Mobb Deep - Up North Trip Lyrics
Verse one: prodigyIt all began on the street, to the back of a blue police vehicleNext come the bookends, the way things is lookingIts friday, you in for a long stay, gettin shackled on the busFirst thing come monday, hoping in your mind youll be released one dayBut knowing, home is a place youre not going for a long whileNow youre up on the isle, in a position that you aint got to, refusingTo smileBut keep in mind theres a brighter day, after your time spentUsed to be wild, but locked up, you cant get bentThought you could hack it, now youre requesting pee, see you fragileIt aint hard to see, niggas like that dont associate with meId rather, get busy to the third degreeCause the war populations areIf this was the street, my razor would be a mack demonHit you up, leave your whole face screaming, what you in for kidBusting nuts, taps heard of million street stories caught inside this trapWho are you to look at me with your eyes like thatWising up young blood, before you make things escalate, and I would hateTo set your crooked ass straightChorusMake your moves at night, pack your heat in this warzone, niggas is trifeRunnin from one time, aint no time to slip, make one false moveAnd its a up north tripLivin the high life, make your moves at night, pack your heat in this warzoneNiggas is trife, runnin from one time, aint no time to slip, make oneFalse move and its a up north tripVerse two: havocYou tried to dip, duck, but still got bucked, you talk too much shitYou should have kept your mouth shut, all that gossipMother*****er dont you know my glock kicks, hollow tipsTo your body, mad toxic, I fade you, blow you with a rusty-ass razorDid you a favor, tried to wet you but I grazed youPop goes the glock when theres beef on the block, chill for a whileMake them think the beef stop, then I creep like a thief in the nightIts only right, aint no turnin back, its on tonight, and if I get caughtThen my ass is up north, straight on the course for upstate new yorkStress, smokin back to back cigaretttes, it popped off, gon point inThe mess hallBut to avoid that, from head to toe, dipped in all black, hit them niggasWhere they pump they cracks at, havoc, with the murder masterplanKeep my nine up to par, so my shit wont jam, God forbid if my shit doRun behind a tree, fix my shit then hit you, slugs in your bodyMainly in your brain tissue, witness from the scene, get ghost, stashThe pistolSo simple then, watch my back, lay up and relax, roll a sack, ? k-a black?Find a shorty intactChorusVerse three: prodigyI got the powder, combine wit the powder, and water, it oughttaDrop in a half and hour, in the, form of oil, watch the cocaine boilKeep my eye on it so the shit wont spoil, then I pauseAnd ask God why, did he put me on the serve, just so I could dieI sit back and build on, all the things I did wrong, why Im still breathingAnd all my friends gone, I try not to dwell on the subject for a whileCause I might get stuck in this corrupt lifestyle, but myHeart pumps foul blood through my arteries, and I cant turn it backIts a part of me, too late for cryin, Im a grown man strugglingTo reach the next level of life, without fumbling, down to foldingI got no shoulder to lean on but my own, all alone in this danger zoneTime waits for no man, the streets grow worse, ***** the whole world kidMy money comes first, cause Im out for the gusto, and trust nobodyIf youre not family, then you die by me, cause niggas will have youLocked upThe snitch, be a man, givin police the run down on your plansWere never goin down like that, so i, shut my mouth and hold my words backThe legal business, forever mine, ***** payin taxes, the last kid that shittedAnd gave police access, to my blueprints, used names as evidenceSkipped town and I havent seen the snitch nigga ever sinceThe moral of the story is easy to figure out, a lesson that you cantLive withoutRepeat chorus once*livin the high life
