[kane] aiyyyyyyyyyyyyyyo!   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   [kane] check it out, check   Aiyyo, we gonna send out to all the projects out there   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   [kane] yknahmsayin? like roosevelt projects, marcy projects   We gon' send it to fort greene, l.g.   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   [kane] better yet, all the projects in brook', no   All the projects on the east coast   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   [kane] now when we come to church street south   Yknahmsayin? canal street there in durham, north carolina   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   [kane] streets of crooklyn, and all the great streets   Everyone everywhere! sounds like everywhere around the universe   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   [kane] yknahmsayin? all the projects, yknahmsayin?    We sendin this out to everybody, this one here   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   [kane] now do you understand me?    We gonna set it off one time, dig the flavor y'all   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   [kane] ha hah hah!      [big daddy kane]   Livin in the world of ghetto life   Shot with the gun, get you cut with the knife   That's the story yo, the way the peeps like to move   No fakin the funk, it's all about how to show and prove   Some get to make it through life livin legal   The others gotta try to survive, doin the evil   That men do, peace to every hood that I been through   I even got love for my homies in south central   But to the east my brother, cause that's where I stay at   Runnin through the streets like a stray cat   Like that good times show it makes me go   Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, hmmmmmmmmmm, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm   Up in the projects, it gets no iller   With true gue-rillas, and stone cold killers   It seems that every night, you get to hear the fireworks   As much as I hate, to see my people die or hurt   It's just a street mentality, a reality   Neighborhood warfare, that brings home casualties   And just because I moved out the residence   It don't mean that I can't represent      Chorus: kane + "yeah! yeah!" -> chanted in back throughout      So to my peeps in the pj's, throw your hands in the air   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   Let me know you're out there   To my peeps in the pj's, throw your hands in the air   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   Let me know you're out there   And to my peeps in the pj's, throw your hands in the air   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   And let me know you're out there   Ah to my peeps in the pj's, throw your hands in the air   [rick] "for all of y'all.."   And let me know you're out there      [big daddy kane]   I'm runnin mob deep around the way   It's me and the crew, we're tryin to map out the day   Yo what's the haps on how we gettin snaps?    Are we gonna shoot some cee-lo, or play a game of craps?    Matter fact, shane, ring the intercom   And see if you can get ten dollars from my moms   Tell her to throw it out the window if she got it to spare   Cause the elevator's broke, and I ain't checkin for the stairs   And do me a solid, run to the store shorty   And pick me up some olde e, but not a 40   Just a two-two of brew will do, so I can knock it out fast   To make the coldness last      [scoob]   And while you at man see where'd your friend go (word)   He shoulda been back a hour ago with the indo (yeah)      [big daddy kane]   And meet us in the back park to get sparked   So I can be toasted by time it gets dark   Aiyyo jay, I see that bulge in the back of your jeans   Hope that's the God u now, know what I mean?    Cause if somebody brings the noise, i'ma make it a silent movie   So take the safety off the toolie   Cause I don't want no beef, nahhhhh baby   The only thing I wanna do is parrrrrrlay   Peace and harmony is what I relate to   But damn man, drama's just in the nature      Chorus      [big daddy kane]   I send this out to the homies in the hood   That stood by my side, to help a brother do good   Just like swv you was right here   Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah we in there   From all thugs that flex with all the muscle   Down to the brothers, that got a swift hustle   Like good golly miss three card molly, a neat trick   Where people get beat quick   Wanna see a sweet vic?       [card shark]   Jackety jack, blackety black   You get nuttin back, and that's a fact   The sweetest game I ever seen   All you gotta do is find the red queen   Just point to it, can anybody point to it?    I play by the point of the finger of the hand   "the one in the middle! the one in the middle!"   That's black, you get no money back!      (kane: aww man! see, I told you!)