[Nelly]
  Gun shots ringed out over the city
  And had everybody duckin and runnin checkin for any
  Kinda shelter cause them peoples man they at it again
  If you aint heard or seen it then you better pretend
  Aint got no time for stoppin aint no catchin your wind
  Ya baby mammas on the porch tellin her daughters "come in"
  Got fathers grabbin sons "where the hell have you been?"
  Boy and y'all just startin young I'm talkin 13 and 10
  They started tradin in the streets some type of ghetto battles
  But they aint hoopin in the gym they hoopin crates in the alleys
  Where else can you shoot a jump shot
  Slang a rock all from the same spot?
  Got one gang on this half the other gang
  on the other half of the same block
  Gunplay on Monday
  Sundays a fun day
  Will it stop one day?
  I cant call it no way
  When your gettin started everybody wanna help and get you off
  But turn around first motherfuckers wanna see you fall
    [Chorus]
  Say now (say now)
  Can you hoes come out to play now? (play now)
  Say now (say now)
  Can you hoes come out to play now? (play now)
  Say now (na na na na)
  Can you hoes come out to play now? (na na na na na na na na)
  Say now (na na na na)
  Can you hoes come out
  Na wait a minute na wait a minute na wait a minute na
    [Hook: 2x]
  Feel like I'm runnin for the daylight
  Tryin ta get my mind right
  And just before I die will somebody reach out and snatch it from me
  Say now
  Can you hoes come out to play now?
    [Nelly]
  (Hear me out)
  Tryin ta put my city on the map and they mad at me
  The same city some of them live in and they mad at me
  When I come down to speak dirty why you mad at me?
  Is it cause the old school freaked out niggas from A to Z?
  Eight cd's,tv's, I aim to please
  They mean the same to me like Biggie to C's
  Like Easy to E's, Tupac to overseas
  And I done seen more Lia fans fall cry to their knees
  I tell ya, I aint been livin this life for too long
  And I cant count how many times someone has asked me what's wrong
  Why my mother was gone
  Why my dady wasnt home
  And the same shit they told me I found myself tellin my own
  Now its good-bye bad nights
  Hello good times
  There aint no way Ill let no nigga step in my shine
  Keep tryin (keep tryin)
  Theres bound ta be somethin G
  As long as I'm in STL
  You in the TIC
  I'll tell ya
    [Chorus]
    [Hook]
    Hear me out now
    Say now (echose) [4x]
    [ Thanks Joe Morrisson for correction ]