Yeah, the street's got a code   Cause being loud is old   Silent is gold, smile and unload   No police gotta know   Cause when ya problem is told   Ya problem isn't getting told, that's a no   I'mma tell a couple stories about   The notorious route   That niggas take when they thirst, hear me out   In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1      Here's a little story, I got to tell about   A couple dudes who didn't know so well   They didn't get a chance to blow but they could flow so well   This is the perfect time for you haters to go, oh well   Let's take it down to the Noila where them boys is warriors   They notorious for ordering more then just hits, so   Take heed, I seen dude in the V and the D   He musta been moving with B.G.   Before "Slow Motion" I heard dude was so focused   On the street credibility, he's a "Soldier"   Would he rather have beef or exposure?   I don't know, I never met em   I just know that I ain't trying to forget em   As soon as he went home, the place he got the most love   Niggas popped up and shot him in cold blood   At the worst time and they crept up behind em   And uh, just rewinded em      Story Two!   I said boyyyyy, would you boss up and get this money   For my niggas who ain't here?   Bring the treeeees, and blow a huge cloud in the air   For niggas who move without fear   Gotta pour more than a beer, nigga pour out a fifth   Fuck it we rich nigga, pour out some Cris   A young nigga got shot up once, put in a wheelchair   Still liked to light up blunts like "look, I'm still here"   It's so truuuueee   He came out of the hospital with way more money, way more jewels   Roll through, any hood that you want in the city of Detroit   They playing one of his tunes   He prolly shoulda been with a goon   He stopped at a car wash...   I guess the dude he was with ain't know what to do   They crept up on the side of em and   Put the nine to em and, just rewinded em      Story Three!   We bout to take the NYC, they know about him in the NYC   But they don't know him in the D   As far as emceeing, this nigga was crazy   Muthafuckas used to say he was better than Jay-z   The first time time I heard him was 9-5 "Ebonics"   I played it and all my niggas was high trying to rewind it   Them niggas was like, "Daaaammnn"   This nigga said that a snot box was a nose   Without stopping the flow and I was like, "Maannnnn"   I swear to God that this nigga's a problem   I think he better than Nas   He's so ahead of his time, you play his music in 0-6   This nigga sound regular now   I heard that he was thugging, had a brother who was thugging   He was sitting on a stoop and he didn't see it coming   They crept up in front of em and   Put the gun to em and, just rewinded em      Yeah, the street's got a code   Cause being loud is old   Silent is gold, smile and unload   No police gotta know   Cause when ya problem is told   Ya problem isn't getting told, that's a no   I just told a couple stories about   The notorious route   That niggas take when they thirst   R.I.P. in   5, 4, 3, 2, 1