This is my livelihood   That you fuckin' with   This is it right here baby   No more hatin' in the world   You know, it's gonna be what it's gonna be   Ruff Riders      Welcome to D Block, the city of broke down dreams   With things ain't always peachy keen as they seem   City of dope dealers, killers, pimps, pushers   Pan handlers hustlers and doped out fiends      The sun don't shine here, in this part of town   But we all got a town that's similar to this too   'Cuz every cities got a ghetto and every ghetto got a hood   Take a good look around you 'cuz there's a D Block near you      Place where ain't no body that proud, it's a fuckin' black cloud   That got people under the impression they can act wild   Workin' around though, see if you can pull a trigger on the pound yo   Five minutes flat the whole town though      Lot is assumin' a niggas salary   More lies than truth definitely more rumors than reality   Only way you beatin' a body is a technicality   Other than that catch 'em and Clinton on a gallery      The determination and dedication of discipline   Listenin' and catchin' the jewels you was missin'   And they still doin' coward shit   You know the hate is gonna always be heavy but the love over powers it      Somethin' in the air but the older they get   They kill you quicker over a girl than over a brick   We don't play with the lizards   We make phrases up and say I'm exquisite   Anytime you can pay us a visit      Welcome to D Block, the city of broke down dreams   With things ain't always peachy keen as they seem   City of dope dealers, killers, pimps, pushers   Pan handlers hustlers and doped out fiends      The sun don't shine here, in this part of town   But we all got a town that's similar to this too   'Cuz every cities got a ghetto and every ghetto got a hood   Take a good look around you 'cuz there's a D Block near you      Welcome to D Block, the mighty, mighty D Block   A place in New York City where Diddy won't even walk   It's D Block, the part of Yonkers I wouldn't be caught   Without two pistols on me that'll be cocked in each pocket      D Block don't even stop to talk, you just keep walkin'   Stick up kids every block who watch for that free op   Portunity, as soon as you leave out that jewelry shop   And you won't even notice your mind will be so preoc      Cupied on that new watch you just copped   You wont even see that ride pullin' up along side you   You'll be shot for you even realize you were spied over three blocks   D Block the place where OG's get knocked, locked up      Get out come home for a week and get re-knocked   You don't even see cops, hip-hop police don't even stop   On D Block, where everybody wants to be Pac   And you can get popped over the new G Unit Reeboks      Welcome to D Block, the city of broke down dreams   With things ain't always peachy keen as they seem   City of dope dealers, killers, pimps, pushers   Pan handlers hustlers and doped out fiends      The sun don't shine here, in this part of town   But we all got a town that's similar to this too   'Cuz every cities got a ghetto and every ghetto got a hood   Take a good look around you 'cuz there's a D Block near you      If you bust and your gun got nigga, niggas on the run   And you rep where you from nigga you D Block   And you try to come home and your pockets is light as a cup   They don't give a fuck, you D Block      Aiyo bang bang nigga, let's get it on   Homies been a monster, but it's worst now that my son been born   And every nigga where I be, I put in work for free   It's D Block mothafucka, here grab this P      Welcome to D Block, a place where 'lil niggas is killaz   And the mother's raisin' a son that turn into Gorillaz   And the hallway's is pissy as hell   All we do is get bigger      More ignorant, you send us to jail   My niggas shoot anything that'll move   Sell drugs, from the rise to the sun to the fall of the moon   I'd die the way I stand with my man if I can   When the shells come this is D Block ya'll welcome      Welcome to D Block, the city of broke down dreams   With things ain't always peachy keen as they seem   City of dope dealers, killers, pimps, pushers   Pan handlers hustlers and doped out fiends      The sun don't shine here, in this part of town   But we all got a town that's similar to this too   'Cuz every cities got a ghetto and every ghetto got a hood   Take a good look around you 'cuz there's a D Block near you   Ruff Riders