Setback

Another shakedown, corner's crawling with cops
Take your money and your work like it's some insider
There ain't no steak now, lost your fork and your plate
I had the bank roll slow but they confiscated
The minor setback, but I'll be back in a week
This money don't come easy, even harder to keep
You got to calculate and come up with a plan
My man'll front me what I need, I get him back when I can

You know these bars were built way before my time
Those artist iron bars with street signs and lines
Got different neighborhoods with different rules to abide by
Stay on the sidelines if you want to slide by
Untouched by all the dirt and the grime
Sooner or later you'll be knee deep, open your eyes
And try and wade through, if I were a U.S. troop
I'm dodging bullets like a matador's cape to the bull

Another setback, I'm back on Griffin Street
I've got some money in my sock, and I need some relief
I cop a ten sack, but that ain't gettin' me far
I put the hammer to the nail and the nail to my arm
And now I's way slow, blow with the Chinese breeze
That hit me like a ton of bricks and had me down on my knees
And that's the last time I trade a dime for a dime
Skipping stones, flippin' coins, out there grinding my time