Crime Saga
Shabazz The Disciple Lyrics

Yo! Shorty was used to being jiggy
The subject of the song was once known for his extravagant lifestyle.

But then he fell off and did a bid
The subject of the song was imprisoned.

For spanking this kid up in the city
The subject of the song was incarcerated for assaulting a young person in the urban area.

Sitting pretty, pimping an ac and kept a stack on him
The subject of the song was financially stable and making a living as a pimp in a specific car, while keeping money on him at all times.

Pulled over one night and his man stashed cracks on him
The subject's associate hid illegal drugs on him during a traffic stop.

See he was wanted and his fam started flipping on him
The subject was sought by the authorities, and his family started to help the police.

His mind was haunted cause allah put a whipping on him
The subject felt guilty for his past actions, and believed that God was punishing him.

Shorty was feared and respected
The subject of the song was feared and admired by many people.

Known for slapping niggaz and stripping them
The subject was notorious for physically assaulting people and stealing their clothes.

Make them walk around the projects but naked
The subject of the song made people he assaulted walk around the projects without any clothes on.

Nigga remind me of the goodfellas
The subject of the song was reminiscent of the Italian mobsters from the Goodfellas movie.

But deep down his snake mans wanted to knock him off
The subject's deceitful friends wanted to kill him secretly.

Cause they was jealous
The subject's friends were jealous of his success and status.

They made a deal and got him bagged, shit was foul
The subject's friends worked with the authorities to have him caught, and it was an unethical act.

He copped to manslaughter
The subject of the song pleaded guilty to the crime of manslaughter.

Cause he knew he would've blew the trial
The subject was convinced that he would have lost the trial if he had not pleaded guilty.

Niggaz was skeeming all along and got acquitted on him
The subject's friends were planning against him all the while, and they were declared not guilty in court.

His girl and his man broke in the safe and they shitted on him
The subject's girlfriend and friend broke into his safe and betrayed him.

And now they're living the fast life and he's hitting that ass right
The people who betrayed the subject are now leading exciting lives, while he is in prison and suffering.

The game never change, only the players
The nature of crime and betrayal does not change, but the people who participate in it do.

While some inherit castles and thrones
Some people are born into wealthy families and inherit riches.

Some end up death bed layers
Some people end up dying in their beds as a result of their criminal lifestyle.

Victims of the system and stripped mentally
People who fall victim to the criminal justice system, lose their mental capacity.

Hit with 25 to life or the death penalty
Those who are caught and convicted may face long prison sentences or even death.

6 months without a visit now he's getting worried
The subject of the song had not received a visitor for six months, and began to think of it as a bad sign.

Up north scraping and yanking niggaz for their commissary
The subject was involved in illegal activities while in prison, including robbing other inmates of their commissary goods.

Been down for 5, came home and still wanted that nigga dead
The subject had been imprisoned for five years, released, but still had somebody after him.

Got on his feet and put rewards out on that nigga head
After the subject got back on his feet, he put a bounty on the person who had attempted to kill him.

Running 2 spots, shit was hot so he fled out of state
The subject ran two illegal operations, but as things began to heat up, he fled the state.

Cause he's out on parole and his p.o's dying to violate
The subject was on parole and his parole officer was eager to see him violate his parole so that he could be sent back to prison.

His world is narrow he's paro cause he's on the run
The subject's world became severely constrained, and he became paranoid because he was fleeing from the law.

Walking in the building with his back against the door holding his gun
The subject was walking with his back against the door, holding a gun, ready to defend himself from potential attackers.

See now he's getting major money
The subject was now earning significant amounts of illegal money.

Throwing bricks and the niggaz in his clique started acting funny
The subject of the song began to distribute illegal drugs, and the members of his gang started behaving suspiciously toward him.

He started sniffing getting high off his own supply
The subject began consuming the illegal drugs he intended to sell.

Shorty was slipping and his ass was about to die
The subject was losing control, and his life was in danger as a result.

Pimped his workers with high heels and a skirt
The subject of the song forced his employees to sell sex while wearing high heels and a skirt.

Now they're scheming to put his 10% ass in the dirt
The people the subject forced into prostitution were planning to kill him.

He worked his way up from grinding
The subject struggled and worked hard to rise through the ranks of the criminal underworld.

And scraping hand to hand on the block
The subject of the song started out selling illegal drugs on the street.

And slinging rocks on consignment
The subject began selling larger quantities of illegal drugs on a commission basis.

He got plugged in, now he's juggling bricks and moving weight
The subject was involved in importing and distributing large amounts of illegal drugs at this stage.

And bubbling gats and trafficking big 8's out of the state
The subject of the song was involved in gun trafficking and moving large quantities of illegal drugs across state lines.

Faked his death and ducked the feds
The subject faked his own death to escape from the authorities.

But little did he know that his ex had put a price out on his fucking head
The subject of the song did not realize that his former partner had put a bounty on his life.

She led him right into a fucking stick up
The ex-partner of the subject lured him into a trap where he was then robbed.

His world was spinning fast, the walls of hell were closing in
The subject was overwhelmed with fear and anxiety as the situation turned against him.

Angel of death was on his ass, his adversaries rose again
The subject was being pursued by those who wished to kill him, and his enemies had resurfaced.

100 grand in the trunk to cop the crystal
The subject had $100,000 in his vehicle to purchase illegal drugs.

He was sleep, that nigga in the back seat had packed a pistol
One of the passengers in the back seat of the subject's car had a concealed gun, and he was not aware of it.

He put 2 in his kangol and twisted his wig backwards
One of the passengers shot the subject twice, causing him to fall and displace his hat and wig.

Yanked the suitcase out the trunk, fucking snake bastard!
One of the passengers removed the suitcase full of money from the trunk and fled, betraying the subject.

Left him slumped over the wheel with his wig peeled
The subject was left unconscious and slumped over the steering wheel with his wig removed.

Brains on the dashboard and blood all on the windshield
The subject's head was leaning on the dashboard and his blood was all over the windshield of the car.

I watched him lay on his deathbed with a swollen head
The person observing the situation saw the subject lying on his “deathbed” with a swollen head after being shot.

Waiting for his heart to stop, cause he was brain dead
The subject was waiting to die because he was declared brain dead.

Angel of death was waiting by his bed side
The personification of death was waiting by the side of the subject's bed.

He jerked his arm the next morning
The subject of the song died the next morning while convulsing.

And then a tear ran down his left eye
The subject shed a single tear from his left eye before dying.

6 men carried his coffin, put him 6 feet in the ground
Six men carried the subject's coffin and buried him six feet under the ground.

while I stood, 6 feet over in a black suit looking down
The person observing the situation was wearing a black suit and standing six feet above the subject's grave, looking down.

Thinking, why was I chose to survive and bear these memories
The person observing the situation wondered why they were chosen to survive and have such traumatic memories.

Fucking with that dirty game, death is always the penalty!!!!
The song concludes with the message that, in the criminal world, death is always the consequence.

Word! Yo R.I.P. my brother Rah, Bumpy, Junior, Herb
The artist acknowledges the passing of several friends, referred to by name.

Know what I'm saying, just, Jeffrey, my man Stevo
The artist acknowledges the passing of a few other people, Jeffrey and Stevo.