Mack D-Shot, brought up by the middle class I did time for crime 'cause I was living ass I spent two on the lockdown in Preston To hire me is way out the question Jail cells for a black man's punishment Didn't give a damn 'cause the other man's runnin it Now I'm back on the streets, I gotta compete so But you can't beat no case When you're trapped in the system The government, want you to diss them Now I'm back on the bed, where I once slept on I'm tired of being stepped on I ain't prejudiced, I gots nathan on the white man I'm only down for my folks who is right and So what's wrong with potnah with the gat on the job He want to squab 'cause it seems I'm the mob Pull you over, then he searchin your whole car Fo' deep and you gotta be the rock star "So where's the crack main? So where's the gats main? You know you brothers, you call it a black thang" I'm not in your hood, up to no-good-ism So won't you go on with all the old racism Unless you want me to take, the law in my own hands 'Cause dude, I'm a strong man And that's a black man, tired of being stepped on In the late night, always get crept on By some authority who needs to really be fired 'Cause Legit is straight tired Play Bay, back of hill and up there by Real Twenty-two months of eatin that stuff on a shingle Ninety days left, I'm almost out of jail On a mission about my meal, to the hillside of Vallel There I will sell, rocks so slick Build up clientele, and hit the task hill No other choice, I'm on parole I got a felony I look for a job, but then they diss me, diss me Man, my mother is disabled I ain't got no food on the table All I can afford is noodles with the generic label This goes on for about a week and a half I need to think fast, I need some cash let me water my grass And make it greener, then I started think of all types of Gimmicks and gadgets, as I looked through the cabinets Man, what should I do my friend, hop in the game again? I guess I'm headed for the pen