Blizzard of 1996

The city’s so chill The city’s so chill The city’s so chill I was born in '92 the blizzard was in '96 It's was a cold New York night and this kid lost his life Up there on the Blvd, shot em down with no regard A cold New York night when this kid lost his life Up there on the avenue, no witnesses as usual A cold New York night and this kid lost his life It was a Cold New York night, this kid lost his life The cities full of theives and the addicts And the ozzies and the ratchets I'm like let me grab my jacket Such a cold New York night It was a New York night, Rod was on the way home So much beef in the street, probably should have stayed home His baby mother trippin', straight blown up his phone He's thinking to himself, Dam, what the hell is going on He picks up the phone Shorty starts panicking Said his son is on the porch, stiff as a manikin He's thinking to himself, his son’s life can’t be over They hit him hours ago, It snowed and it froze over He’s only 16 so it’s kinda confusing So much beef in the street, he don’t know who did the shooting He’s dazed heart broken cuz he knows he should have moved 'em He pulls up to his crib and his son is not moving It's was a cold New York night and this kid lost his life Up there on the Blvd, shot em down with no regard A cold New York night when this kid lost his life Up there on the avenue, no witnesses as usual A cold New York night and this kid lost his life It was a Cold New York night, this kid lost his life The cities full of theives and the addicts And the ozzies and the ratchets I'm like let me grab my jacket Such a cold New York night It was cold New York night and Pac was in the city Headed to the studio, bout to link with Biggie Known each other for a while, they was both coming up Big is on the radio now, He’s blowing up Seen em thru the window, "Yo Big Im coming up" Headed for the elevator jack boys shot him up Got em to the hospital in a New York Minute Got better and drop Hit Em Up cuz he thought big did it Who Shot Ya, separate the weak from the obso' Everything getting hit up like how Tommy killed Proctor An eye for an eye man that's how we both live We know who killed Tupac but we don’t know who killed Big It's was a cold New York night and this kid lost his life Up there on the Blvd, shot em down with no regard A cold New York night when this kid lost his life Up there on the avenue, no witnesses as usual A cold New York night and this kid lost his life It was a Cold New York night, this kid lost his life The cities full of theives and the addicts And the ozzies and the ratchets I'm like let me grab my jacket Such a cold New York night It was a cold New York night, Sean’s looking for a come up Ain’t never shot nobody but got good at picking that gun up Never knew his pops, his uncle treats him like his son He figured he could take his gun and put it back before the sun up Now son up, walking the back blocks Looking for a by stander that he could knock He spots a guy about the same size walking in a hoodie Walked up to him from behind and said “Yo what’s goodie” Give me everything you got, your sneakers and your watch I’m armed and fully dangerous, don’t get your self popped His adrenalin kicked in, he’s feels legit Till he turned around drew a gun back and that was it It's was a cold New York night and this kid lost his life Up there on the Blvd, shot em down with no regard A cold New York night when this kid lost his life Up there on the avenue, no witnesses as usual A cold New York night and this kid lost his life It was a Cold New York night, this kid lost his life The cities full of theives and the addicts And the ozzies and the ratchets I'm like let me grab my jacket Such a cold New York night