Ras Kass - The Evil That Men Do Lyrics
IntroPsssshh, I guess niggaz dont realize a good thing til its goneYou know what Im sayin man?Runnin around in these streets trickin, shits hard manYou know? but sometimes manFools be bringin that shit on they God damn selfVerse oneNappy headed nigga stigmatism at birthBorn to a family of four and so that makes me one-fourthOf a dysfunctional homeI had a father who only stayed to see me grownWhen I turned twelve he was goneAlone, no role modelI used to watch my granddaddy and uncle hit the bottleAnd then hit each otherGranddaddy beat grandmother, but thats before my timeBut I still see how it affected her mindAs a child I introverted, and drew picturesWhile my mother prayed to jesus reading king james scripturesShe used to take me to church so I could put money in the basketTell the preacher how she used to get her ass kickedAnd me, I mastered the art of hatredAfter pops left ran with my niggaz tryin to take shitPetty theft, I got caught a few times, but bust itLife is a ***** so ***** itIn eighty-one I remember the nightI covered myself with baby powder, so my black ass could be lightCause God is white, and bo derek is a tenI hate my black skin, its just a sin to be a niggaThen again, Im like the frenchman, cause grannys creoleAnd therefore, were black french peopleSo I think its best if I go to catholic schoolAnd study under nuns and then Ill be a catholic foolCause none of these cults want none of us upAnd dont none want to see none of us live to be adults, sheeitNo wonder brothers take lives for red and blueIts the evil that men doChorusBut every nigga on my blockCant stop, and he wont stop, and he dont stop (repeat 4x)InterludeNigga, nigga wake yo punk ass up nigga!Nigga *smack* *smack* wake yo, wake yo punk ass up!! *siren*(where the ***** we at? ) *helicopter*Nigga, one time nigga(man I feel strange man, and Im fin to go man)Shit, ima get you out, shit, *****es man)(***** that shit man, nigga what the ***** am I gonna do man? ) *siren*We go make another gold lp nigga stop trippin niggaNigga we own a gold lp, nigga stop trippin!Verse twoBy the time I hit adolescence and found hair on my nutsI grew twelve inches so now its time to ***** slutsNever respected women, just had to keep my dick wet*****ed this virgin named lena, I made a betWith my homies I could hit it first, then kicked her to the curbTil next year, I got a call from my man kurtSince I never used jims I left a seed in the earthThat left a nigga feelin like dirtCause now Im a father, and got a two-week old daughterIronically, dont even know her name its a damn shameAnd ol girl never told me she was havin my babyThe more I thought about, she *****in played meCause the familys lookin at me like I raped herPlus with another *****in mouth to feed I need paperDid a caper, and took my guinness stout to the headSeptember 1990, drunk drivin, the light turned redSomebody hit from the rear, I hit the brakesThen lost control of the steering wheelHit a black camaro and thats all I remember that nightI woke up to a five-oh flashlightThe car that I hit had exploded on impactOne woman escaped, but the driver was trapped, he burned to deathManslaughter, off to c-y-aLiftin weights in the yard and playin spades all dayNow Im eighteen, hit the county in the mixName and last three! austin, oh-six-sixBy now grandpa went crazy and my uncle had diedAnd me Im at the ranch makin pruno in waysideIn ninety-three, I got probationSearchin for an occupation, cause now Im pickin restitution, confusionIm lookin at myself and seein every other nigga I knewIts the evil that men doChorusChorus (to fade)
