Gang Starr - Code Of The Streets

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Song Lyrics

Take this for example young brothers want rep
Cause in the life they're living, you can't half step
It starts with the young ones doing crime for fun
And if you ain't down, you'll get played out son
So let's get a car, you know, a fly whip
Get a dent, pull a screwdriver, and be off quick
With a dope ride, yeah, and a rowdy crew
We can bag us a benz and an audi, too
Even a jeep or a van, goddamn, we're getting ours, yo
Take a trip up the strip, and be like stars so
It doesn't matter if the cops be scoping
They can't do jack, that's why a young brother's open
To do anything, anywhere, anyplace
Buckwild in another court case
It's the code of the streets

They might say we're a menace to society
But at the same time I say "why is it me? "
Am I the target, for destruction?
What about the system, and total corruption?
I can't work at no fast-food joint
I got some talent, so don't you get my point?
I'll organize some brothers and get some crazy loot
Selling d-r-u-g-s and clocking dollars, troop
Cause the phat dough, yo, that suits me fine

I gotta have it so I can leave behind
The mad poverty, never having always needing
If a sucker steps up, then I leave him bleeding
I gotta get mine, I can't take no shorts
And while I'm selling, here's a flash report
Organized crime, they get theirs on the down low
Here's the ticket, wanna bet on a horse show?
You gotta be a pro, do what you know
When you're dealing with the code of the streets

Nine times out of ten I win, with the skills I be weilding
Got the tec one dealing, let me express my feelings
Guru has never been one to play a big shot
It's just the styles I got that keep my mic hot
Anf fuck turning my back to the street scene
It gives me energy, so imma keep fiends
Coming, just to get what I'm selling
Maybe criminal or felon dropping gems on your melon
So keep abreast to the gangstarr conquest
Underground ruffnecks, pounds of respect
I've never been afraid to let loose my speech
My brothers know I kick the code of the streets

Film and TV Credits

• Scratch (2001)
• Freedom Writers (2007)

Remixes

Release History

1999

Full Clip: A Decade Of Gang Starr

1. Intro (2:10)
2. Full Clip (3:37)
3. Discipline (4:17)
4. Words I Manifest (Remix) (5:10)
5. Ex Girl To Next Girl (4:40)
6. I'm The Man (4:04)
7. Mass Appeal (3:41)
8. Jazz Thing (Video Mix) (4:44)
9. The Militia (4:48)
10. Tonz 'O' Gunz (3:54)
11. Royalty (4:12)
12. Who's Gonna Take The Weight (3:53)
13. You Know My Steez (3:45)
14. Above The Clouds (3:45)
15. Just To Get A Rep (3:08)
16. Dwyck (4:03)
17. All 4 Tha Ca$h (2:30)
18. Step In The Arena (3:35)
19. Work (2:56)
20. Soliloquy Of Chaos (3:14)
21. Take It Personal (3:06)
22. Speak Ya Clout (3:35)
23. Gotta Get Over (Taking Loot) (3:46)
24. 1/2 & 1/2 (4:15)
25. The ? Remainz (3:36)
26. Code Of The Streets (3:29)
27. So Wassup?! (2:23)
28. Now You're Mine (2:55)
29. Betrayal (4:51)
30. B. Y. S. (3:06)
31. Credit Is Due (4:51)
32. The Militia II (Remix) (3:38)
33. You Know My Steez (Three Men And A Lady Remix) (3:29)

26 December 2006

Mass Appeal: The Best Of Gang Starr

1. Manifest. (4:50)
2. Step In The Arena (3:35)
3. Put Up or Shut Up (feat. Krumbsnatcha) (3:15)
4. Skills (3:18)
5. Code Of The Streets (3:29)
6. Ex Girl To Next Girl (4:40)
7. Soliloquy Of Chaos (3:14)
8. The Militia (4:48)
9. Above The Clouds (3:45)
10. Check The Technique (3:55)
11. Royalty (4:12)
12. Lovesick (3:25)
13. Take It Personal (3:06)
14. Now You're Mine (2:55)
15. Just To Get A Rep (3:08)
16. B. Y. S. (3:06)
17. Mass Appeal (3:41)
18. Dwyck (4:03)
19. Natural (2:45)
20. Tha Squeeze (3:28)

08 March 1994

Hard To Earn

1. Intro (The First Step) (0:55)
2. Alongwaytogo (4:13)
3. Code Of The Streets (3:29)
4. Brainstorm (3:02)
5. Tonz 'O' Gunz (3:54)
6. The Planet (5:16)
7. Aiiight Chill... (3:13)
8. Speak Ya Clout (3:35)
9. Dwyck (4:03)
10. Words From The Nutcracker (1:29)
11. Mass Appeal (3:41)
12. Blowin' Up The Spot (3:11)
13. Suckas Need Bodyguards (3:57)
14. Now You're Mine (2:55)
15. Mostly Tha Voice (3:38)
16. F. A. L. A. (4:17)
17. Comin' For Datazz (4:02)

2004

The Official Gang Starr Mix CD

1. Intro (2:10)
2. Unbelieveable Freestyle
3. Mass Appeal (3:41)
4. Code Of The Streets (3:29)
5. Work (2:56)
6. Playtawin (3:12)
7. The God Is Like Freestyle
8. Moment Of Truth (4:07)
9. All For The Cash
10. Keep Your Worries
11. Where's Our Money?
12. The Ownerz (2:59)
13. Rock Dis Funky Joint Part 2
14. In Here
15. Hustlin Daze
16. You Know My Steez (3:45)
17. Rite Where You Stand
18. Cry
19. So Ghetto Freestyle
20. Royalty (4:12)
21. Just To Get A Rep (3:08)
22. Above The Clouds (3:45)
23. Ex Girl To Next Girl (4:40)
24. Quiet Storm Freestyle
25. Discipline (4:17)
26. Zonin' (2:55)
27. In This Life... (3:03)
28. Full Clip (3:37)
29. 6th Sense
30. Dwyck (4:03)