Welcome to D-Block, the city of broke down dreams Where things ain't always peachy keen as they seem City of dope dealers, killers, pimps, pushers Panhandlers, hustlers and doped out fiends The sun don't shine here, in this part of town But we all got a town that's similar to this too Say every city's got a ghetto, every ghetto's got a hood Take a good look around you cause there's a D-Block near you Place where ain't nobody that proud, it's a fucking black cloud That got people under the impression they can act wild Working around though, cause if you can pull a trigger on the pound yo 5 minutes flat, the whole town know Lotta assuming in niggas' salary More lies than truth definitely more rumors than reality Only way you beating a body is technicality Other than that catch 'em in Clinton on the gallery The determination and dedication and discipline Listening and catching the jewels that you was missing And they still doing coward shit You know the hate is gonna always be heavy but the love overpowers it Something in the air but the older they get They kill you quicker over a girl than over a brick We don't play with the lizards, we make phrases up and say 'em exquisite Anytime you can pay us a visit Welcome to D-Block, the mighty mighty D-Block The place in New York City where Diddy won't even walk Its D-Block, the part of Yonkers I wouldn't be caught Without two pistols on me that'll be cocked in each pocket D-Block don't even stop to talk, you just keep walking Stick up kids every block who watch for every opportunity As soon as you leave out that jewelry shop And you won't even notice your mind will be so Preoccupied with that new watch you just copped You won't even see that ride pulling up alongside you You'll be shot 'fore you even realize you were spied on for three blocks D-Block the place where O.G.'s get knocked, locked up Get out come home for a week and get re-knocked You won't even see cops, hip-hop police don't even stop On D-Block, where everybody wants to be 'Pac And you can get popped over the new G-Unit Reeboks If you bust and your gun got niggas on the run And you rep where you from nigga you D-Block And you trying to come up and your pockets is light as a cup And don't give a fuck, you D-Block Aiyo bang bang nigga, let's get it on Always been a monster, but its worse now that my son's been born And every nigga where I be, I put in work for free It's D-Block mothafucka, hey yo grab this P Welcome to D-Block, a place where little niggas is killas And the mother's raising the sons to turn into gorillas And the hallways is pissy as hell, all we do is get bigger More ignorant, you send us to jail My niggas shoot anything that'll move Sell drugs, from the rise to the sun to the fall of the moon I'd die the way I stand with my man if I can when the shells come This is D Block, ya'll welcome