Say Now

Gun shots ring out over the city
And had everybody duckin' and runnin' checkin' for any
Kinda shelter 'cause them peoples, mo, they at it again
If you ain't heard or seen it then you better pretend
Ain't got no time for stoppin' ain't no catchin' your wind
Your baby mama's on the porch tellin' her daughters, "Come in"
Got fathers grabbin' sons, "Where the hell have you been?"
Boy, and y'all just startin' young I'm talkin' thirteen and ten
They started tranin' in the streets some type of ghetto battles
But they ain't hoopin' in the gym, they hoop on crates in the alleys
Where else can you shoot a jump shot
Slang a rock all from the same spot?
Got one gang on this half
The other gang on the other half of the same block
Gunplay on Monday
Sunday's a fun day
Will it stop one day?
Hell, I can't call it no way
When you're gettin' started everybody wanna help and get you off
But turn around, them the first motherfuckers wanna see you fall (ooh)

Say now (say now)
Can you hoes come out to play now? (Play now)
Say now (say now)
Can you hoes come out to play now? (Play now)
Oh, say now (na-na-na-na)
Can you hoes come out to play now? (Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Say now (na-na-na-na)
Can you hoes come out now?
Wait a minute now, wait a minute now, wait a minute now

Feel like I'm runnin' towards the daylight
Tryna get my mind right
And just before I grab it, somebody reach out and snatch it from me
Say now
Can you hoes come out to play now?

Oh, feel like I'm runnin' towards the daylight
Tryna get my mind right
And just before I grab it, somebody reach out and snatch it from me
I'm talkin', say now
Can you hoes come out to play now?
Play now, yeah

Oh, hear me out now

Uh, uh (check it)
Uh, uh, uh (you check it)
Uh, uh

Tryna put my
City on the map and they mad at me
The same city some of them live in and they mad at me
When I come down the street, dirty, why you mad at me?
Is it 'cause the old school freak got a nigga from A to Z?
Ain't CDs, TVs, I aim's to please
They mean the same to me like Biggie to C's
Like Eazy to E, Tupac to overseas
And I done see more Aaliyah fans fall cry to their knees
I tell ya, I ain't been livin' this life for too long
And I can't count how many times someone has asked me what's wrong
Why my mother was gone
Why my daddy wasn't home
And the same shit they told me, I found myself tellin' my own
Now it's good-bye bad nights
Hello good times
It ain't no way I'll let no nigga step on my shine
You keep tryin' (you keep tryin')
There's bound to be somethin' G
As long as I'm a S-T L-U-N-A-T-I-C
I'll tell ya

Say now (say now)
Can you hoes come out to play now? (Play now)
Say now (say now)
Can you hoes come out to play now? (Play now)
Oh, say now (na-na-na-na)
Can you hoes come out to play now? (Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na)
Say now (na-na-na-na)
Can you hoes come out now?
Wait a minute now, wait a minute now, wait a minute now

Feel like I'm runnin' towards the daylight
Tryna get my mind right
And just before I grab it, somebody reach out and snatch it from me
Say now
Can you hoes come out to play now?

Oh, feel like I'm runnin' towards the daylight
Tryna get my mind right
And just before I grab it, somebody reach out and snatch it from me
I'm talkn' say now
Can you hoes come out to play now?
Play now, yeah

Uh, uh, uh-uh-uh
Uh, uh, uh-uh-uh
Oh, hear me out now

Uh, uh, uh-uh-uh
Uh, uh

Say now
Say now
Say now
Say now
Say now