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Rest In Peace

from The Early Years by Manhole

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REST IN PEACE

357 point blank another tricky Smith & Wesson
To the head....another street lesson
Testing the patience of a thug "G"
Its an eye for an eye are ya down for your homie
Is how it starts not a heart or soul in sight
Start the car, load the clip and it's a drive by
Cruise, the coolest of the crew
Know whatcha gotta do, can't sleep
Now's the time to creep
4 deep now the cops peep gang affiliation in the lowride
It's a slow ride
2 shots to the dome but you dropped your chrome
In front of the punks home
Now you're handcuffed, roughed up, being read your rights
Not a homie in sight
So you take it like a man, no gun in your hand but at least
The motherfucker rests in peace

Rest in peace

Fingerprinted, mugshots not the cell door's locked from the crime
Nothing to do but clock time
Kick it with the set, can't forget number one
It ain't where you at, it's where you from
Hold the guard, wave the card
Strollin' down the main yard like a star and always lookin' hard
So a set won't sweat you, homies respect you
And only you can protect you
Now check it, got a kid lookin' at you like a hero
Nothing but a zero
Take another look, he's tryna be a copy, a wannabee, sloppy
"Can't nobody drop me"
Is what he's steady saying as he tries to fight
In the middle of the night but never saw the daylight
Cuz when it comes down to it, the gangster speech
Let him rest in peace

Now he rests in peace
And you zip that body bag

Now 8 years pass and you're out paroled
A different man but the streets are still cold
And old vets don't forget, sweat and they know it
So you better not show it
Without your glock, you're on the wrong block better chill
See the brother of the motherfucker you killed
And he's been true to the game, knows your name
Knows you got a little brother and could have done the same
But he's been waiting for you with his eyes swollen
Picture of his brother in his pocket, he's holding
Growing older and colder by the day
Not it's a minute to die, a second to pray
So you say to him you're sorry but he don't give a fucker clucker
Payback's a motherfucker
And the cycle keeps going as your little brother irons his crease
Straps his gat....rest in peace

Rest in peace
Initiated to rest in peace

And that's how it goes...

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from The Early Years, released January 18, 1993
Lyrics & Vocals - Tairrie B.
Guitar - Scott Ueda
Bass - Rico Villasenor
Drums - Marcelo Palomino

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More Feared Than Loved.└A 93 - 96 "Manhole are quite possibly the angriest band in history." - Kerrang Magazine

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