H.O.O.D.-Masta Ace

[ti:H.O.O.D.] [ar:Masta Ace] [al:A Long Hot Summer] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]H.O.O.D. - Masta Ace [00:08.61]Yea goin' out to the h double [00:12.64] [00:14.86]That's for you you and you [00:16.56] [00:17.77]They got broke people poor people my people your people [00:20.49] [00:21.93]Wherever I go listen [00:23.19]And they won't change ever change can't change don't change [00:26.28] [00:27.53]And everyone knows [00:28.21] [00:28.85]As I travel through various towns and strange places [00:32.06]I see the same scowls and frowns on the same faces [00:34.55] [00:35.48]The game races and cats try to catch it [00:37.83]Before they know it they know death on a first name basis [00:40.25] [00:40.92]Whether it's slangin' or banging drinking or smokin' [00:42.89] [00:43.59]There's bound to be one cat thinkin' of loccin' [00:45.56] [00:46.37]The hood's like a sitcom [00:47.46] [00:48.34]Leave ya bike outside come back outside I guarantee your sh*t gone [00:51.87] [00:52.60]Young cats be sellin' the rock [00:54.00] [00:54.76]Money busting out they sock mama tellin' them stop [00:56.88] [00:58.16]But desperate times call for desperate means [01:00.50]It all seems so simple when you're just a teen [01:02.76] [01:03.27]Only take one bad apple to poison the good [01:05.96]This for the girls on the block the boys in the hood [01:08.48] [01:09.30]And wherever I go it's the same as home [01:11.76]It's the h double o d the name is known [01:14.40]They got broke people poor people my people your people [01:17.08] [01:18.25]Wherever I go listen [01:19.72]And they won't change ever change can't change don't change [01:22.73] [01:23.62]And everyone knows yea [01:25.52]They got broke people poor people my people your people [01:28.41] [01:29.23]Wherever I go listen [01:30.56] [01:31.11]And they won't change ever change can't change don't change [01:34.17] [01:35.35]And everyone knows listen [01:36.84]They got wild and rough blocks where it's hard to trust cops [01:40.33]Get shot on your way to school at the bus stop damn [01:43.54]That kid was a fine scholar [01:44.95] [01:45.68]Hear his mama whine and holler he died for nine dollars [01:48.23] [01:48.76]Young mothers trying to learn the ropes [01:51.42]And them one dollar lotto games turn their hopes [01:53.60] [01:54.45]They keep hoping that they number coming [01:56.29] [01:57.22]They dreamin' about getting rich driving in they hummer dummin' [01:59.74] [02:00.64]Old ladies keep they purse in the front [02:02.74]Cuz them fiends on the prowl it's the first of the month [02:05.21] [02:06.27]And you still feel good when you there yup [02:08.22] [02:09.16]And you know you in the hood when you there [02:10.81] [02:11.85]They got one in every spot on the planet [02:14.08]And if you wasn't raised there you prolly can not stand it [02:17.01]Some call it the hood I'm calling it home [02:19.14] [02:19.77]And there's love feel it all in my poem what they got [02:22.68]They got broke people poor people my people your people [02:25.16] [02:25.78]Wherever I go listen [02:27.78]And they won't change ever change can't change don't change [02:30.85] [02:32.04]And everyone knows yea [02:33.62]They got broke people poor people my people your people [02:36.46] [02:37.48]Wherever I go listen [02:39.10]And they won't change ever change can't change don't change [02:42.14] [02:43.30]And everyone knows [02:44.02] [02:45.63]H dot o dot o dot d [02:48.13]Should I turn my back on the hood no not me [02:50.23] [02:50.92]Whether p r d r or the west indies [02:53.06] [02:53.95]Or fifty other spots that are just like these [02:56.51]Chicago know what I mean philly as well [02:59.43]Sh*t I hear nowadays sounds silly as hell [03:02.12]Whether in miami or in houston texas [03:04.47] [03:05.34]Where some so broke they're not used to breakfast [03:07.65] [03:08.33]Oakland know what I mean l a too [03:10.36] [03:11.12]D c feel me I can tell they do [03:13.12] [03:14.38]When will it change never I know [03:16.36]And I see the same things wherever I go [03:19.02]They got broke people poor people my people your people [03:21.78] [03:23.02]Wherever I go listen [03:24.45]And they won't change ever change can't change don't change [03:27.42] [03:28.84]And everyone knows yea [03:30.20]They got broke people poor people my people your people [03:33.09] [03:33.88]Wherever I go listen [03:35.75]And they won't change ever change can't change don't change [03:38.81] [03:39.95]And everyone knows [03:40.82] [03:41.64]They got broke people poor people my people your people