(I be in New York)
Feel me, Lil' Z?
On your set with some real shit, nigga (I be in New York with the gangsters)
(Swirv)
I don't want none of that extra loud shit
This ain't none of that rainbow hair shit
Know what I'm sayin'? (I be in New York with the gangsters)
This the real streets shit, yeah, nigga (I be in New York with the gangsters)
Fuckin' voice of the streets, man
It's like Jesus walkin' (oozin' automatics)
More like Christopher Walking, man (I be with the straights and the apes)
Y'all know what's up (talkin' stone to stone)
(Runnin' backs, we don't wanna hear nothin' 'bout it)
Free all my niggas, free all the streets
I be in New York with the gangsters
Know a nigga that'll shoot you for a 'Tander (grrt)
If my opps is chillin' in the foreign (bah)
Then my niggas shootin' up the Phantom (bah, bah, bah)
I be in New York with the gangsters (woo)
Know a nigga that'll shoot you for a 'Tander (bah)
If my opps is chillin' in the foreign (you lackin' ass niggas)
Then my niggas shootin' up the Phantom (grrt)
.44 got a kickback (bah)
Click-clack, get back (bah)
Shots at your rib pack (grrt)
Or you can get chin checked (woo)
Them twirlin' niggas actin' up (actin' up)
So niggas packed him up (pack him up)
Brazy was actin' tough (three)
'Til niggas slapped him up (pussy)
Pop Smoke on top (haha)
Niggas mad as fuck (mad)
Six by six, big Benz on my wrist (grrt)
If you don't got your nails done, you are not it (woo)
Automatically on the blocked list (blocked, bitch)
Niggas talkin' 'bout they guns (guns), but never shot shit (cap)
Might as well put a cap on it, all over with a chopstick (pussy)
Run up and I'm brandin' them, take a nigga shoppin' (bitch)
Reach and I'm branchin' it 'cause I don't know who watchin' (I'm on point)
It's a ginger ale and Henny day, eased up on the crème brûlée (hahaha)
.38's on the block (block), a nigga won't hesitate (bah)
Had to move these bitches up (move up) 'cause they was in the way
I wouldn't want them to get shot by an enemy
I be in New York with the gangsters (and what's up?)
Know a nigga that'll shoot you for a 'Tander (grrt)
If my opps is chillin' in the foreign (bah)
Then my niggas shootin' up the Phantom (bah, bah, bah)
I be in New York with the gangsters (woo)
Know a nigga that'll shoot you for a 'Tander (bah)
If my opps is is chillin' in the foreign (you lackin' ass niggas)
Then my niggas shootin' up the Phantom (grrt)
Makna Lagu “GANGSTAS” – Pop Smoke
Lagu “GANGSTAS” dari Pop Smoke menggambarkan kehidupan jalanan yang keras di New York sekaligus mempertegas identitasnya sebagai salah satu ikon musik drill. Sejak awal lagu, Pop Smoke menegaskan bahwa musiknya lahir dari pengalaman nyata, bukan sekadar cerita fiksi. Hal itu terlihat dari lirik “This the real streets shit” dan “I be in New York with the gangsters”, yang menunjukkan kedekatannya dengan lingkungan tempat ia dibesarkan. Lagu ini menjadi representasi budaya drill yang identik dengan loyalitas terhadap kelompok, reputasi, dan kehidupan di jalanan.
Selain itu, lagu ini juga dipenuhi dengan rasa percaya diri dan peringatan kepada para pesaing. Melalui lirik “Pop Smoke on top” dan “Niggas talkin’ ’bout they guns, but never shot shit”, Pop Smoke menyindir orang-orang yang dianggap hanya berbicara besar tanpa tindakan. Di saat yang sama, ia juga menampilkan hasil dari kesuksesannya lewat referensi mobil mewah, perhiasan, dan gaya hidup yang berubah setelah namanya dikenal luas. Secara keseluruhan, “GANGSTAS” bukan hanya tentang kehidupan gangster, tetapi juga menjadi pernyataan identitas Pop Smoke sebagai sosok yang bangga dengan asal-usulnya, percaya diri dengan pencapaiannya, dan ingin menunjukkan bahwa dirinya benar-benar hidup dari pengalaman yang ia ceritakan dalam musiknya.