Nas - Hold Down The Block Lyrics
(feat. Mark B. Mayfield)[chorus: Mark B. Mayfield]I Gotta Lay Down The Block, When The Block Is HotI Gotta Use My Imagination, To Change The SituationI Gotta Lay Down The Block, When The Block Is HotI Gotta Use My Imagination, To Change The Situation[verse 1: Nas]Yea, Feds Feast On Street Dons, Look At Their Teeth Showin'Salivatin' At The Mouth, South To East OrangeKeep Pourin' That Liquor, But Nigga Don't Sleep On ItYou'll Be Givin' Up Your Jesus Piece To Your Peeps To Pawn ItFor Legal Fees In The Penal DormScreamin' On The Horn With 'bout Thirty Years On Your ConscienceI'm Watchin' Brothers Disappear, It's Appallin'Some Dudes Had Just Only A Year Of Ballin'Counter-intelligence Found A Strange Evidence (when The Block Is Hot)Still We Behind The Wheel With Heat On Us, Hangin' With PredicatesPosition We Placed In Caves In, So They Got Us Caged InWays Spinnin' Like Mike Bivens From New Edition Aging (i Gotta... When The Block Is Hot)I Got Families I'm Feeding 'cause My Mans Is BleedingEvery Five Seconds Look In All DirectionsI Come Through Prepared; I Give 'em A CallI'm Close, Bring Them Guns Downstairs[chorus: Mark B. Mayfield]I Gotta Lay Down The Block, When The Block Is HotI Gotta Use My Imagination, To Change The SituationI Gotta Lay Down The Block, When The Block Is Hot (hold It Down)I Gotta Use My Imagination, To Change The Situation[verse 2: Nas]Uh, Uh, It's Beef Week, Monday, MurderTwo Niggaz Dead, TuesdayWednesday And Thursday Is Hearse-dayFriday, Somebody-gotta-die-daySaturday, Put The Gat AwayChillin' Wit Your Chick And A Bag Of HazeWonderin' How It's All Gon' End And What Type Of Way'cause Sunday Back To GunplayMo' Shit Start Over Nothin'And Get Finished Quick 'cause The Art Of RepercussionYeah, I Seen It, A G' Going Out Indecent (when The Block Is Hot)Takin' A Plea Agreement, Thinkin' He SecretEscape The Crime Scene, Now You Live Straight Like 9:15Then One-time Intervene (i Gotta Lay...)My Man Ain't Like Me Sayin' I Don't Care If I DieBut The Sig Sauer On Me Now I'm Scared To DieYou Thinkin' The One I Send To Clap You Be A ShortyBut He Old School, Holdin' A .38, He In His Forties[chorus: Mark B. Mayfield]I Gotta Lay Down The Block, When The Block Is HotI Gotta Use My Imagination, To Change The SituationI Gotta Lay Down The Block, When The Block Is HotI Gotta Use My Imagination, To Change The Situation[verse 3: Nas](i Gotta...) Anytime Brothers Can't Get Jobs, Then They Rob(when The Block Is Hot) A Man Rather Die Than Live On His Knees And StarveCops Steady Askin' Your Man What HappenedFirst He Tell Then He Stop, Like He Not Really Rattin'Guess He Not Really In That Casket From A Sawed-off (when The Block Is Hot)Listen, Peep Game From The Brain Of An All-starThe Rain Hurt Niggaz Bones Who Been ShotMetal Pins In Their Leg, They Walk With A Limp-hopThe Streets Lie, (when The Block Is Hot) So You Better Be CautiousYour Man'll Fry You Plus, Everybody Talkin'A Vet, A General, Don't Step Where I Walked InMake Your Own Path, Be A Legend In Your Skin(hold Down The Block, When The Block Is Hot)Make Your Own Cash, Don't Stress What I'm Forcin'Don't Expect More When You Put In Less Work Than All ThemQueensbridge Projects Has Taught Him, And That's For LifeYou Heard Me Right, I Got The Block (when The Block Is Hot)[outro: Mark B. Mayfield]When The Block Is HotI Gotta Use My Imagination, To Change The SituationI Gotta Hold Down The Block, When The Block Is HotI Gotta Use My Imagination, To Change The SituationI Gotta Hold Down The Block, When The Block Is HotI Gotta Use My Imagination, To Change The Situation
