Lighters Up Lil’ Kim

[00:05.49] I come from Bed-Stuy
[00:07.04] Where niggaz either do or they gone die
[00:08.94] Gotta keep the Ratchett close by
[00:11.10] Someone murdered
[00:12.29] Nobody seen, nobody heard it
[00:14.25] Just another funeral service
[00:16.05] Niggaz will get at you
[00:17.52] Come through shinin', they yap you
[00:19.53] In broad daylight kidnap you
[00:21.47] Best get clap through
[00:22.85] Police stay on us like tattoos
[00:24.86] Niggaz only grind 'cuz we have to
[00:27.00] Money is power
[00:28.27] Sling crack, weed and powder
[00:29.90] Fiends come through every hour
[00:32.10] It's all about that dollar
[00:33.56] And we no deal with cowards
[00:35.38] Weak lamb get devoured
[00:37.48] By the lion in the concrete jungle
[00:39.42] The strong stand and rumble
[00:41.03] The weak fold and crumble
[00:41.88] It's the land of trouble
[00:43.36] Brooklyn home of the greatest rappers
[00:45.94] BIG comes first then the queen comes after
[00:48.76] Now put your lighters up, Bed-Stuy
[00:52.01] Put your lighters up, New York
[00:55.06] Put your lighters up, D.C.
[00:56.99] Keep putting your lighters up, Philadelphia
[00:59.77] Put your lighters up, Detroit
[01:02.56] Put your lighters up, Chi-town
[01:05.04] Keep putting them lighters up
[01:06.75] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[01:09.41] Now, let me give you a walk through
[01:10.48] Show you what to do and you don't do
[01:12.24] Where its not safe to go to
[01:14.29] Them boys approach you
[01:15.44] Better say quick who you close to
[01:17.39] Don't come through if niggaz don't know you
[01:19.42] 'Cuz people is talking
[01:21.06] The streets is watching
[01:22.45] The G's is lurking
[01:23.66] Stash the nine in the garbage
[01:24.92] The life of a hustla
[01:26.35] The life of a gambler
[01:28.03] Dice game, kill more niggaz than cancer
[01:29.82] You know who you fuck with
[01:31.34] Brooklyn don't run, we run shit
[01:33.11] Roll up and just bumrush shit
[01:35.30] We don't play that
[01:36.61] Out in Bk, not at all
[01:38.62] For a pound leave your face on the wall
[01:41.33] R.I.P in memory of
[01:44.10] Never show thy enemies love
[01:46.98] We get it on where we live
[01:48.68] You better have a pass when you cross that bridge
[01:51.35] Welcome to Brooklyn
[01:52.51] Put your lighters up, LA
[01:55.24] Put your lighters up, VA
[01:57.94] Put your lighters up, Texas
[02:00.46] Keep putting your lighters up, New Orleans
[02:03.20] Put your lighters up, St. Louis
[02:05.58] Put your lighters up, A-T-L
[02:08.31] Keep putting them lighters up
[02:10.09] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[02:12.76] Damn homie, I'm so tore
[02:15.54] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[02:17.59] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[02:20.30] But fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more
[02:22.74] We in the club like
[02:23.60] (Damn homie, I'm so tore)
[02:25.36] Lighting the dutch like
[02:26.30] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[02:28.08] Passing the bub like
[02:29.19] (And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more)
[02:30.44] Back at the bar like
[02:32.21] (Fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more)
[02:33.21] See, BIG done told you
[02:34.99] I'm the hottest bitch on the planet
[02:36.71] Biggest sex symbol, since Janet
[02:38.72] There's a Nolte bandit
[02:40.41] Laying in the cut like a bandage
[02:42.03] Come through Fulton St. in the vanquish
[02:44.15] Doing them damage
[02:45.61] And if you don't understand it
[02:47.33] Then let me give it to you in Spanish
[02:49.43] Soy la senorita mas Linda del
[02:52.15] Barrios y lo es abo tu eres despacio
[02:54.73] Still over in Brazil, sipping Mescotto
[02:57.16] You must of forgot though
[02:58.50] So I'mma take you back to the block yo
[03:00.49] Put you on to how we rock yo
[03:02.35] Some are boosting
[03:03.98] 12-year olds prostituting
[03:05.79] Hit-men hired for execution, there's no solution
[03:09.06] Niggaz, still piss in the hallways
[03:10.75] Fiends get high on em' all day
[03:12.95] The youth them bang at the cops off the roof
[03:15.64] If you don't know my town is the truth
[03:18.34] Welcome to Brooklyn
[03:19.69] Now put your lighters up, New Jersey
[03:22.04] Put your lighters up, Boston
[03:24.62] Put your lighters up, B-More
[03:27.18] Keep putting your lighters up, Miami
[03:30.23] Put your lighters up, Puerto Rico
[03:34.23] Put your lighters up, Kingston, Jamaica
[03:36.04] Keep putting them lighters up
[03:37.06] No matter where you from, put your lighters up
[03:39.87] Damn homie, I'm so tore
[03:42.20] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[03:44.79] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[03:47.43] But fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more
[03:49.92] We in the club like
[03:51.38] (Damn homie, I'm so tore)
[03:52.29] Lighting the dutch like
[03:53.10] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[03:54.70] Passing the bub like
[03:55.66] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[03:57.23] Back at the bar like
[03:58.37] (Fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more)
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