Stick Up Kid

I just got shot by a cop, on my own block / claims he yelled stop, but he never did, thought I was a stick up kid.

I just had to pop my Glock, out on the block / Yelled stop, but he never did, must've been a stick up kid.

I just got shot by a cop, on my own block / claims he yelled stop, but he never did.

I just had to pop my Glock, out on the block / Yelled stop, but he never did, must've been
a stick up kid.
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It was a good day. My born day. Turned 22 and felt okay.

Got a Spaulding, shorts, and Chuck Taylor shoes. What's even better, the hood called a truce.

So I hit the court, ball in my hand. I'd just shoot around, well that was the plan.

About a hour in and here come Willis. He's in full sprint, so it ain't my business.

I turned away and put my beats in. My mind focused on dribbling.

That's when 5 pulled up, but I didn't notice. Already you can tell that my story's hopeless.

See Will hit a lick just up the street. So they were out for any **** that was on two feet.

They slammed their doors, that's what caught my attention. With a glance you could tell they were on a mission.

So I grabbed my ball and I hauled ****. They were never gonna catch me I was way too fast.

That's when I hopped the fence and heard shots rang out.

Lit up at an early age. But, it didn’t ricochet like Luke Cage.
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Stick up kid, fingered by the kid he stuck up / trying to get his bucks up, out looking for a come up.

I snuck up, so he started kickin' dust up. / Caused a ruckus, as he ran, couldn't see his hands, he tried to duck us.

I caught up. I'm a cop! Stop! He didn't pull up. / Through a pitch black alley, over a fence went his Chucks up.

Where's the backup? Climbing fast, I saw a flash. / He swirled around, left me flummoxed.

Do or die, it's him or I, so his lucks up. / A gang sign, he chunked up.

What audacity! I shoot to kill the way they teach at the academy. / Too late to re-litigate an unavoidable tragedy.

An unfortunate calamity, / transpiring more often than just sporadically.

So thankful I made it back to my family / and someday may live long enough to have seniority. A top priority. It has to be.
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That's a thing I never did, I've never done, never stuck up anyone / never even owned a gun, so why they got me on the run?

Here I come, obey the force like Obiwan / I beam'em up like Scottie, collecting thugs like Pokemon.

Like Trayvon, left me stunned out on the curb, blood waters the earth's herbs / shoot first, no questions, I'm not protected, or served.

See no evil, speak no evil, no evil is heard / Lady Justice can see nothing. I just follow her word / Live by the sword, die by it. Took a vow to eradicate the earth of this scourge.

Word to mother, will I see her again? Hold her hand again? / Wondering if we will ever have a dance again. When I'm gone, will she ever even laugh again.

Call an ambulance, I had to blast that man / after giving him much more than only half a chance.