On the lower level, where the devils dwell   Comin' from the one, comin' back from hell      Peepin' out the window, checkin' on the criminals   Out in the yard, it's hard, but you're in   So you do your time and never let the time do ya   He lost his mind that's what the time'll do to ya      A brother in the box screamin' find a ciggarette   Niggaz walkin' by, ain't tryin' to hear that   So off to the Day Room, a fight in progress   A brother got sliced and diced over nonsense      D.O.I., dead on the island   The life the knife the price, for wigga wildin'   Never a day, I say I'm not leavin'   Long as I live in a crib and I'm breathin'   Four years done, another one in a cell   Don't need nobody to come, 'cause I'll be back from hell      Fire and brimstone, sendin' 'em home   To the brownstone and on the streets that he roamed   Before he got locked up, he sewed the whole block up   People would jock, because he cooked the rock      Caught by the cop, he's knocked and now he's faceless   The spot was hot, he's Scott, that's what his name is   When he was out with clout, people surround him   Now that he's in the pen, niggaz downed him      Wait upstate, for the day, 'til they free the man   In '98, be straight and then you'll see him again   Ready to kill, and steal, ill and build   A flyer empire, higher, still runnin' the ville      Boy goin' to hell, another day in the dark   The brother wait in the park, blind faded and stalked   Naked, out to die and not movin'   He needs a fix by six that means you've been      Strung out, your lung out, foamin' with your tongue out   Back to hell and well, that's where you hung out   For the past and last year, your acts for cash here   Crash and smash any ass to get a blast, yeah      The brother smother his mother, for another one   Then ill and kill, with the other son   For crack as well, the brother black he yell   You just stop and think, he's comin' back from hell      From the depths of hell and you can smell the smoke