Once Upon a Time

(Everlast)
 Yo I? mma take it back to the old school like Red Dawn
 And blow the fuck up like Lebanon
 You ain? t my first or my second, you my thousandth born
 And I put you on all that shit you on
 The originator, kid, look what you done did
 Snitched, told a fib, sent feds to the crib
 I ain? t under arrest, I? m David Koresh
 Bring a strap and a vest, send your mother my best
 Bring all your big guns and your funeral clothes
 Cause my rap? s gonna feel like six Wacos
 Make a new set of laws and we? ll still break those
 Get a new list of drugs, we will take those
 Standing on the block in my b-boy pose
 Nike sneakers on my feet and my wrist stay froze
 Chilling on the corner in a b-boy stance
 With a gun in my pants and some blood on my hands
 (Slaine)
 Once upon a time not too far in the past
 When people said what they meant and lived life fast
 There was a young man who was misled
 By another motherfucker, this is what he said
 Once upon a time less recently
 I had to walk around with the piece with me
 There was a young man who was misled
 So I put the gun to his head, this is what I said
 (Ill Bill)
 Dance with the Devil, conquer the planet with God
 Swim with the sharks and transcend unbearable odds
 Wrestle alligators, man-eaters, snakes, and gorillas
 I catch a bullet in my teeth and spit it back you killer
 I painted cathedrals with Michelangelo
 Decorated the face of a nasty hoe while the camcorder rolls
 I? m a certified stunner surrounded by murderers
 Tech 9 runners and pistol-packing homicide gunners
 Coka Nostradamus, holy rollers exploding martyrs
 We heat the block up hotter than molten lava
 Realer than rock stars dying in bathtubs choking on vomit
 I? m like a psychedelic drug that you open your mind with
 My logo incite riots, cause oppressed nations to rise in defiance
 Overthrowing any tyrant, any war machine, any shadow government structure
 On a grassy knoll my guns and ammo will touch ya, fucka
 Once upon a time not too far in the past
 When people said what they meant and lived life fast
 There was a young man who was misled
 By another motherfucker, this is what he said
 Once upon a time less recently
 I had to walk around with the piece with me
 There was a young man who was misled
 So I put the gun to his head, this is what I said
 (Slaine)
 This is LCN, we ain? t for the faint of heart
 We rearrange your teeth, leave your cheeks maimed with scars
 C? mon man, you know your grind ain? t the same as ours
 The only time you held nines was in a game of cards
 And your crew is full of fags like a gang at Oz
 I roll with strictly underdogs who overcame the odds
 Pushers, villains, rap legends, hookers, and killers
 This is for the lost angels and the Brooklyn guerillas
 Boston stranglers, con artists, scammers, and thieves
 We fuck porn stars right down to amateur freaks
 I need a grand in my sneaks, gram of the leak, hand on my piece
 Anything else is only bringing sand to the beach
 I? m a bad motherfucker, that? s why I rose above you
 When you? re like me everybody loathes to love you
 Say I might be the next one OD? d in a room
 With an unreleased album and a seed in the womb
 Once upon a time not too far in the past
 When people said what they meant and lived life fast
 There was a young man who was misled
 By another motherfucker, this is what he said
 Once upon a time less recently
 I had to walk around with the piece with me
 There was a young man who was misled
 So I put the gun to his head, this is what I said