Say Now

Gun shots ringed 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 Ya baby mamma'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 hoopin' 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 your gettin' started everybody wanna help and get you off But turn around, them the first motherfuckers wanna see you fall 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) 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? 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? Play now, yeah Oh, hear me out now Uh, uh (check it) Uh, uh, uh (you check it) Uh, uh Trynna 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, our aim's to please They mean the same to me like Biggie to C's Like Easy to E's, 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 There ain't no way I'll let no nigga step on my shine You keep tryin' (you keep tryin') There's bound ta be somethin' G As long as I'm AN 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) 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? 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? 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 --- Say Now - Nelly