Another shakedown, corner's crawling with cops

Take your money and your work like it's some insider

There ain't no steak now, lost your fork and your plate

I had the bank roll slow but they confiscated

The minor setback, but I'll be back in a week

This money don't come easy, even harder to keep

You got to calculate and come up with a plan

My man'll front me what I need, I get him back when I can

You know these bars were built way before my time

Those artist iron bars with street signs and lines

Got different neighborhoods with different rules to abide by

Stay on the sidelines if you want to slide by

Untouched by all the dirt and the grime

Sooner or later you'll be knee deep, open your eyes

And try and wade through, if I were a U.S. troop

I'm dodging bullets like a matador's cape to the bull

Another setback, I'm back on Griffin Street

I've got some money in my sock, and I need some relief

I cop a ten sack, but that ain't gettin' me far

I put the hammer to the nail and the nail to my arm

And now I's way slow, blow with the Chinese breeze

That hit me like a ton of bricks and had me down on my knees

And that's the last time I trade a dime for a dime

Skipping stones, flippin' coins, out there grinding my time