I can feel it right here man,
(Every year about this time)
Every year about this time,
(There's someone like me)
There's always a dark cloud
that lingers over the city
And I wanna preach about it, looka here
Every year about this time I get to diggin up
Old school memories that I keep
stored in the back of the head
In the back of my mind that I al
When I'm marinatin with my peoples,
slappin bones and drinkin wine
Just come home from Quentin,
dope game been gone it's either
White collared crime or uhh,
How can I make some sort of dividends
How can I get my mathematics on
how can I get in where I fit in
How can I, get in get gone
Every year about this time it's always,
They uhh, handcuff and shackle,
and uhh, throw away the key
Every year about this time it's always,
They uhh, handcuff and shackle, and uhh,
Every year about this time- uhh,
Spooky dark cloud lingers,
Life and death does it, coincide
Will that, scared man live to tell how,
A j- a- just the other day,
coulda sworn I heard a brother say
White folks kill they parents,
but black folks kill each other
You make the bed you lay in,
if this is what you choose
But if you choose to cross the game,
then I'd have to break the news uhh
Sky- ballin and doin dirt, not haulin dirt
I'm used to fast cash and big bucks,
And how can I make some sort
How can I get my mathematics,
how can I get in where I fit in
How can I, get in get gone
Every year about this time it's always,
They uhh, handcuff and shackle,
and uhh, throw away the key
Every year about this time it's always,
They uhh, handcuff and shackle, and uhh,
You think I'll ever be able to turn
Get a bidness license maybe someday
Good intentions but I, never follow through
I got good intentions but I,
Systemized, a big nigga for my shoe size,
You ain't from the hood nigga,
If I ever strike it rich UHH,
Cause I'm a pistol packin weed smokin,
Get my mathematics on, how can I get in where I,
How can I, get in get gone
Every year about this time it's always,
They uhh, handcuff and shackle, and uhh,