Know The Ledge-Eric B. & Rakim

[00:00.000] 作词 : William Griffin/ERIC BARRIER [00:01.000] 作曲 : William Griffin/ERIC BARRIER [00:07.42]Sip the juice cuz I got enough to go around [00:10.53]And the thought takes place uptown [00:12.33]I grew up on the sidewalk [00:14.09]Where I learned street talk [00:14.92]And then taught to hawk New York [00:15.97]I go to Queens for queens [00:16.97]To get the crew from Brooklyn [00:18.31]Make money in Manhattan and never been tooken [00:20.22]Go Uptown and the Bronx to boogie down [00:21.95]Get strong on the Island recoupe and lay around [00:24.41]Time to bulid my juice back up [00:26.42]Props back up suckers get smacked up [00:28.15]Don't doubt the clout you know what I'm about [00:30.72]Knocking *****z off knocking *****z out [00:32.21]Shaking 'em up waking 'em up [00:34.85]Raking 'em up breaking 'em up [00:36.97]Standing on shaky grounds too close to the edge [00:39.49]Let's see if I know the ledge [00:49.68]Corners' trifling 'cause shorty's here [00:51.12]I get ****d liffin' forty's of beer [00:53.61]Here's a sip for the crew that's deceased [00:55.23]If I get revenge then they rest in peace [00:58.15]Somebody's got to suffer I just might spare one [01:00.05]And give a brother a fair one [01:02.24]Stay alert and on ps [01:03.25]And I do work with these like Hercules [01:05.96]Switch to southpaw split your right jaw [01:07.91]'Cause I don't like fall [01:09.08]I'm hype when night fall [01:10.13]Smooth but I move like an army [01:11.97]Bulletproof down in case brothers try to bomb me [01:14.18]Putting brothers to rest like Elliot ness [01:16.82]'Cause I don't like stress [01:18.07]Streets ain't a place [01:19.01]For innocent bystanders to stand [01:20.94]Nutting's gonna stop the plan [01:22.57]I'll chill like Pacino kill like DeNiro [01:24.78]Black Gambino die like a hero [01:26.67]Living on shaky grounds too close to the edge [01:29.21]Let's see if I know the ledge [01:39.64]Shells lay around on the battleground [01:41.02]Dead bodies are found throughout the town [01:43.03]Tried to put shame in my game to [01:44.52]Make a name I'm a [01:45.30]Put it on a bullet put it in your brain [01:47.38]Rip the block like a buckshot [01:48.44]Who cares where it goes just keep the casket closed [01:51.38]No remorse when a life is lost [01:53.15]I paid my dues paid the cost [01:56.66]And my pockets are still fat [01:57.70]Wherever I'm at I get the welcome mat [01:59.54]Even if my crew steep with one deep [02:01.95]I attract attention people like to peep [02:03.43]So come say hi to the badguy [02:05.92]Don't say goodbye I don't plan to die [02:08.23]'Cause I get loose and I got troops [02:11.36]And crazy juice [02:12.53]In control of many like Ayatollah Khomeini [02:14.42]Hang out wit Smith and [02:15.73]Wesson don't try to play me [02:17.40]I'm at war alot like Anwar Sadat [02:18.69]But no warning shot my gun is warm alot [02:20.29]When I cook beef the smoke will never clear [02:22.43]Areas in fear but this here's a fear [02:24.61]Living life too close to the edge [02:27.63]Hoping that I know the ledge [02:37.34]A brand new morn no time to yawn [02:39.53]Shower's on power's on [02:41.50]Late for school I catch the train [02:43.38]Girls sip Cristal and whisper my name [02:45.86]I push up like an exercise [02:47.27]Check the intellect and inspect the thighs [02:49.52]Select the best one pull her to the side [02:51.12]Keep her occupied for the rest of the ride [02:53.97]Read my resume she's know I'm 'ready cool [02:56.56]Just meet me after school [02:57.81]We can moan and groan until your mom come home [03:00.50]And you be calling me Al **** Capone [03:02.13]Sweatin' me she didn't want to let me loose [03:03.89]Come get me that's if you want to sip the juice [03:05.81]'Cause the streets await me [03:07.18]So I take my gun off safety [03:08.67]'Cause alot of *****z hate me [03:10.31]Coming out of the building they set me up [03:12.27]Sprayed wit automatics they wet me up [03:14.18]In a puddle of blood I lay close to the edge [03:17.29]I guess I didn't know the ledge