Lil’ Kim - Lighters Up

[00:05.49] I come from Bed-Stuy [00:07.04] Where niggaz either do or they gone die [00:08.94] Gotta keep the Ratchett close by [00:11.10] Someone murdered [00:12.29] Nobody seen, nobody heard it [00:14.25] Just another funeral service [00:16.05] Niggaz will get at you [00:17.52] Come through shinin', they yap you [00:19.53] In broad daylight kidnap you [00:21.47] Best get clap through [00:22.85] Police stay on us like tattoos [00:24.86] Niggaz only grind 'cuz we have to [00:27.00] Money is power [00:28.27] Sling crack, weed and powder [00:29.90] Fiends come through every hour [00:32.10] It's all about that dollar [00:33.56] And we no deal with cowards [00:35.38] Weak lamb get devoured [00:37.48] By the lion in the concrete jungle [00:39.42] The strong stand and rumble [00:41.03] The weak fold and crumble [00:41.88] It's the land of trouble [00:43.36] Brooklyn home of the greatest rappers [00:45.94] BIG comes first then the queen comes after [00:48.76] Now put your lighters up, Bed-Stuy [00:52.01] Put your lighters up, New York [00:55.06] Put your lighters up, D.C. [00:56.99] Keep putting your lighters up, Philadelphia [00:59.77] Put your lighters up, Detroit [01:02.56] Put your lighters up, Chi-town [01:05.04] Keep putting them lighters up [01:06.75] No matter where you from, put your lighters up [01:09.41] Now, let me give you a walk through [01:10.48] Show you what to do and you don't do [01:12.24] Where its not safe to go to [01:14.29] Them boys approach you [01:15.44] Better say quick who you close to [01:17.39] Don't come through if niggaz don't know you [01:19.42] 'Cuz people is talking [01:21.06] The streets is watching [01:22.45] The G's is lurking [01:23.66] Stash the nine in the garbage [01:24.92] The life of a hustla [01:26.35] The life of a gambler [01:28.03] Dice game, kill more niggaz than cancer [01:29.82] You know who you fuck with [01:31.34] Brooklyn don't run, we run shit [01:33.11] Roll up and just bumrush shit [01:35.30] We don't play that [01:36.61] Out in Bk, not at all [01:38.62] For a pound leave your face on the wall [01:41.33] R.I.P in memory of [01:44.10] Never show thy enemies love [01:46.98] We get it on where we live [01:48.68] You better have a pass when you cross that bridge [01:51.35] Welcome to Brooklyn [01:52.51] Put your lighters up, LA [01:55.24] Put your lighters up, VA [01:57.94] Put your lighters up, Texas [02:00.46] Keep putting your lighters up, New Orleans [02:03.20] Put your lighters up, St. Louis [02:05.58] Put your lighters up, A-T-L [02:08.31] Keep putting them lighters up [02:10.09] No matter where you from, put your lighters up [02:12.76] Damn homie, I'm so tore [02:15.54] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more [02:17.59] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more [02:20.30] But fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more [02:22.74] We in the club like [02:23.60] (Damn homie, I'm so tore) [02:25.36] Lighting the dutch like [02:26.30] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more) [02:28.08] Passing the bub like [02:29.19] (And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more) [02:30.44] Back at the bar like [02:32.21] (Fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more) [02:33.21] See, BIG done told you [02:34.99] I'm the hottest bitch on the planet [02:36.71] Biggest sex symbol, since Janet [02:38.72] There's a Nolte bandit [02:40.41] Laying in the cut like a bandage [02:42.03] Come through Fulton St. in the vanquish [02:44.15] Doing them damage [02:45.61] And if you don't understand it [02:47.33] Then let me give it to you in Spanish [02:49.43] Soy la senorita mas Linda del [02:52.15] Barrios y lo es abo tu eres despacio [02:54.73] Still over in Brazil, sipping Mescotto [02:57.16] You must of forgot though [02:58.50] So I'mma take you back to the block yo [03:00.49] Put you on to how we rock yo [03:02.35] Some are boosting [03:03.98] 12-year olds prostituting [03:05.79] Hit-men hired for execution, there's no solution [03:09.06] Niggaz, still piss in the hallways [03:10.75] Fiends get high on em' all day [03:12.95] The youth them bang at the cops off the roof [03:15.64] If you don't know my town is the truth [03:18.34] Welcome to Brooklyn [03:19.69] Now put your lighters up, New Jersey [03:22.04] Put your lighters up, Boston [03:24.62] Put your lighters up, B-More [03:27.18] Keep putting your lighters up, Miami [03:30.23] Put your lighters up, Puerto Rico [03:34.23] Put your lighters up, Kingston, Jamaica [03:36.04] Keep putting them lighters up [03:37.06] No matter where you from, put your lighters up [03:39.87] Damn homie, I'm so tore [03:42.20] And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more [03:44.79] And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more [03:47.43] But fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more [03:49.92] We in the club like [03:51.38] (Damn homie, I'm so tore) [03:52.29] Lighting the dutch like [03:53.10] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more) [03:54.70] Passing the bub like [03:55.66] (And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more) [03:57.23] Back at the bar like [03:58.37] (Fuck it, bartender, you can give me one more) [04:00.72]