RAY RAY (THE BLUEPRINT)
Blu & Shafiq Husayn
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It is glorious, this history of ours
It is a great story, that of the Negro in America
It covers a wide span, our story
Let me tell it to you
Brainwashed, 1953 outta Watts
76Th Street the block, broken house
50'S migration, segregation
Soldiers home so we can't get jobs
Racism, burning crosses out Wisconsin
All over the south central, intro
1960, Fifth riots, cops stop
And enter Ray Watch, age 12
Looting, Robin Hood, bringing goods to the hood
Through hood shootings, 34 killed
But it was 1,000 beatings
Started watching gangster movies to get even
Action figure, figure happy nigga gifted athlete
Running, climbing trees, hopping fences, shotting ass cheeks
Whole squad played ball right in front of the house
Needed answers, Black Panther party running they mouth
Invite us out to breakfast, every morning meeting's off of 78
Telling us the opposite that we would never be great, ayo
Football, bungie, caught an intro
Heard you join the avenues, but left because his lil bro
What you wondering now about a gang, lil Ray Ray
Saw his big brother named Crip and everything changed
Now you diddy bop, walking with the cane now
Walking with the cane, so you walking with the gang now
Earring, handkerchiefs, umbrellas upside down
Button ups, button up to the neck, khaki down
Original Crip, walk the pop lock
Word, cuz came from hot down south
Talk wife beaters, suspenders, Stacy Adams shoes
Flag, rag back, left pocket blue
Original, Fremont High blue
Sam P, Drew, we new blood
Original, P brew too
Cuz Bub hot, Bub cop, first got copped
Made press, but after the name pressed the block
Block, you got downed or you got down socked
Word, got around one name round the block
Should get nothing down and get down the block
But it all changed when someone got shot
So the gang got the name and everything changed
White police or white gangs, so the whole city banged
One gang turned one gang versed another gang
In the same gang, one day everything changed
Westside got the money, Eastside got the power
You would catch 15 hopping out a Impala
Wasn't letting nobody pop shit on the block then
On my block, none shot, none got robbed then
Weightlifting, boxing, left hand training
Avoid fights at all times is how we was trained in
Stayed with the arms, but weapons wasn't used
But well trained at shooting any weapon you could use
No punks allowed, killed twice to feud
Ten year reign, made the 10,000 hour rule
Shouts out at funerals was the usual
Drive by cemeteries, similar stories just as scary
Early meets Jesse Owens Park '72
Everybody knew Stanley Tookie was the dude
Raymond gave him the Westside
Split down by Main Street, ended with a shootout
And both gangs beating
Ray real Robin Hood in the hood
Caught for robbery, returned home wondering how
The whole squad could be banging on his door
Yet claiming the same set
Next thing you know Raymond got set up, word