Raekwon - Have Mercy Lyrics
(feat. Beanie Sigel & Blue Raspberry)[kung fu sample:]You have to learn mercyOtherwise, you will learn bad waysYou have been confined here, for one month alreadyBut you still haven't grasped this basic principalI feel sorry for you, my boy[Intro: Blue Raspberry]I've been living in this worldNot knowing where I'm going (knowing where I'm going)This world ain't showingThat it's gonna get better, better (yeah, it's gonna be trouble again)[Beanie Sigel:]My days getting shorter, my nights getting longerMy cell getting smaller, my son getting tallerI exercise my mind, my body getting strongerBut my blood getting colder, heart getting harderMy chances for appeal, getting slimmerMy skin getting brighter, my hair getting thinnerSee, when you stressed out, you could age fast in here (have mercy)I done seen weak niggas not last a year, so before lights outI write my kids every night, kiss the stamp on the kiteAnd say a prayer, I hope it lands safe in this flightsI pray they sleep safe through the nightTry to teach my son right, give him some jewelsBut it's hard to raise my boy from this visiting roomMany cells turned to prisoner's tombsI just pray I don't die in here, and last night I almost cried a tear(have mercy)[Chorus: Raekwon w/ Blue Raspberry ad-libbing]To all my gun holders, stand up, get itCause when the killas come around, it's onBullets get blown, warn 'em and they re-up fastSay some back shit, your flagship goneCan't play the building no moreCan't hang around by the store no moreIt's really on, you a dickheadNow you a dead man with no handNow you can't believe you jammed[Raekwon:]Between my six niggas, sixty years, stay in the crispy airsHundreds, blunted, we up top, switching lairsMoney equal power, horror equal real when borrowedRatchet barrel under your earsMean streets in the middays, they robbers, but life's so hardEven the cops clutter us to starve us (have mercy)The killas is star struck, look at the cars and trucksRambo guns, it's hard to get luckWhether fail or a come up, your number is upPeriod, make you bleed CaesareanChop through your body, leave you right in the lobbyHear me, kid? Extra holes right in your derriereThe blitzes, the rushes'll touch something, back in the cellsTwo days later, yup, back in them cuffs againOr leaning on the customers, hustlers, my hood illustriousMarvelous raps, screw on mufflers (have mercy)[Chorus][Blue Raspberry:]Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh, ahhhIt hurts my heart, to see what's going onYoung men dying now, children going when they're bornOh no, oh no, oh no, oh whoaOh no, oh whoa, where is this world going to? I don't know
