The Avenue

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Bought a brand new car Driving down the boulevard Turn the corner like I wanna be chilin' hard The scene is set for me to get wet Cause it wouldn't be right if the ladies didn't sweat Pull the seat back to make contact Eye to eye you know, I ain't living like that I wear shades and I get paid And when it comes to girls I can't get played Fly girls used to ignore me Now I pull up and let the car rap for me (beep beep) Enough said Better hop in while the light's still red Homeboys scatter What's the matter? ("Here come the cops") Oh yeah that again, rather than Beating them down, I just talk to the men They don't understand how I've got my cash Then I get mad and tell them to ask Their daughter, I bet she bought a Kool Moe Dee tape for her recorder We're not always thieves and thugs And what law says we gotta sell drugs? I get paid and I'm making a killin' But when I come home I just like chillin' on the Avenue, a-avenue (4x) [Verse 2] (Action) That's where the stars go On the weekend it's like a car show Ladies flock to jock, cars go by them If I'm walking and talking, they ask what ya driving When I peep that same old weak rap Ask her her language, tell her I don't speak that Pull out a "G", a car key and a Visa Walk her to the car, leave her there "see ya" She didn't want nothin' else but a payday Now she's sinking, hollering Mayday I knew her con 'cause two days ago I saw that same slick girl in a broken-down Yugo Riding with a hustler, layin' low Couldn't drive his Benz 'cause the cops said so His homeboy got shot, in front of his crack spot He moved cause it got too hot, but not on that block The cops are watching, baiting and plotting Setting you up for the raid in the block and When they come, everybody's got to go But not Kool Moe 'cause they all know The knot I got is way over their knot But I'm working, so that's why they're not After me, they're after you Cause I'm just chillin' on the avenue Avenue, a-avenue (4x) [Verse 3] Homeboys on the block all wanna get paid Well, we can do this, the right way You get money and respect Live large and correct Then come back driving through the neighborhood When you look good, we all look good Cause it's all for one and one for all It's got to be a better way To get the money y'all