Jay-Z - Streets is talking lyrics

Album: The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (2000)

[Jay-Z]
Is he a Blood, is he Crip?
Is he that, is he this?
Did he do it? Y´know, ehh
Look..

If I shoot you, I am brainless
Different toilet, same shit, & I am sick of explainin this
I am waitin on arraignment, my nigga is the plantiff
Yea, I know what you thinkin - f*cked up aint it?
I shoulda known better, & I planned to
but dog they be takin me out of my zone like a nigga with a handle
I sat back & watched it, put the gats back in the closet
I tried to tie my hands like an Iraqi hostage
Let niggaz take shots at me, no response
I just - flip and, pop my collar like the Fonz
You give a nigga a foot he will take you one step beyond
He will try to play you twice, the 3rd time is the charm
You want to conversate with the writer of the Qu´ran
or Old Testament, don´t test him then
I know what y´all thinkin dick, pause
Your future´s my past, I have been here before
I know when you are schemin, I feel when you plottin
I got, mental vision, intuition
I know where you goin I read your mind´s navigational system
Everybody whisperin - pst pst pst ss perspirin

[Chorus]
When the, streets is talkin, niggaz is gossipin
Bitches all in your shit, what´s the cause of it?
I need to know.. geah geah
Yea yea yea, yea..

[Jay-Z]
You see me with a bodyguard that means police is watchin
And I only use his waist to keep my glock in
But when shit goes down you know who has doin the poppin
And if you do not know, guess who has doin the droppin
S dot again, y´all got him in a bad mood
Bad move; that is bad news
How many times have I got to prove?
How many loved ones have you got to lose
before you realize that it is probably true?
Whatever Jigga say, Jigga probably do
Shit I paid my dues, I made the news
I came in the door for dolo, blazed the crews
And the streets say Jigga can´t go back home
You know when I heard that? When I was back home
I am comfortable dog, Brooklyn to Rome
On any Martin Luther, don´t part with your future
Don´t ever question if I got the heart to shoot ya
The answer is simply too dark for the user
And as a snot-nose they said that he got flows
But will he be able to drop those before the cops close in?
´Fore the shots froze him, & he has dead & gone
from what the block has spoken, my God
Everybody stressin, who has his baby´s moms?
Who he got pregnant, let me tell you, ahh...

[Chorus]
When the, streets is talkin, niggaz is gossipin
Bitches all in your shit, what´s the cause of it?
I need to know.. chicka-uh-ah, ah-chk-ah-uh-ah
Chicka-ch-ah, chk-ah-ah-ah
When the, streets is talkin, niggaz is gossipin
Bitches all in your shit, what´s the cause of it?
I need to know.. gi-gi-gi, geah yea uh, yea yea uh
Yea, yo, yo

[Jay-Z]
I seen my 1st murder in the hall, if you must know
I lost my pops when I was eleven mmm twelve yeahrs old
He has probably somewhere where the liquor is takin it is toll
but I aint mad at you dad, holla at your lad
I grew up pushin snowflake to niggaz that was pro-base
The stress´ll take a young nigga, give him a old face
All I did was smoke joke, think & drink
Copped ´caine & complained, front row watch game
I seen niggaz before me, with a chance to write they own script
slip up & change the story
I seen young niggaz go out in a blaze of glory
before reachin puberty, scared a nigga truthfully
I took trips with so much shit in the whip
that if the cops pulled us over the dog´d get sick, SNIFF
Smell me nigga? The real me nigga, minus the rumors
Holla if you feel me nigga

[Beanie Sigel]
The streets isn´t only watchin but they talkin now?
Shit they got me circlin the block before I am parkin now
Don´t get it twisted, I aint bitchin, I am just cautious now
So, under the park the extra cartridge now
Hit his click Sig´ up you fell at it you are dense
I get word to the street like Bell Atlantic express
I feel the vibes & I hear the rumors
But f*ck it, I am still alive & I am still ?? ?? Allah
Niggaz want to press me, put my back to the wall
But pressure bust pipes I know, I spat it to y´all
To know me is to love me, you see me, can´t be me, hate this
F*ck you I got guns like Neo in +Matrix+
Cross the Family, think Mac´s sweet like payroll
or soft like Play-Doh get knocked off like Fredo
Corleone, they find you with a hole in your dome
I roll with niggaz that´ll follow you & go to your home
Thought you ball, but nigga you fall to my defense
Catch you while you reachin, clip you then I cross you then I am leavin
Apply full court pressure
like four-four ?? get you out of here, pull pressure
to the trigger, bullets fly in three´s
You forever rest under bullshit, dirt lies & leaves
I do bullshit, dirt, tell lies then leave
Look in my eyes, realize it is Beans
Niggaz want to despise the team; until I play head coach
and straight up, divide they team
Trade they man for some pies & a couple of things
Til the bullet.. ah, motherf*ckers!! Yea..

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