Diamond Shell Church Bell Toll Lyrics

Church Bell Toll Lyrics

[Diamond Shell]



I'm a rock 'em sock 'em trooper, a tough one they call Shell



I walk the streets of New York like I'm walkin through hell



Well, I'm on my block just to see what's up yo



I'm never alone my posse's with me though



Three blocks from the crib it was some action



It was a featured attraction, all the brothers was packed in



Music was loud, and of course it was hip-hop so



my boys said, this place is the next stop



We went inside and all the fellas was hawkin



All the girls was talkin, cause Shell just walked in



My boys broke up, cause no need for no violence



cause in this instance, peace is the preference



I asked a young lady to dance with a slight grin



Her body was def, pretty face to light skin



She said yes, so we stepped to the dancefloor



I hope there's a chance for exotic romance or



somethin quite the same like a one night stand



But once I asked her yo, up came her man so



he tapped me on the shoulder and I turned real slowly



Thinkin the whole time, this brother don't know me



I looked in his face, he was mad, but I didn't fret



He wanted someone to wreck, but this one he couldn't get



Up with his hands, but what'd he do that for



I hit him square in the jaw, and then he hit the floor



I shoulda thought about what I was doin then



Cause a bunch of his boys was schemin on doin me in



His boy to the door, they rolled in single file



Me and my crew yo we was doin it mob style



Once outside, things got kind of hectic



Some brothers surrounded us, it felt like a deathwish



A brother stepped up, and tried to play cool



within three feet of me that's when I pulled my tool



I told him step back, yo quicker than that black



He tried to rush me so I dusted his cap back



Others was comin up, damn what a pity



Gun smokes and gun shots made it just like Dodge City



One after another, suckers was droppin



but I kept on poppin cause they just wasn't stoppin



I finished with my clip, and reached for the next one



Finished with that one and then got the next one



The noise of gunshots faded from the area



There was no hysteria, that made it scarier



The only sound, was the voice of silence



and all the sights, were results of violence



And after the gunsmoke cleared from the scene



I gave a body count - the number was nineteen



There was no survivors, the less remorse



We counted our own heads, the posse's in full force



Ready to roll so we stepped like a staircase



One more look back just for my own sake



The sight ain't a pretty one, results of a rumble



But yo, that's how it goes in the jungle



So tonight around midnight when you're out for a stroll



Listen real careful for that church bell toll.. {*echoes*