Ten Crack Commandments

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[Intro 1-1(Chuck D)]

[00:02.0] 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8,
[00:04.75] 9 / It’s the ten crack commandments,

[Intro 1-1]

[00:07.51] what?
[00:10.27] Nigga can’t tell me nothing about this coke
[00:13.03] Can’t tell me nothing about this crack, this weed,
[00:15.79] my hustlin’ niggas
[00:18.55] Niggas on the corner I ain’t forget you niggas,
[00:21.31] my triple beam niggas
[00:24.06]
[00:26.82] I’ve been in this

[Verse 1-1]

[00:29.58] game for years, it made me a animal
[00:32.34] There’s rules to this shit, I wrote me a manual
[00:35.1] A step-by-step booklet for you to get
[00:37.86] Your game on track, not your wig pushed back

[Verse 1-2]

[00:40.62] Rule Nombre Uno: never let no one know
[00:43.37] How much dough you hold cause you know
[00:46.13] The cheddar breed jealousy ‘specially / If that
[00:48.89] man fucked up, get yo’ ass stuck up / Number

[Verse 1-3]

[00:51.65] 2: never let ‘em know your next move / Don’t you
[00:54.41] know Bad Boys move in silence and violence?
[00:57.17] Take it from your highness / I done squeezed mad
[00:59.93] clips at these cats for they bricks and chips / Number

[Verse 1-4]

[01:02.68] 3: never trust nobody / Your moms’ll
[01:05.44] set that ass up, properly gassed up / Hoo-
[01:08.2] died and masked up, shit, for that fast buck / She be
[01:10.96] laying in the bushes to light that ass up / Number

[Verse 1-5]

[01:13.72] 4: I know you heard this before
[01:16.48] “Never get high on your own supply” / Number
[01:19.24] 5: never sell no crack where you rest at
[01:22.0] I don’t care if they want a ounce, tell ‘em “bounce!” / Number

[Verse 1-6]

[01:24.75] 6: that goddamn credit? Dead it / You
[01:27.51] think a crackhead paying you back, shit forget it!
[01:30.27] 7: this rule is so underrated
[01:33.03] Keep your family and business completely separated

[Verse 1-7]

[01:35.79] Money and blood don’t mix like two dicks and
[01:38.55] no bitch / Find yourself in serious shit / Number
[01:41.31] 8: never keep no weight on you! / Them
[01:44.06] cats that squeeze your guns can hold jums too / Number

[Verse 1-8]

[01:46.82] 9 shoulda been Number 1 to me: / If you
[01:49.58] ain’t gettin’ bagged stay the fuck from police / If
[01:52.34] niggas think you snitchin’ they ain’t trying to listen / They be
[01:55.1] sittin’ in your kitchen, waiting to start hittin’ / Number

[Verse 1-9]

[01:57.86] 10: a strong word called “consignment” / St-
[02:00.62] rictly for live men, not for freshmen / If
[02:03.37] you ain’t got the clientele, say “hell no!” / Cause
[02:06.13] they gon’ want they money rain sleet hail snow

[Verse 1-10]

[02:08.89] Follow these rules you’ll have mad bread to break up
[02:11.65] If not, 24 years on the wake up
[02:14.41] Slug hit your temple, watch your frame shake up
[02:17.17] Caretaker did your makeup, when you passed / Your

[Verse 1-11]

[02:19.93] girl fucked my man Jake up / Heard in three weeks she
[02:22.68] sniffed a whole half of cake up / Heard she suck a good
[02:25.44] dick, and can hook a steak up / Gotta go gotta
[02:28.2] go, more pies to bake up, word up

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