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mic check one two |
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you know when you lose somebody |
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somebody that's close to you |
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somebody that's probably not even that close to you |
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you might have just knew him |
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it's hard to put it into words you know |
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it's hard to say what you feel |
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it's hard to say what you feel.... |
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I guess all wounds heal over time |
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you know...but uh |
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all i can do now is reminisce |
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[Verse One] |
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Look at my homeboy lying there dead in the street |
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His eyes wide open and it's fucking with me |
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I can't believe this shit it really seems unreal |
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My streetwise ass dog ended up getting killed |
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We used to laugh but now this shit ain't funny at all |
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Thinking about when my dog first started to ball |
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Telling me I was blessed use my gift |
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But it was hard to stay away from that gangsta shit (so hard) |
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Young eyes attract glitter like glue |
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Running with a crew doing everything they do |
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Smoked out drinking mad dog and thunderbird |
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My momma screaming but I swear I never heard a word |
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My homeboy's momma cool but she smoke crack |
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Now getting high is how she bring her son back |
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Imagine that so many kids are living this |
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One day my son will lose someone and reminisce |
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I hope it's me when I'm a hundred and three |
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Your homeboy getting killed that's some bad shit to see |
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I hope you agree and make it better for the young ones |
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Cause these momma's can't take no more dead sons |
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[Chorus] |
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Can't you see the way we live |
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The world wouldn't spin without gangsta shit |
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I don't know what you've been told |
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But baby somebody told me |
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(Only the strong will survive) |
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If I die press play to bring me back to life |
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(Only the strong will survive) |
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Hey yo if I die press play to bring me back to life |
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[Verse Two] |
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Riding around in a hoop smoked out behind tent |
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Serving all day hitting corners getting bent |
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Time went by quick when we was kicking it |
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I wish that there was a way I could have predicted this |
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Somehow thought the shit but I can't blame myself |
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I just wish that death would have took somebody else |
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That niggas' shorty looks just like he did |
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So in a sense I guess my homeboy will live again |
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In the eyes of his seed forever dad |
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No one to call on when momma is doing bad |
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Mad at the world for the pain he feels |
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I pray to god that his momma shows him what's real |
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[Chorus] |
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[Verse Three] |
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Every day I thank god for watching over me |
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If I didn't have rapping I don't know where I would be |
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Trying to move a key strong armed robbery |
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My destiny could have been an early death of me |
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Just to be alive pushing twenty-five |
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I lived to talk about the shit many didn't survive |
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All I ask is that we think about the lives passed away |
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Never to see another sunny day |
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>From rocks in the hand to keys in the van |
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No more being broke waiting on the postman |
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Cost more than the time that you put into it |
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Now you got the cheese why the fuck you still do it |
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Greed a need to speed away your precious time |
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Playa use your mind find yourself another grind |
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If not for yourself... for the kids sake |
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Cause they'll all be where were all at today |
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[Chorus] |
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Man oh man |
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It's wild what these streets are doing to us |
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You know what I'm saying? |
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I was thinking I was telling my homie |
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If I were to name all the people that I knew |
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That was not here with us no more |
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It would take a whole album |
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You know what I'm saying? |
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So i wanna say rest in peace to my homeboy pinkhouse |
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Rest in peace to my homeboy dice |
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Who showed me much love in the short time i knew him |
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Rest in peace to my homeboy Nino |
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Much love from the hood we still ride with ya |