Gun shots ringed out over the city   And had everybody duckin and runnin checkin for any   Kinda shelter cause them peoples man they at it again   If you aint heard or seen it then you better pretend   Aint got no time for stoppin aint no catchin your wind   Ya baby mammas on the porch tellin her daughters "come in"   Got fathers grabbin sons "where the hell have you been?"   Boy and y'all just startin young I'm talkin 13 and 10   They started tradin in the streets some type of ghetto battles   But they aint hoopin in the gym they hoopin crates in the alleys   Where else can you shoot a jump shot   Slang a rock all from the same spot?   Got one gang on this half the other gang   On the other half of the same block   Gunplay on Monday   Sundays a fun day   Will it stop one day?   I cant call it no way   When your gettin started everybody wanna help and get you off   But turn around first motherfuckers wanna see you fall      Say now (say now)   Can you hoes come out to play now? (play now)   Say now (say now)   Can you hoes come out to play now? (play now)   Say now (na na na na)   Can you hoes come out to play now? (na na na na na na na na)   Say now (na na na na)   Can you hoes come out   Na wait a minute na wait a minute na wait a minute na      Feel like I'm runnin for the daylight   Tryin ta get my mind right   And just before I die will somebody reach out and snatch it from me   Say now   Can you hoes come out to play now?      Feel like I'm runnin for the daylight   Tryin ta get my mind right   And just before I die will somebody reach out and snatch it from me   Say now   Can you hoes come out to play now?      (Hear me out)   Tryin ta put my city on the map and they mad at me   The same city some of them live in and they mad at me   When I come down to speak dirty why you mad at me?   Is it cause the old school freaked out niggas from A to Z?   Eight cd's,tv's, I aim to please   They mean the same to me like Biggie to C's   Like Easy to E's, Tupac to overseas   And I done seen more Lia fans fall cry to their knees   I tell ya, I aint been livin this life for too long   And I cant count how many times someone has asked me what's wrong   Why my mother was gone   Why my dady wasnt home   And the same shit they told me I found myself tellin my own   Now its good-bye bad nights   Hello good times   There aint no way Ill let no nigga step in my shine   Keep tryin (keep tryin)   Theres bound ta be somethin G   As long as I'm in STL   You in the TIC   I'll tell ya      Say now (say now)   Can you hoes come out to play now? (play now)   Say now (say now)   Can you hoes come out to play now? (play now)   Say now (na na na na)   Can you hoes come out to play now? (na na na na na na na na)   Say now (na na na na)   Can you hoes come out   Na wait a minute na wait a minute na wait a minute na      Feel like I'm runnin for the daylight   Tryin ta get my mind right   And just before I die will somebody reach out and snatch it from me   Say now   Can you hoes come out to play now?      Hear me out now      Say now      Say now      Say now      Say now