Nighttime Vultures

By Mobb Deep

On Hell On Earth

Released on November 19, 1996

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[Intro]

Uh

The nighttime comin', niggas, yeah (Yeah, son)

Without question

No doubt, my man took this shit to the grave, nigga

Understand?


[Verse 1: Prodigy]

Yo, I rose early mornin', spread my wings, yawnin'

Vague memory of last night, now it's all dawnin'

Looked down and see dried blood on all my garment

It stained on my Guess formers, kevlared enormous

I hopped up outta my bed holdin' my head

Flashbacks of gunshots shot past my head

I can recall an eight-man brawl, three men fall

Bullets flew, had to drug my man behind the wall

Left a wet trail, delivered these slugs like air mail

Directly at the cat that made my man blood spill

An eye for an eye, you know my science of life

Is you man or mice, thugs or the cowardly type?

I kick that '98 shit for your ears to list'

Nigga, P way ahead of his time, surpassed kids

(Fuck them kids be doin', yo?)

Kickin' rhymes that's true lies

Let me break 'em down to size, minimize they airtime

After this, you never will go back to that which

Sit back and write half-ass shit

The last official, taking out the artificial

Let me relieve you, replace that shit with some lethal

Mobb, remember the name, it's been along

Got niggas shook to death from the first fuckin' song

Fluidly, my mind flooded with jewels infinite

The chronic rap bandits, the addicts stuck on some live shit

Bear witness to this diligent street cat

I carry myself, hold myself down in fact

This one dedicated to my niggas on run

Holdin' big gats, go for your gun

Prepare to crush one, we trust none

Man who ain't down with the clan

The Mobb dynasty, apparently, you thought I was some other type

Nigga you could fuck with, you shit outta luck, boss

I break your compass, throw you way off course

We built this from ground up, started from ground zero

Mafia Onda, see the name up on the mural

Durable, physically fit, raps articulate

You get your whole skeleton cracked somethin' ridiculous

And still facinated by my stee'

Little P, wanna be me, huh? You no D


[Chorus: Havoc]

One time, son, you know we be the illest in this

Pushin' shit back, QBC gat, plottin' to move at

Them big mouth cats, ship'll sink to the bottom

Easily overthrowin' niggas, rollin' over niggas


[Verse 2: Raekwon]

Yo, crushed krills, dollar bills, swish suit on

Screw on, dry-cell nigga with his loot on

Watch this, thunn Glock-less, fiends scopin' out my rock shit

Diamond on some H&R Block shit

Hear me, kids leary and his sneakers are shot

Word to me, thunn, the uniform do mean a lot

I approach lit up, cousin, sit up, matter fact, get up

What fronts on the bottom, face lit up

Yeah, where you from? I'm from here

You know Brina and Javier, and Little Life doin' thirty years

Analyzin' this wise guy, a look-alike first prize guy

Lit up the Thai, said right?

Emotionally playin' 'em close like I'm supposed to be

Somethin' spoke to me, it was this little nigga pokin' me

I heard sirens now, turned around, about to hit him

Son was Po-9 with the emblem

Grabbed my goose down the walkie-talkie

Foul, I'm loose now, shot went off, knocked the juice down

It ricocheted and hit a GS, now here come EMS

Dunn was leanin' near a ZX

Next time shit's parental, God slap fire out your mental

Jet in a boat with rims dimensional


[Chorus: Havoc]

One time, son, you know we be the illest in this

Pushin' shit back, NYC gat, plottin' to move at

Them big mouth cats, ship'll sink to the bottom

Easily overthrowin' niggas, rollin' over niggas

We be the illest in this

Pushin' shit back, NYC gat, plottin' to move at

Them big mouth cats, ship'll sink to the bottom

Easily rollin' over niggas, overthrowin' niggas (Know why?)


[Outro: Prodigy]

'Cause live niggas rap this shit

From Rikers Houses to the street's pavement

Word life, kid, I'll have you hoppin' the fence

Dodgin' for life, runnin' the sprint, the Infamous

Live niggas rap this shit

Fake cats get offended, intimidated

Puttin' up they defense

I'll have you hoppin' the fence

Dodgin' for life, runnin' the sprint, the Infamous

(Yeah, yeah, yeah)

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)