Remember back in the days One man chased round the way Used to do runs for them bigger cats for chump change Now times change Who woulda knew How we grew To become them same thugs on the avenue Now I'm talking to your spirit Wondering if you hear it Problem you seeing my presence in a minute You gone but we still living Still strong and wishing you were hear to see it We clicked not even death can part it My people asking where my heart is I left it with you Now I'm heartless, and moving heartless You dearly departed never forgotten You taught us about street life, that's why we still chopping Thats why we still poppin them collars Fiendin for dollars Until it's my momma that hollas That sad song It's been mad long Hoping that life prolongs But when the breath is gone, then the breath is gone
[Chorus] Staring at the walls in this room Knowing that you left the world far to soon And it ain't fair, no, and it ain't right I tip my drink and shed a tear tonight (shed a tear tonight) To anyone who's lost someone This goes out to you knowing that the time will come Where ever you are whatever history To those gone before us rest in peace
Poor a little henny for my dead people resting in peace Got real G's dying in a fleets It's the code of the streets where your life ain't guaranteed I'm tired of hearing my brother's dying every week (Oh lord, oh no) This petty beef ain't worth it They got kids knowing it just ain't worth it (ain't worth it) Doing life bids locked up with no purpose to live My man Big's got two in his head Now little Reg the same since he's on his death bed Memories of the past days The good ol days When gats used to blow at your rivals not your homies (Shed a tear tonight)
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Picture every single day living in my hood Thugs up to no good (no good) We all grew up as one blood Too many filled up with slugs Streets got no love (no love, no love) I been to more funerals this year, threw dirt Remember when we used to play in the dirt Now I'm throwing dirt, on a golden casket I seen my fate, at the open casket I've seen thugs cry, when you got blasted 6 O'clock news, front page plastered Now all we got is memories While I'm wishing you was right here We used to wear the same gear Now I'm shedding tears I see you when I get there Look against the concrete But your spirit is here Strait from the heart you'll forever be a part Of these dogs from the hood, and that's only a part
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A love like no other, like the love for a brother Like the love that you show one another I would give my life People re-embrace the seeds of mother And I still see a resemblance of her Do you remember the timing I would change the four dogs on assignment Four bricks, one block, all fiends in the lobby When the epidemic hit and the city was silent How we made the most noise when they hit our apartment Then school for the reefer and jewels, then sneak into flicks Anything for them chips, we would settle with fists See I was young and hard headed, never settled for ish Till the last breath left your lips I had to settle with the fact you were one with the ground Most times I took you for the reasons I frowned See yo seeds is my seeds, and the future ain't sound Till we make a difference this time around So live through me