Code Of The Streets - Gang Starr

[00:19.54]Take this for example young brothers want rep
[00:22.25]Cause in the life they're living, you can't half step
[00:24.78]It starts with the young ones doing crime for fun
[00:27.41]And if you ain't down, you'll get played out son
[00:29.73]So let's get a car, you know, a fly whip
[00:32.15]Get a dent, pull a screwdriver, and be off quick
[00:34.77]With a **** ride, yeah, and a rowdy crew
[00:37.05]We can bag us a Benz and an Audi, too
[00:39.48]Even a jeep or a van, goddamn, we're getting ours, yo
[00:42.36]Take a trip up the strip, and be like stars so
[00:44.93]It doesn't matter if the cops be scoping
[00:47.09]They can't do jack, that's why a young brother's open
[00:49.98]To do anything, anywhere, anyplace
[00:52.45]Buckwild in another court case
[00:54.60]It's the code of the streets
[00:59.44]They might say we're a menace to society
[01:01.81]But at the same time I say "Why is it me?"
[01:04.27]Am I the target, for destruction?
[01:06.75]What about the system, and total corruption?
[01:09.63]I can't work at no fast-food joint
[01:11.91]I got some talent, so don't you get my point?
[01:14.57]I'll organize some brothers and get some crazy loot
[01:16.84]Selling D-R-U-G-S and clocking dollars, troop
[01:19.82]Cause the phat dough, yo, that suits me fine
[01:22.28]I gotta have it so I can leave behind
[01:24.56]The mad poverty, never having always needing
[01:27.39]If a sucker steps up, then I leave him bleeding
[01:29.73]I gotta get mine, I can't take no shorts
[01:31.97]And while I'm selling, here's a flash report
[01:34.50]Organized crime, they get theirs on the down low
[01:37.02]Here's the ticket, wanna bet on a horse show?
[01:39.55]You gotta be a pro, do what you know
[01:41.97]When you're dealing with the code of the streets
[01:58.42]Nine times out of ten I win, with the skills I be weilding
[02:01.61]Got the tec one dealing, let me express my feelings
[02:04.16]Guru has never been one to play a big shot
[02:06.79]It's just the styles I got that keep my mic hot
[02:09.35]And fxck turning my back to the street scene
[02:11.83]It gives me energy, so Imma keep fiends
[02:14.13]Coming, just to get what I'm selling
[02:16.53]Maybe criminal or felon dropping gems on your melon
[02:19.25]So keep abreast to the GangStarr conquest
[02:21.67]Underground ruffnecks, pounds of respect
[02:24.18]I've never been afraid to let loose my speech
[02:26.67]My brothers know I kick the code of the streets