Element Of Surprise - La The Darkman

featuring Masta Killa  U God 

[La the Darkman] 

Bear witness to the god  young thugs don't live long 
Life is a game of chess ( you play the pawn)  knowledge I born 
Walk a righteous path  you can never go wrong 

Yo east New York gon ?skin connectin me?  this kid live next to me 
Manifests ecstacy  to specialize in treachery 
Subliminal  wanted to be nuttin  but a criminal 
Wit braids  and doo-loo dropped out the eight grade 
Tradin rocks, mad obsessed wit guns, was infected 
Should of came amongst gods, could of been resurrected 
He expected to live long, holdin the glock 
Never opened up his lessons, never took us alive 
Robbed a liquor store, the old man knew him since four 
Still slapped him wit the toast, and son emptied the cash drawer 
Watchin news flicks, what the kid did, gettin famous 
Found the owner in the back of the store, left brainless 
The stainless was found, in the sewer three blocks down 
The DE's flashed his picture around the Polo Grounds 
Kicked his grandmother door down, wit a search warrant 
Hand cuffed him in his boxers, tipped off by an informer 
He was sentenced to thirty-two, quite quality 
Allah rules, he should of listened to his jewels 

Chorus 2x 
[La the Darkman and Masta Killa] 
Young thugs don't live long 
Life is a game of chess, and you playin a pawn 
I be king, listen to the knowledge I born 
Walk a righteous path, and you can never go wrong (word up) 

[Masta Killa] 

This be the dance of the drunken, niggas found slunken 
Over the stand room and one to his head black 
All those he drove his next destination of home 
Suddenly sniped from civilization 
Reality starts to set in, his last thoughts 
Flashin b