Deuce & a quarter
Prince Lyrics

Rollin' in my deuce deuce 5
Driving in my 225 sedan

Convertible top down so I can see the honeys passin' me by
The car has a convertible roof so that the singer can see women passing him by

It's a beautiful day in my neighborhood
The singer finds the day to be beautiful

But 5 or 10 minutes, a criminal puts me in a bad mood
The artist's mood changes when a criminal event occurs within a few minutes

And some would say that's just a black man's perspective
Some people would say this is just a perspective that black men have

But nowaday, I find that it's reflective
But nowadays it reflects what's happening in reality

Of what I see goin' down everyday
Of what the singer sees happening every day

My brothers and my sisters gettin' played
The artist's community members are being taken advantage of

So we revert 2 committin' dope, many brothers get hurt
As a result, people turn to selling drugs and getting hurt

By another brother who don't like salt in his dirt
They get hurt by other people who make trouble for them beneath the surface

Cuz in the streets, see, that's the way it is
That's how it is in the streets

U keep your mouth shut and stay out of other people's biz
People should keep quiet and not involve themselves in other people's business to stay safe

See, the system wasn't made 4 me or U
The system was not created for the singer or their community members

And as a matter of fact, it wasn't made 4 a poor white who...
And it wasn't made for poor white people as well

Gets their weekly hit
Receives their weekly paycheck

Or should I say that weekly check and start depending on that shit like a glass dick
They start depending on their paycheck like a drug addict depends on a crack pipe

These are some of the feelings that I'm holdin'
These are some of the artist's feelings that they are expressing

But everything's fine while I'm rollin'
But the singer feels good while they're driving their car

How many, how many times must we commit crimes
The singer questions how many times they need to commit crimes

Against people no better off than us, but in our own minds?
Against people who are not any better than the artist or their community members but are perceived differently

A-havin' it, grabbin' it, tastin' it
Taking it by force, holding it, and trying it out

And when U step off, I finally rub your face in it
When others lose what they have taken, the artist will rub it in their face

See, the local's preacher is not suited 4 the have-nots
The local preacher is not suitable for people who are less fortunate

The poor get poorer and the rich continue 2 clock ... not!
Poor people become even poorer while rich people continue to become richer

That means U end up with the booty
That means the booty goes to the rich people

And we all know a broke man is a man with no friends
A person who is broke has no friends

And that's basically the way society is
And that's the way society operates

And money talk, pusher walk and sleepin' on the politics
Money is powerful, drug dealers have more power than politicians, and politics are not taken seriously enough

Soon we must live 2 consolidate
Soon we must live to unite and work together

As we continue 2 consume instead of producin', seal our on fate
As people continue to consume instead of producing, they seal their own fate

People right now really don't give a damn
People don't care right now

Cuz in the 20 mile radius, there's probably not one black and... Hispanic taken 4 granted and left 2 clean their own shit up, huh
In a 20-mile radius, there probably isn't a single black or Hispanic person who is not taken for granted and is left to clean up their own mess

No need 4 panic, I'm out
No need to panic, the artist is leaving