The DE's flashed his picture around the Polo Grounds
Kicked his grandmother door down, wit a search warrant
Hand cuffed him in his boxers, tipped off by an informant
He was sentenced to 32, Y Equality
Allah rules, he should of listened to his jewels
[Chorus: La the Darkman and Masta Killa]
Young thugs don't live long
Life is a game of chess, and you playing a pawn
I be king, listen to the knowledge I born
Walk a righteous path, and you can never go wrong (word up)

[Verse 2: Masta Killa]
This be the dance of the drunken, n***a found slunken
Over the steering wheel with one to his head, black
All those he drove his next destination of home
Suddenly sniped from civilization
Reality starts to set in
His last thoughts flashing back to where it all begun
A shorty who slung for a militant soldier
Who made his bones by holding down the corner
Never turned snitch even though he was pinched by the Feds
He held his weight and did a bid
Of two to six, as he sat from his cell with a vengeance
He held in his heart like a ice pick
Physically, he's cut the fuck up
He tryna maintain but his head is fucked up
To learn, the word on the streets confirmed
Of the sickness, murdering a family member that turned informant
He signed this in a moment of silence
He broke it, this lead to bloodshed and violence
[Verse 3: U-God]
This chick Iris out in Queens had a cocaine Lexus
Dime sexes, she rock a leather G necklace
Building reckless, Queen kingpin deathwish
Hit women that'll fuck you and return them the essence
This evil widow, she pulled a fo'-fo' out the pillow
Wit a silencer, la cosa nostra cats, they admired her
They hide a force sting to hit the North Region king of teamster
Head C.E.O. of, a major ring but one thing
Lead to another, a leaf, blew her cover
She got side-swiped, tied up, he buck fifty cut her
He shot her both knees then, dumper her in the gutter
It was gory, the top n***a tortured her for glory
But, he let her live so she could about this story