Thief's Theme

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One, two
 Check, one, two, one, two
 Who got more style? The son do
 Check, one, two
 Yo, I'm hot like 95 Fahrenheit
 On a summer night, tight spot, where bodies rot
 Rats drink from water drops, in the streets nig-
 Little kids scared cops, with red dots
 Philosophical gangsta, with violent priors
 Goin' back like black and white TVs, with pliers
 Leanin' on broke-down cars, with flat tires
 Flash iron, anybody tryin' on, the blocks I'm supplyin' on
 Madicon, my peeps, tie balloons up
 And swallow 'em and the P now got goons, lots of 'em
 Cops see them and run, don't want no drama
 Certain parts of the streets, the beast don't want a part of
 Martyr, hood haunted like the Dakota
 Where John Lennon was shot up, but he sang for peace
 He begged for freedom, hanged with wild Jamicians
 From Kingston, who drink Irish Moss
 Listenin' to Peter Winston, Machintosh
 Lightning hits the top of the church steeple
 When I'm writin', semi-automatic, no hyphen
 It's frightening
 The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right
 Understandable smooth shit, that murderers move with
 The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right
 Understandable smooth shit, that murderers move with
 The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right
 Understandable smooth shit, that murderers move with
 The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right
 Understandable smooth shit, that murderers move with
 I take summers off, 'cause I love winter beef
 Started '87, with the shotty in the sheep
 Three-quarter length beige, dressed to kill
 Bust a shell at the ground, pellets hit the crowd
 Nobody like a snitch, everybody shut they mouth
 Woolrich, Carhart, gunpowder stains
 Smellin' like trees, sensimilla on the brain
 Schemin' on ya girl's, bamboos on ya chain
 Got ill up on the train, twistin' off a cap
 Of a English in my vein, might of pushed you on the tracks
 Deaf crack fiends, who can't speak, scream noises
 'Cause she bought a jum of soap, from one of my boys, it's-
 Just another day in the hood
 And I'm, with some wild brothers, up to no good
 We saw the movies, like Tony Montana, and 'em
 But our style was let them pile then, we robbin 'em
 Money dudes, make 'em come up out they shoes
 Run they jewels, word is bond, where my man Nino goin'?
 And I had to make a song, speakin' on my old life
 For the thieves who come out at night
 The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right
 Understandable smooth shit, that murderers move with
 The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right
 Understandable smooth shit, that murderers move with
 The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right
 Understandable smooth shit, that murderers move with
 The thief's theme, play me at night, they won't act right
 Understandable smooth shit, that murderers move with
 One, two
 Check, one, two
 One, two (one, two, one, two)
 
 One, two
 Check, one, two
 One, two, who got more style? The son do
 

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Duration
02:59
Key
6
Tempo
94 BPM

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