Black man with a gun he won’t run, we run. But a black man with a mind becomes world enemy number one. Gangbanging got our young kids' brains hanging. We must form gangs to heal each other, not gangs to kill each other. It's time to put the guns down, because if Black Lives Matter, Then we gotta form a black love movement and prove it. Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) That’s how (that’s how) we give it up, (give it up) Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up) Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) That’s how (that’s how) We give it up, (give it up) Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up) They taking them shots like it’s tequila, Covered in red like sangria While everybody that's black and brown like Henny, throwing Down like remy While you look the other way, like a face on a penny. Who shot cha, You hate the cops and ops Everybody that ain’t that, can’t wait to take the block Even old heads, are blooding and cripping So it’s all your fault, when you get caught slipping (slipping) What I’m about to mention, I think y’all should listen This is your life, that your out here risking Your body bag, is slowly zipping Think about it kid, before you put that clip in Guns down, life up HipHop boulevard Those with guns, it’s time to get rid of y’all I love my city, so it’s time to attack So I called the OG’s, to bring New York back Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) That’s how (that’s how) we give it up, (give it up) Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up) Things done changed, a lot of things is different Seen gangs and what so strange, Youngins is with it See I’m a cat, strictly a OG Never ever cared about, what nobody told me When I had a son, throw away my gun Reverse the curse, because it had to be done I reevaluate my life, then I turned it around Now my family’s good and I put my gun down Guns down life up and that’s my story Only guns I deal with, is Peter and Cory I ain’t trying kill nothing or watch nothing die It’s more productive to build something then to - kill something HIP HOP was alternative on corners and blocks Escape from the drugs and the guns and the cops Competition on this mic was your only ops You get props when the killing stops (Yo life up with it) Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) That’s how (that’s how) we give it up, (give it up) Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up) Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) That’s how (that’s how) We give it up, (give it up) Guns down (guns down) Life up (life up) Street life (street life) Give it up (give it up)