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Lighters Up Lyrics By Lil Kim

    i come from bedstuy
    where niggas either do or they gon’ die
    gotta keep the ratchett close by
    someone murdered
    nobody seen nobody heard it
    just another funeral service
    niggas will get at you
    come through shinin’ they yap you
    in broad daylight kidnap you
    feds get clap too
    police stay on us like tattoos
    niggas only grind ’cause we have to
    money is power
    sling crack weed and powder
    fiends come through every hour
    it’s all about that dollar
    and we no deal with cowards
    weak lamb get devoured
    by the lion in the concrete jungle
    the strong stand and rumble
    the weak fold and crumble
    it’s the land of trouble
    brooklyn home of the greatest rappers
    big comes first then the queen comes after

    hook
    now put your lighters up bedstuy
    put your lighters up new york
    put your lighters up dc
    keep putting your lighters up philadelphia
    put your lighters up detroit
    put your lighters up chitown
    keep putting them lighters up
    no matter where you from put your lighters up

    now let me give you a walk through
    show you what to do and you don’t do
    where it’s not safe to go to
    them boys approach you
    better say quick who you close to
    don’t come through if niggas don’t know you
    ’cause people is talking
    the streets is watching
    the d’s is lurking
    stash the nine in the garbage
    the life of a hustler
    the life of a gambler
    dice game kill more niggas than cancer
    you know who you fuck with
    brooklyn don’t run we run shit
    roll up and just bumrush shit
    we don’t play that
    out in bk not at all
    gor a pound leave your face on the wall
    rip in memory of
    never show thy enemies love
    we get it on where we live
    you better have a pass when you cross that
    welcome to brooklyn

    hook
    now put your lighters up la
    put your lighters up va
    put your lighters up texas
    keep putting your lighters up new orleans
    put your lighters up st louis
    put your lighters up atl
    keep putting them lighters up
    no matter where you from put your lighters up

    damn homie i’m so tore
    and i don’t think i’m ever gone smoke no more
    and i don’t think i’m ever gone drink no more
    but fuck it bartender you can give me one more
    we in the club like
    damn homie i’m so tore
    lighting the dutch like
    and i don’t think i’m ever gone smoke no more
    passing the bub like
    and i don’t think i’m ever gone drink no more
    back at the bar like
    fuck it bartender you can give me one more

    see big done told you
    i’m the hottest bitch on the planet
    biggest sex symbol since janet
    the zanotti bandit
    laying in the cut like a bandage
    come through fulton st in the vanquish
    doing them damage
    and if you don’t understand it
    then let me give it to you in spanish
    soy la señorita más linda del barrios
    y lo es abo tu eres despacio
    still over in brazil sipping moscato
    you must of forgot though
    so i’mma take you back to the block yo
    put you on to how we rock yo
    some are boosting
    yearolds prostituting
    hitmen hired for execution
    there’s no solution
    niggas still piss in the hallways
    fiends get high on em’ all day
    the youth them bang at the cops off the roof
    if you don’t know my town is the truth
    welcome to brooklyn

    hook
    now put your lighters up new jersey
    put your lighters up boston
    put your lighters up b’more
    keep putting your lighters up miami
    put your lighters up puerto rico
    put your lighters up kingston jamaica
    keep putting them lighters up
    no matter where you from put your lighters up

    Artist: Lil Kim

    Year: 2005

    Decade: 00s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 352