Ice T - Retaliation Lyrics
[intro: ice-t]Every year the same shit happensMore *****in funerals, dead homiesNiggas out here killin each otherI dont know whyAnd when it happens to youJust cant turn the other *****in cheekGotta get back for your dead niggasYeah Im caught up to[ice-t]Sometimes I sit and wonderHow many mother*****ers gonna die this summerGunshots from the hummerNow the sawed-off riot pumps lead across your bedsThey said: mama, less you wouldnt strike backMack ten, eleven, twelve, hit us and then puts us to hellThey started it, theres no way to mend it, well end itMy crewll hit the matresses, g.o.d.Father style - all prepared to get buckwildHalf my niggas ball, other half aint got it allThey stay up at nights waitin on a combat callDrinkin hard liquor, smokin mad loop and shitSo high, sometimes I even gotta load they clipsI aint mad at them though, they dumps the ammoIn you, suspend you in here, hell yeahIts the time that the real niggas live for retaliationMove on em, show, improve on emAll you punk *****es just stand back and watchMe, Im oilin up the heckler & gotchI gots no love, for them busters, who put the work inI can still see my *****in boys body jerkinI ran over to him, put my hand on his chestHole like an apple in the side of his neckHis eyes glanced up, his body jerked once moreTheres nothin else to do but to go to warSlide the hollow-tips in the chrome four-fourRoll down the windows, hang the heat out the doorCatch all the *****in bodies that I can tonightDouble-back on your ***** crew, broad daylight[chorus: ice-t]Theres no innocence allowed in these ghetto streetsGrab your guns, buck em off, when ya hit your leakTell me what would you do if they killed your best friend?Could you keep your cool, would the wounds mend?If I said peace, Ill be a mother*****in liar(Im lettin off until my arms tired - [cut and scratched]) retaliation[ice-t]Been packin straps so long I gots some permanent bruise in my legBetter that than deadNow its time to show you what Im trained for in thisRally up the wolfpack-attack relentlessMake ya understand it was the wrong crew ya ***** withNow its on *****es, guys are darker than shitYou musta not a known when you *****in hit that dayOr maybe you di, youre dyin anywayAnd not just you, some of your familyTo tell you the truth any *****in body we seeYou might just wanna turn yourself into meTo save your hood pain of my crews treacheryYou *****ed up, we know who you are, where ya liveWe got your place ran up to a cop on the tickWell hit your block so hard, youll swear it was an earthquakeSqueeze off the fully-auto, make your whole crib shakeI know youre breathin hard, livin on your last dayOr maybe, youre laughin, thinkin that you got awayI dont give a *****, I wont sleepTill one of us lays me and my niggaThats the fear of these triggersIf ya smart, ya probably make a break out of stateWell just snatch your kid, grab your *****in ***** and waitIll catch ya down south, lay your ass out straightTheres no where to run, its time to meet your makeYou got one chance, arm your whole damn crewI couldnt stop my *****in niggas if I wanted to[chorus: ice-t]Theres no innocence allowed in these ghetto streetsGrab your guns, buck em off, when ya hit your leakTell me what would you do if they killed your best friend?Could you keep your cool, would the wounds mend?If I said peace, Ill be a mother*****in liar(Im lettin off until my arms tired - [cut and scratched])Retaliation(lettin off until my arms tired - [cut and scratched])