The Block - CES Cru

Ay yo the block stays hot

Sweating on it whether or not

You’ve got support of local neighbourhood watch

Where the kids shank cops

Figuring it’s part of the plot

It’s gotta be because the shit don’t stop

Where they blast on SWAT kicking in them doors, locked

It’s not funny

Snatching everything from clothes to rent money

And it’s sunny as hell

People are broken, no, it doesn’t take a dummy to tell

It was a motherfucking cluck who needed something to sell

And made his getaway before the cops could dump him in jail

Oh well, you dummy up like you hadn’t heard it before-

At 3 O’clock in the morning you shouldn’t open your door

(the door)

What the fuck did you think a peep-hole was for?

(for)

‘Round this motherfucker it’s jeepers-creepers galore

‘cuz it could be who you didn’t peep at the store

Who follows you to your building

Memorising your floors

And knowing your hours: 4 to 10

But on Saturday you get off at 8

And you normally drink the night away

Hoping for a brighter day but Sunday’s fucked

Plus you couldn’t have seen it coming judging Monday’s luck

No bucks to pay coppers to bust

So intuition’s a must

Concealed carries all logic to us

But killer Carrie’s not logic enough, she caught a stray

And was just about to graduate from the police academy

The block stays hot

Sweating on it whether or not

You’ve got support of local neighbourhood watch

Where the kids shank cops

Figuring it’s part of the plot

It’s gotta be because the shit don’t stop

Where they blast on SWAT come criminals splash on cops

Come and get it now, the last one in a rotten egg

Glass smashed til' I’m jostled awake

I’m acting like I’m not awake still laughing the thought away

When I hear this dude say:

«I got cracked in my noggin

Hey, could you please open the door?

My head’s open and sore

I live on the third floor

I’ve been robbed and attacked

I’m bleeding my skull’s probably cracked

My keys, wallet and cash»

I let him in then told him I’d call the cops

He told me he had a problem with cash and then called it off

With his shirt stained, blood on his face I searched over his wounds

At the same time searching for something to say

He read the bad news in my eyes

Felt the uncomfortable vibe

The paramedics arrived

The stairs, covered in crimes

Oh what a time!

No joking the other day

Some dude hit a different neighbour with gats and he cut her face

Some people heard the screams came down to investigate

He bust a couple rounds off burnt out and escaped

And it happens from day to day

It ain’t scary to me, shit 8 out of 10 people I see are carrying weed

These nefarious thieves are put around me and prepare me to see society

So save your charity please

Red and blue lights, sirens — a hilarious scene

I’ve been sleeping through night violence

Come and share in the dream

You see the block stays hot sweating on it whether or not You’ve got supportive

local neighbourhood watch

Where the kids shank cops

Figuring it’s part of the plot

It’s gotta be because the shit don’t stop

Can we get a moment of silence for gunshots and violence

For all the soldiers whose fallen for all the families whose crying?

Peace to Mac Dre, Peace to Fat tone

And while we’re saying peace we need some back home

KC Streets?

Crazy like it’s the 80's

And the block is feeling something like hades, I mean it’s hot

In this spot Hell is boiling over, smell the aroma

Crack pot filled up with bad cops and lots of dough

That’s where the war is on 400 years and strong

A trail of tears from here to the crib they brought us from

And it’s still all the same and haul us off in chains

Slaves made to be pawns in what they call the game

Watch it close ‘cuz these folks are getting greedier

They blaming rap and attacking us in the media, like we to blame

But you and I know this ain’t the case, up in this booth

Yo, I never feel a safer place

You know the block stays hot sweating on it whether or not You’ve got support

of local neighbourhood watch

Where the kids shank cops

Figuring it’s part of the plot

It’s gotta be because the shit don’t stop

Again when they blast on SWAT

Cesphiles.

168 murders.

1 year

Rest in peace Rawgizzle

What the deal yo?

The block hot