Twenty Two in his waist band/ his fist balled up like paper in the waste can/ He told his man he’d cased the place and there is no time to waste fam/ no time to wait and/ security came on at 8 but took his break kind of late/ the plan?/ slam the gun into his face and make him take you to the safe/ and then/ make him open it and take everything that lay within/ escape into the alley a stolen black Denali is what he said that he’d be waiting in/ little did he know, understand or comprehend/ that often goes astray the best laid plans of mice and men...

What ya gone do when it all falls down?
What ya gone do when the walls fall down?
What ya gone do when the law comes ‘round?
What ya gone do, what ya-what ya gone do?
What ya gone do when your lady’s gone?
What ya gone do when them days get long?
What ya gone do once it’s all gone wrong?
What ya gone do, what ya-what ya gone do?

He thinks on the course that got him there/ his face balled up like beady bead coarse nappy hair/ of course his mom and pappy/ went and got divorced/ and he felt forced to make the rent so he spent his nights with his boys/ selling in the stairs/in the projects is where they fought for what they thought and were taught was there's/ between juve, county and the courts/ he found himself lost and here/ comes the night of/black mask black gloves/he told his man “You go through the front and I’ll meet you in the truck around back cuz.”

What ya gone do when it all falls down?
What ya gone do when the walls fall down?
What ya gone do when the law comes ‘round?
What ya gone do, what ya-what ya gone do?
What ya gone do when your lady’s gone?
What ya gone do when them days get long?
What ya gone do once it’s all gone wrong?
What ya gone do, what ya-what ya gone do?

His partner in crime came running out the backdoors/four bullets in his back near his spine shooting over his shoulder backwards/ He jumped in the back just in time; just before the gas pedal went flat against the floor/ He had his bleeding back flat against the passenger side door/ When asked what went wrong/ He said the safe had a silent alarm/ that when tripped alerted another four of five/ armed to the teeth security guards/ out to catch a thief/ I was lucky to escape alive/ that’s what he said just before he died/ that’s when blue lights began to ride/ up from behind and by the driver's side/ and all driver could do was drive and in his mind try to decide ...

What ya gone do when it all falls down?
What ya gone do when the walls fall down?
What ya gone do when the law comes ‘round?
What ya gone do, what ya-what ya gone do?
What ya gone do when your lady’s gone?
What ya gone do when them days get long?
What ya gone do once it’s all gone wrong?
What ya gone do, what ya-what ya gone do?