Set It Off

Lyrics

[Intro] Lord, I swear if you could just get me out of this for the last time I'm too young, I'm too young to die now, not now How'd this happen? Why this happen? Why me? Now, today, we hit Downtown Federal Not the time for anybody to freeze up I'ma need somebody to pick up Cha from school no later than 3:30 Be there Jade, get the getaway car and talk to Sam about the pieces Load 'em and be there Know the M.O., in and out Come on and set it off [Verse 1] Yep, today, they'd be with me when the bell ring Right on the L wing Tryna stay down makes it seem harder to rebel things Nervous as hell mean just tryna parallel things Straightening gel things, funny, I felt things The closer to the car the more I could tell things was a little tense Much suspense, but convinced 'Cause my fair one revealing a hint, not a bit Plus we've been discussed our plans of intent They figured I was content, prepared and ready ever since Reviewed it so many times in my teenage mind It was just a prediction of an instant replay crime Undefined, Lord, please just give me a sign Don't wanna whine but let this be my first and last time 'Cause now I'm going on, I'm rolling a stolen Range Rover Soon as we hit the corner, they start to exchange orders Like, it's Cha's first time, let's go over some things for her In and out is your M.O., you remember what I told ya Let the dough be a door if you need an ulterior motive Can't afford to move slow like we ain't getting any older Then I thought, just remember what she told me before [Chorus] The real broads stick together if we die at war Get it all to the end 'til we rise or fall We riders, y'all, they don't wanna try us broads Because we'll die for each other 'fore we die for y'all Let's set it off [Interlude] Now Cha, I need you to make sure she is not reaching for her right-hand clip (Come on, let's set if off) The teller reaches for her right-hand clip, she's setting off the alarm Rox, I need you to make sure that the getaway car is parked directly in front of the door We need easy access to the doorway (Set it off) Jade, call your banker, make sure he's outta there [Verse 2] See, I don't wanna have to touch one or bust one for my cousins See, Cha is the only one I got left of my loved ones And I swear to God I'll plug 'em 'fore she be the last of 'em Promised her, then the past, my last car fronted But tuition was wanted, wasn't enough cash from it Enough to stash from it, get away and laugh on it 12 G's with a three-way split ain't shit And involvin' her made me wanna make a change quick But it's teamwork, know we can make plan B work To get out, cop D & Burke, that bank I'm seeing first 'Cause it's Downtown Federal and I know that y'all scared to go But yo, I let her know, after this, we out fa sho [Chorus] 'Cause real broads stick together if we die at war Get it all to the end 'til we rise or fall We riders, y'all, they don't wanna try us broads Because we'll die for each other 'fore we die for y'all Let's set it off [Interlude] All y'all, this our last gig Cha, don't freeze up on us now (Come on, let's set it off) Caught in the system at any necessary moment We're going in, we're going in with style I got us Gucci glasses, fly wigs, let's do this Fill every Prada bag up (Let's set it off) You got this, mami, let's do this Come on, y'all, set it off [Verse 3] This ain't the time to try to freeze up We need her, can't leave her She better bust That's what we taught her how to cock and squeeze for This our last gig, black wigs and Gucci glasses High fashion for the cameras, robbery castin' For certain, it seem worse since I'm hurtin' multiple persons So suggestions to the clerk and she better be easy to work with I ain't perpin', fillin' Prada duffels, I screen persons While she move the cal window to window I'm insertin' more clips, feel this, gettin' tense, touchin' your shirt and Hits to her reaching for the right-hand clip (No, no, miss) 'Cause you makin' this teller more nervous We can all get through this if y'all remember this [Chorus] That real broads stick together if we die at war Get it all to the end 'til we rise or fall We riders, y'all, they don't wanna try us broads Because we'll die for each other 'fore we die for y'all Let's set it off [Interlude] Yo, I want everybody down now No, no, miss (Come on, let's set it off) You're making this teller more nervous over here You reach for that right-hand clip, my gat is going in your mouth On three-and-a-half minutes, let's make it, move, move, now (Let's set it off) Don't make me get ugly up in here I want everybody on the ground now [Verse 4] Kick in the door (Everybody hit the floor), first words that I heard 'Fore my vision went and blurred, sudden thoughts just occurred Got me a little disturbed, nothing else register While I'm nervously thinkin', yo, this scam better work 'Cause that'll hurt if it fly, better her hurt than I Before I plead first, you'll bleed first 'fore I let her testify Lord, I don't wanna have to do her as I'm holdin' a piece to her Conscience saying she got a look and be the first one to give you up Up to you but fakin', you just a private school student Used to pleated skirts, knee-highs, blazers and creased shirts In Gucci penny loafers, not deuce-deuce mini-holsters Now security told to toast ya if you get any closer What a girl like me supposed to do at such a tight stage and right page Right when I'm set in all the right ways? Saw light rays, cops came, pull in from all ways Then they cuffed Jade, I felt they runnin' through hallways Saw the glass come through and bust things Ran to the Range and cut lanes Some sudden rain, dang, 'cause the road's sustained Now I gotta get out and foot things due to a sudden train And when it's set, dang, it's hard to run through mud and rain Bills got heavy in the case and now it's tougher to race I realize that I've been grazed and that's what slowin' my pace Well, then my luck was just fate, as tears trickle my face Speakin' of praying, I'm gettin' weak, Lord, get me out of this chase [Outro] Freeze! This is the F.B.I.! Put your damn gun down! Put the fucking gun down now! Get on your hands and knees! Get on your goddamn hands and knees! Throw your goddamn stuff now! *gunshots* No, don't shoot! Don't shoot! Cha! No, Cha! Cha! No! Damn! Get up, Cha! Cha, get up! Get up, Cha! Cha! (Yo, Cha, wake up) Cha, get up! (Come on, Cha) Yo, Cha, get up Cha, stop playing, get up Cha, get the fuck up Cha, we late for the studio, for real