Thief
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I gotta say peace to the thieves
Looking over they shoulders when they walking down the streets
We gotta even out the world's economy (how we do that?)
With a little bit of larceny
We gotta say peace to the thieves
Looking over they shoulders when they walking down the streets
We gotta even out the world's economy (how we do that?)
With a little bit of larceny
Push up five fingers in the air if
You're down with five finger discount
Hold up and be, let me just count
One, two, three, four, plus some more
Thieves down, we're running from the man-made law
If laws make man then I'm not human
Rhyme over animal beat-boxes
Big up people sleeping in boxes in the concrete jungle
To get my shit in a bundle
No time to make mistakes, no time to fumble
You gotta plan your racking mission with precision
Recognition is no good in this business, listen
Equipment depends on what the situation requires
You gotta be able to shoplift in any attire
My personal favourite though is my specially designed
Jacket with two big pockets on the inside
Summer time means bad business for petty crime
Might only wear a t-shirt, still have to rack in your waistline
This great rhyme you heard through the grapevine
If they asking you for names don't you dare to say mine (say word)
I hear ads telling me to join the retail revolution
Fuck that, I'll stick to boosting
On my way out to DJ Erase and Fit Jah
Listening to Sizzla
Telling the store owner to till it some more
Youth man hungry, time to settle the score
That's why
I gotta say peace to the thieves
Looking over they shoulders when they walking down the streets
We gotta even out the world's economy (how we do that?)
With a little bit of larceny
"Time to dress up in our best racking clothes"
"Yo you can catch me in the store, racking up"
"Racking up"
"I'm just trying to live and get my cut"
It all started with spray cans, defacing the community
A can is ten or fifteen bucks, they wanna ruin me
Somebody's suing me, after this song I laugh
You ain't got shit on my ass, not even half
To steal you gotta have nerves of cold steel
Gotta know when to move, gotta know when to hold still
You know, chill, wait for the right moment
Gotta learn to separate the cool ones from the informants
With the store owners you don't want eye contact
In the worst case you might have to put the stuff back
Fuck that, it's kinda rough to rack
But I'mma keep using my hands till they cuff them back
Stuff my shirt in my pants and strap the belt tight
Big coat on top of that, fill my bag with all might
Hopefully I'm alright, no alarms, I beg
If everything else fails I got a good pair of legs
You heard that in spray can stories but here's another one
Nothing spectacular, a daily operation
We went inside the store, rather big mall
Rolls of film, batteries, spray cans, I took it all
Headed for the exit but something wasn't right
So I turned to my man and was like
Let's drop the shit, it ain't worth the risk
What do you know, they called the coppers
That lady came and frisked us
But now we had nothing on us
They pressed charges but they got nothing on us, still
Shit like this might make me a bit shaky
But at the end of the day I gotta say peace
To the thieves
Looking over they shoulders when they walking down the streets
We gotta even out the world's economy (how we do that?)
With a little bit of larceny
And go shoplifting (say what?)
Go shoplifting (haha)
Go shoplifting (yeah yeah)
Go shoplifting
"Time to dress up in our best racking clothes"
"Yo you can catch me in the store, racking up"
"Racking up"
"I'm just trying to live and get my cut"
One more story I don't hesitate to glorify
Rule number one, you gotta learn how to lie
Deny everything cos they best evidence
Actually comes from your own statement
So stick to friends with the same mind frame
Or they might rat you out and you take the whole blame
Like me, got busted when I was just a minor
Two cases of liquor, the kids I rolled with was vagina
They dropped the dime and I had no experience
Cried after the hearing though they had no evidence
But ever since that day only once I got caught
Running from cops instead of playing sports
That ain't something I'm proud of, it's just something I do
I don't really have to justify my actions to you
But go ahead, cast the first stone
Then when your glass house is shattered, leave me alone
But check it, I take from the rich, give to myself
To me it's property, that's the greatest theft
Cos I don't rack up to stack up in a big warehouse
Trying to make a profit, selling it out
I just take what I need to make it through the week
But it don't matter what I say so I won't speak
No more trying to convince you of my innocence
I'll just stick to being a thief, forgive my sins
I gotta say peace to the thieves
Looking over they shoulders when they walking down the streets
We gotta even out the world's economy (how we do that?)
With a little bit of larceny
I gotta say peace to the thieves
Looking over they shoulders when they walking down the streets
We gotta even out the world's economy (how we do that?)
With a little bit of larceny