CHORUS: [AZ]   Pieces of a black man (uh huh)   My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land it's like taboo (taboo)   Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (Bustin')   Some servin' state bids, 'cause they hustle blind   Pieces of a black man   My thoughts travel (yeah) trapped on savage land it's like taboo (yeah)   Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (Bustin')   Some servin' state bids, 'cause they hustle blind      AZ:   Yo when times get trifle   I'm subjected to street survival   See many never complete they cycle, other retreat to bibles   Livin' holy, but currency seem to control me   Movin' coldly, in the presence of old parolies   My mind mold me, keep me in mack mode like Goldie   Police know me, but ain't got enough to hold me (yeah)   I follow rules, through the knowledge, swallow jewels   A form of teachin', from the streets never taught in school (uh huh)   You caught you lose, a wise man utilize tools   Solitude certifies all moves   So I walk this path of the old dread, that lead me off the Ave. (Yeah)   Absorbin' fast, learnin' from niggas I lost in the past (Yo)   It's poison plays in these foul days   Housin' cops & they foul ways, and walkin' through a wild maze   Holdin' my brain, tryin' to maintain   Sleet, snow, or rain, I guees the game'll never change      CHORUS: [AZ]   Pieces of a black man   My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land it's like taboo (taboo)   Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (Yeah)   Some servin' state bids, 'cause they hustle blind      AZ:   Since the genesis, paraphanalia circle my premisis   Poor images, project life drained my innocence (Uh huh)   It's all the worst genocide, I guess the water's cursed   My old earth identify, though her soul is for the church (uh huh)   She prayed for peace, hopin' I'm saved before she lay deciest   To say the least, the warden's to wise to play the streets   I know the ropes, certain niggas to slow to cope (yeah)   & though I sold some Coke, it was only to stay afloat   Amongst the frozen hearted, some bentin', some departed   Inhalin' chocolate, tracin' back to where it started   The Crack wave 2 for 5, deuce & tres   The Mack sprays, puffin' lye, truth & days   & though it sound ill, through all the foul shit, I'm down still   All aroudn real, rough is the grounds in Brownsville   I know the ledge, meditatin', holdin' my head   Eyes red, it's Doe Or Die till I'm dead      CHORUS: [AZ]   Pieces of a black man (black, uh huh)   My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land it's like taboo   Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (What)   Some servin' state bids 'cause they hustle blind   Pieces of a black man (yeah, travelin' C'mon)   My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land it's like taboo   Stuck in time (buck, buck) so many young boys bustin' nines   Some servin' state bids, 'cause they hustle blind      AZ:   I played all positions, plus learned from each mission   Politic, wit all teyp niggas wit different diction   I did it up, from young in some cunt, the way I hit it up   Buggin' off my first Philly Blunt, and how I lit it up   But time flyin', playin' these corners'll let it slide by   Puffin' lye, homicide, coke supplies dry   So play the game, other slow up change the lane   Awaken, unchain the brain in exchange to take away the pain   It's a part of scriptures, put together wit different mixtures   They tricked us, got us trapped in takin' pictures   Interogatin', locatin', destination'   Estimatin', or play a part of them investigatin'   It's on goin', from them killers, to them broads hoin'   Unknowin' first time fellons on trial blowin'   So burn your clips   And sit back, learn your shit   The last of these real reps left turned legit      CHORUS: [AZ]   Pieces of a black man   My thoughts travel (yeah), trapped on savage land   it's like taboo (taboo)   Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines (bustin')   Some servin' state bids (what, what) 'cause they hustle blind   Pieces of a black man (black man)   My thoughts travel, trapped on savage land (thoughts travel)   it's like taboo   Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines   (buck, buck, buck, buck)   Pieces of a black man   My thoughts travel (travel) trapped on savage land, it's like taboo    (taboo baby)   Stuck in time, so many young boys bustin' nines   Some servin' state bids 'cause they hustle blind   Pieces of a black man