"We have a small disturbance at Lake Street in Chicago, some young men fighting

Could we get some cars to go and check that out please?"



A young man stands up against the wall

Dressed in all blue, tilted hatbrim and all

He's got his peeps around him, so he's talkin supertall

About how many women he got or how much he ball

Second man comes walkin down the street

This one dressed in all red from his head to the sneaks

It's the same thing, he's shootin off the mouth to his peeps

Sees the one in blue, walks over and starts to speak

"I'm from such and such a gang, I'll knock ya out, woop-de-woop

?? blue said "I told you, I don't fight, fool, I shoot"

The one in red said "I'll still bust your mouth like "bloo!"

Man, you gon' get your wig split out here tryin to act cute"

Neither one of them likes being threatened

They talking superbig and so their friends won't see'em sweatin

Neither one of them wants this to be the day that they're regrettin

Cause nowadays, you never know who's packing a weapon



So they talk and talk and talk and, talk and talk and

They talk and talk and talk and, talk and talk and

They talk and talk and talk and, talk and talk and

"This is how the story goes"



The argument is gettin louder and louder

A crowd of people notice that so naturally they started to surround'em

One pulled his fist up, man he really wants to pound him

He threw the one-two and he tried to ten-count him

Like "huh, huh"

You know these kids can't fight

He missed him with the left and barely nicked him with the right

But now they notice that they're in the female sight

So they go and try to knock eachother out

??? out of breath, cause they ain't about nothin

Three minutes later, they both huffin and puffin

Hollerin to they crew like "Yo, you better tell that man somethin"

Everybody laughin, cause they know they only frontin



But they fightin, fightin, fightin, fightin, fightin

They fightin, fightin, fightin, fightin, fightin

They fightin, fightin, fightin, fightin, fightin

"This is how the story goes"



The storeowner comes out with a broomstick and some mace

Like "Yo, you kids can't fight in front of my place"

So they pull'em apart, they both red in the face

Like "I'll get you in another time, another place"

So they both pick up what little pride they got left

And go back to the rest, embarrased to death

This was their big chance to prove they big strength

Instead they just both made a fool of theyselves

If you from the neighborhood, then you already know

I ain't even got to tell you how the story go

Everybody talkin bout ?? the tension grow

Y'all go ahead and laugh and I'm a kill ??

Teenagers today have too many bad habits

And way too proud to let static be static

And that combination right there is problematic

Cause shorty knows a way he can cop an automatic



So he's schemin, schemin, schemin, schemin, schemin

He's schemin, schemin, schemin, schemin, schemin

He's schemin, schemin, schemin, schemin, schemin

"This is how the story goes"



So now shorty and his cousin borrow his aunt's car

With the gat in the lap they try to find where they are

They know where they they be at, they ain't have to look far

He scared as hell but he's like "Yo, I'm ready for war"

They roll up on the scene, roll down the window

Said a few words, then let the gat blow

He hit his enemy but his girlfriend also

And all of a sudden here comes the po po

They hollered at shorty to throw down the heater

But he tryin to go out like he's Lil' Ceasar

They wet his ass up without even takin a breather

In their mind that's just proper police procedure

Now everybody's at the funeral scene

Boo hoo'in about how he was only fifteen

He should have been at home playin video games

But he got too wrapped up in the rap and the fame



So now they finished, finished, finished, finished, finished

They finished, finished, finished, finished, finished

They finished, finished, finished, finished, finished

"This is how the story goes"



*Continues with variations to end*