Stop the Nonsense
GZA/Genius Lyrics

I see youngsters little teenagers
I observe young teenagers

Walking around with beepers and pagers
They carry beepers and pagers

And who's beeping them? Oh it's the boss
Their boss is the one beeping them

Making sure no one is taking a loss
Boss ensures no one loses money

On his multi-thousand dollar operation
The boss is running a very expensive operation

But how does he thank them for their participation
How the boss rewards them is questionable

Whatever the pay, it's still not enough
The paycheck isn't worth the risk

Cause what they got into is some serious stuff
The job has major consequences

Hours a day back and forth on the strip
The job requires long hours on the streets

Sending customers far on a trip
They service customers some distance away

And this roots of all evil brings about war
The root of all evil, money, causes conflict

Cause you wanna open up another crack store
The desire to open another drug operation

Children can't play in the parks and things
The community suffers due to violence

Because a stray bullet might be headed for the swings
Kids are at risk of getting shot

You never though about that, oh I guess not
The boss doesn't seem to care or consider the consequences

All you thought about was owning your own spot
The boss is only focused on owning the operation

To putting more and more people to sleep
The boss's actions lead to more deaths

But ya heading for a pothole six feet deep
The boss is inevitably going to die

You see the problem has gotten more serious
The situation has escalated

And the community is getting more furious
The community is angry

Get it deep in your head I told you so
The consequences were warned

It goes way beyond just saying no
The issue is more complex than simply refusing drugs

[Chorus] Stop the nonsense
The chorus urges the drug trade to stop

Remember Steve with the blue Jag?
Steve is the topic of discussion

They found him cut up and stuffed in a bag
Steve was murdered

He had his own operation uptown
Steve had his own drug operation in the city

And there was plenty other drug dealers he would cut down
Steve was violent towards other drug dealers

In other words he was living foul
Steve's lifestyle was unethical

Shootin' up neighborhoods acting wild
Steve caused havoc in the community

He said he had to protect his drug trade
Steve claimed he needed to protect his operation

Which we manufactured throughout arcades
They produced drugs and distributed them throughout the city

He made sure his enemies felt the pain
Steve was violent towards any threats

Whoever he felt was a threat, got slain
Steve would kill anyone he felt was a threat

Like Donna, who was only sixteen
Steve even targeted young people

And she was employed on another drug scene
Donna was a worker for a rival drug operation

She try to set up a hit on Steve
Donna attempted to coordinate an attack on Steve

But he sliced her throat until she could not breathe
Steve brutally murdered Donna

This is what happens when you deal
Drug dealing leads to tragic consequences

You don't care on who you got to kill
The drug trade doesn't value human life

I might walk outside and get shot
Innocent people are at risk of being harmed

Because I live next door to a drug spot
Drug operations pose a threat to anyone nearby

And I don't need this stuff in my vicinity
The community doesn't want drugs in their area

Of me being shot for mistaken identity
Innocent people are at risk of being mistaken for someone else

This is the stuff that Steve was on
This is the reason Steve died

Now he's dead long and gone
Steve's fate was inevitable

[Chorus] With his old nonsense
The chorus reiterates the message to stop the drug trade