Sip the juice,
I got enough to go around
And the thought takes place uptown
I grew up on the sidewalk where
I learned street talk
And then taught to hawk New York
I go to Queens for queens to get
the crew from Brooklyn
Make money in Manhattan and never
been took'en
Go Uptown and the Bronx
to boogie down
Get strong on the Island,
recoupe, and lay around
Time to build my juice back up
Props back up, suckers get smacked up
Don't doubt the clout,
you know what I'm about
Knocking niggas off,
knocking niggas out
Shaking 'em up, waking 'em up
Raking 'em up, breaking 'em up
Standing on shaky grounds
too close to the edge
Let's see if I know the ledge
Somebody's got to suffer, I just might spare
one
And give a brother a fair one
Stay alert and on P's
And I do work with these, like Hercules
Switch to southpaw,
split your right jaw
'Cause I don't like y'all, I'm
hype when night fall
Smooth but I move like an army
Bulletproof down in case brothers
try to bomb me
Putting brothers to rest
like Elliot nness
'Cause I don't like stress
Streets ain't a place for innocent
bystanders to stand
Nothing's gonna stop the plan
I'll chill like Pacino, kill like DeNiro
Black Gambino, die like a hero
Living on shaky grounds
too close to the edge
Let's see if I know the ledge
Shells lay around
on the battleground
Dead bodies are found
throughout the town
Tried to put shame in my game
to make a name
I'ma put it on a bullet, put it in your brain
Rip the block like a buckshot
Who cares where it goes,
just keep the casket closed
No remorse when a life is lost
I paid my dues, paid the cost
And my pockets are still fat
Wherever I'm at, I get the welcome mat
Even if my crew steep with one deep
I attract attention, people like to peep
So come say hi to the badguy
Don't say goodbye,
I don't plan to die
'Cause I get loose and I got troops
And crazy juice
In control of many like
Ayatollah Khomeini
Hang out with Smith and Wesson,
don't try to play me
I'm at war a lot,
like Anwar Sadat
But no warning shot,
my gun is warm a lot
When I cook beef,
the smoke will never clear
Areas in fear but this here's severe
Living life too close to the edge
Hoping that I know the ledge
A brand new morn,
no time to yawn
Shower's on, power's on
Late for school, I catch the train
Girls sip "Cristal"
and whisper my name
I push up like an exercise
Check the intellect
and inspect the thighs
Select the best one, pull her to the side
Keep her occupied for the rest of the ride
Read her my resume she's
know I'm 'ready cool
Just meet me after school
We can moan and groan until your
moms come home
And you be calling me Al "dope"
Capone
Sweatin' me,
she didn't want to let me loose
Come get me,
that's if you want to sip the juice
'Cause the streets await me,
so I take my gun off safety
'Cause a lot of niggas hate me
Coming out of the building,
they set me up
Sprayed wit automatics, they wet me up
In a puddle of blood, I lay close to the edge
Rakim 
