High Rollers Lyrics - Greatest Hits: The Evidence - Ice T

Speed of life, fast, it's like walkin' barefoot over broken glass 

It's like, jumpin' rope on a razor blade 

All lightning quick decisions are made 

Lifestyle plush, females rush 

This high profile personality, who earns his pay illegally 

Professional liar, schoolboys admire 

Young girls desire, very few live to retire 

Cash flow extreme, dress code supreme, vocabulary obscene 

Definition-street player, you know who I mean 

High rollers 

Yeah the high rollers, street hustlers 

Fast money, fast life 

But you don't care, 'til you end up with a bullet in your head, boy 

People of the city, stop foolin' yourself 

Crime rules the streets, who the hell else 

All the police have gone out to play 

Because for enough cold cash they'll look the other way 

Look at the cars as they roll by 

Benz, Ferraris, trucks up high 

Beepers connecting players to big-time deals 

With all of this technology who needs to steal 

Just live a life of leisure every night and day 

And you're livin' proof that crime does pay 

Your life is dangerous and reckless 

You eat fly guys and girls for breakfast 

You're a titan of the nuclear age 

Your muscles flex with a Uzi or 12 gauge 

And you love the game, that's why you boast 

Because you're high priced, high speed high post 

High roller 

That's right, you're high rollin' 

You think you got it goin' on right? 

You got money, cars, jewelry 

You think you got everything 

Lemme tell you, you ain't got nothin' 

You ain't got nothin' but a one way ticket to death row 

You gotta get out of the game man 

Or the game is gonna get you 

Now when I say high rollers, I mean the best 

Forget the half-steppers, eject the rest 

Because these high ranked officials of our city streets 

Make millions all triggered by electric beeps 

They dress in diamonds and rope chains 

They got the blood, Scarface runnin' through their veins 

Silk shirts, leather suits, hair always fresh 

Eelskin boots, large hearts, though their sizes vary 

Bankrolls that take 2 pockets to carry 

Cruisin' in their 500 Benz Sedan 

With their systems peaked out rockin' "Pusher Man" 

Yes, their fashion's high but hard to beat 

They buy their GUCCI at GUCCI'S, not the swap-meet 

Eat very well, much clientele 

Whatever you need, they probably sell 

High rollers 

Yeah and let me break it down for the ladies 

All you girls out there that think you gon' get that quick money and ain't goin' to jail 

You better think again 

Oh yes, I'm here to tell you females also roll 

Drive the same cars, sometimes wear more gold 

Cold as a igloo, or hot as a flame 

They'll shake ya, break ya and you won't know their name 

Gangsters to the max, all marks will be taxed 

These girls drive Ferrari's not Cadillacs 

Respect is demanded, most men don't understand it 

Till they peep the huge bank that these girls have landed 

They're junkies for fun, love life on the run 

And if things get hot, they will pull a gun 

Prey on the lame, no shame to the game 

And they all seek power, fuck the fame 

The high rollers 

Yeah, the high rollers 

Street hustlers, the players 

Out there getting that long money, you know what I'm sayin' 

But that fast money leads to a fast life and a quick death 

This is my word, this is Ice-T 

And I ain't got no reason to lie to you 

Now radio stations probably won't play 

This record because of the things I say 

They'll say I'm glamorizing the hustlin' hood 

And a record like this can do no good 

But I'm not here to tell ya right or wrong 

I don't know which side of the law you belong 

Yes, the game has flash but sometimes hurts 

Behind any mistake, hard times lurks 

And jail's not your only problem, though it may seem 

You just may die by a barrage from a M-16 

But to each his own, choose you mobile phone 

Choose a tailored suit, the luxury home 

You'll never get caught, 'cause you got nerves of ice 

And you're much smarter than those crooks on Miami Vice 

Right 

You wanna be a high roller 

You wanna be a high roller