Well where I stay it's like basehead Heaven
Brothers clock dollars 24-7
Some get caught and some don't
Some'll make big money, some won't

Some bite the bullet the hard way
Brothers play the game of death but don't know how to play
Money in ya pocket can't roll 'cause you're square
Livin' day to day is a black man's dare

Money things and jealousy's a big parta life
You thought you was the man till they stabbed you with a knife
They took ya whole sack ya stack for a piece crack
Brothas don't know how to act, watch ya back

They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back
They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back
They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back
They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back

Grow up in the ghetto actin' savage
When junkies smoked dope and murder was average
How could you cope in the city of dope
Young brotha hangin' from a tree by a rope

Ya sellin' pound to pound earnin' nothin' but a name
In the streets ya got fame but the chilla all the same
Flashin' cash and thinkin' you're on top
But you fell to the bottom when the gun went pop

A brotha who's nothin' will always have nothin' that's a fact
People don't know how to act, watch ya back

They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back
They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back
They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back
They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back

Walkin' down the street around 12 at night
Tryin' to sell rocks but ain't a base head in sight
One pops up from outta nowhere
And then another and another and another

Shoulda watch ya back like a soldier
I told ya they're gonna getcha brotha

They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back
They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back
They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back
They gonna get you, you betta watch ya back