The Dark Side

Ladies and gentlemen, the story you are about to see is true

The names have been changed to protect the innocent

Well, my name is Poet, and I'm known to be a warrior

Live in The Bridge, not too far from Astoria

Back off, punks, before I kill all of ya

Your rhymes are wack, 'cause you don't have the formula

P-O-E-T spells the Poet

And you know I don't go for no bullshit

Well, late one night, we was cruisin' in the Jeep

Blastin' the beats, crackin' the concrete

Streets were filled by the boomin' system

The police pulled us over, so we started to diss them

They was all in my face, then I got mad

So I told 5-0, "Take off the gun and the badge"

They was frontin', they didn't want none of this

I got pissed and balled up my fist

Hot Day said, "Poet, we don't have no time to waste"

I said, "You're right", so I punched the cop in his face

They led a chase, Hot Day was drivin'

And all I could hear was the sirens

Gettin' closer and closer, ooh!

They want me badder than they want that kid Ice Cube

We made a turn at the end of the block

And stopped, and started loadin' up the Glocks

At first, there was two cops, then it was seven

I didn't care, I had the MAC-11

As they approached us, we started lettin' off

Then the seven little pigs started jettin' off

They didn't have a choice, they couldn't hide

That's what happens when you fuck around on the darkside

The motherfuckin' darkside

Check it out

Now I'm on the block, chillin' in the park

Of course you know I'm on the side that's dark

5-0 Everywhere, so I changed my clothes

The man they want is right under their nose

Playin' the low pro, because the boy know

I got a beep on the beeper, so it's time to go

I'm walkin' to the phone, then Hot surprised me

Now I'm jumpin' in the black Maserati

On the way to the store to get the blunts

I had the funk, the MAC is in the trunk

Then I see that punk-ass cop that I punched

I said, "Hots, I'm gonna eat him for lunch"

He said, "Forget it, Poet, I'm gonna get him"

Next thing I know, Hots put two in him

And we was outta there with the quickness

While lookin' around for any witness

We made it uptown with the swiftness

Nobody wanna fuck around with this sickness

'Cause if they do, it's just plain suicide

Self-homicide, stay off the motherfuckin' darkside

The motherfuckin' darkside

Now we uptown, eatin' in Copeland

Chump-ass **** cold scopin'

They wanted beef, I was really, really hopin'

So I could start gettin' open

Then this little motherfucker with a bunch of gold teeth

Stood up and said, "Yeah, we want beef"

That's all he had to say, I bust his ass

Fucked him up good and threw him through the glass

His boys started flexin', I said, "So what?"

Hots pulled out the nine, shot 'em all up

Once again, yo, we had to breeze

This time, we left behind mega casualties

We stopped at a red light, still laughin'

We didn't care, 'cause we're fuckin' assassins

Right around five, we arrived in The Bridge

Just to find out that the punk cop lives

And he knows our faces

A positive ID, and they're lookin' for traces

Now we gotta go do him without a doubt

Go to the hospital and wipe him out

We went to the hospital on a rainy night

Now we in a motherfuckin' gunfight

With the cops, they had him under guard

But I still managed to pull out his cord

Now we're jettin' down the stairs, shots ringin' in our ears

Those fuckin' cops want theirs

But they can't catch us, boy, we're too slick

Made a turn and then hit the exit

Yo, me and Hots was audi

We changed clothes with the bums in the alley

Now we on the subway, we couldn't lose

Went to the hotel and watched it all on the news

Five men shot, one thrown through a window

Cops killed under guard in the hospital

They couldn't figure it out, how we survived

That's because they never been on the darkside

The motherfuckin' darkside

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