[Masta Ace]
Woke up this morning hearing shots below my project window
The TV's on from playing all night on Nintendo
jumped out of bed tryin to see what's up with all the noise and
I see somebody else has caught a case of lead poison
This type of shit around my way is a regular occurance
because the same shit just happened to my nigga Terrence
a week later now somebody else is laying dying
surrounded by a crowd of people and his momma crying
the way he's laying there it looks to me that he's a goner
I seen the cats who just did it run around the corner
I start to wonder who it is and why they had to wet him
I bet I knew him or at least I bet I probably met him
I can't pretend I'm shocked like electrocution
cuz any night there could be an execution
my momma told me that that thug shit will get you buried
the next day there's your name in the obituary
I asked her why we gotta live in this environment
She said Your grandfather drank up his retirement
plus when I fucked around and had you I was just a baby
Just maybe if I wasn't being miss lady
things could've been a little bit better
threw on my jeans and my double knit sweater
I hit the block tryin to find out who got done in
Who had the gun and who that was I seen running

[Chorus]
Another body on the ground cold and
another day another lost soul and
same shit in every zip code
no matter where you go
its just another block episode
another story on the street told and
another turn down the wrong road and
sit back and watch it unfold
yo I'll let you know
just another block episode

[Punchline]
Yo, I roam the streets with my peeps and the gun by my crotch
I got beef with this cat that resides on my block
he getting popped i swear when I see him it's on
He'll just be a tattoo on his best friends arm
my friends screaming "Punch be calm" y'all can save it
He borrowed 5 G's two months ago, still ain't pay it
This girl hit me on the cell about his location
I grabbed my gun jumped in the hoopty then I started racing
turned off the lights a block away so he don't peep the caper
I see him and a bunch of cats by the bodega
Don't wanna kill him I just wanna teach this cat a lesson
Stepped on the gas grab the gun cocked back the weapon
shot up the whole corner but hit him in the kneecap
that's cool cuz dead niggaz can't pay your cash back
I'm nutting to laugh at I keep bad temper
I hit him a bystander and one of his crewmembers

(gunshot)