It's a Shame

[Chris Smith]

Hey yo, here's a real scoop, homie loc

Them fools around my way gettin' high off gunsmoke

And I ain't talkin' about the high like Indo

The kind of high that make you call your kin folks

And tell loc, Johnny's dead

A fourteen-year-old kid put a nine to his head

All because he wanted that gear he was sportin'

Gimme that, while you're at it, gimme them Jordans

Johnny tried to jet, homie wasn't hearin' that

Johnny tried to run and got gatted in the back

Now tell me what happens to the way life used to me?

'Cuz in this game, there'll be no future, G

When will all of y'all learn

That if you're playin' with fire too long, you're bound to get burned

This ain't a small thing I'm addressin'

It's a big thing, take it from the daddy as a lesson

[Hook]

Shame, it's a shame

Shame, it's a shame

It's a shame, it's a shame alright

Shame, it's a shame

Shame, it's a...

[Chris Kelly]

It's a shame the way this thing goes down

How one lay you down just to show he don't play around

He goes to sleep with a head full of anger

And wakes up involved in a child's gang banger

I'm talkin' about a-tisket, a-tasket (a-tisket, a-tasket)

Not knowing next day he'll be laying in a casket

So what you think of that, son?

In the arcade, they playing the games ain't fun (yeah)

Something like Pac-Man

Same name but the game as you put it in the sack and

Running to the next board

And gat down the fools standing in the way of the door

There's no board and no points

And in this game, then he saw Pac-Man wants

The game that goes for always blowing

Then you'll slip up and they'll smoke you

[Hook]

Shame, it's a shame

Shame, it's a shame

It's a shame, it's a shame alright

Shame, it's a shame

Shame, it's a shame

[Chris Kelly]

None of this exists with the word peace (peace, brother)

You gotta do more than two fingers, man, please

Get a game that they gotta go by

Instead of "watch out quick, I'll send him to the sky"

Theere ain't nothin' to be playin' with

So listen what I give and what I be sayin', kid

Take it from a kid's point of view

'Cause on my way to school, I'll be watching you

[Chris Smith]

Big, big daddy in his caddy with all of his boys

It only had weeks, it's a joy

That's the first part, second part has having hard

But when you get count, you know how to restart

You gotta know how to watch your back (watch your back)

'Cause if you're slack, huh, you're going in the sack (yeah)

I advise y'all all watch out for the game

'Cause the game ain't nothin' but a...

[Hook]