mic check one two

you know when you lose somebody 

somebody that's close to you

somebody that's probably not even that close to you

you might have just knew him

it's hard to put it into words you know

it's hard to say what you feel

it's hard to say what you feel....

I guess all wounds heal over time

you know...but uh

all i can do now is reminisce



[Verse One]

Look at my homeboy lying there dead in the street

His eyes wide open and it's fucking with me

I can't believe this shit it really seems unreal

My streetwise ass dog ended up getting killed

We used to laugh but now this shit ain't funny at all

Thinking about when my dog first started to ball

Telling me I was blessed use my gift

But it was hard to stay away from that gangsta shit (so hard)

Young eyes attract glitter like glue

Running with a crew doing everything they do

Smoked out drinking mad dog and thunderbird

My momma screaming but I swear I never heard a word

My homeboy's momma cool but she smoke crack

Now getting high is how she bring her son back

Imagine that so many kids are living this

One day my son will lose someone and reminisce

I hope it's me when I'm a hundred and three

Your homeboy getting killed that's some bad shit to see

I hope you agree and make it better for the young ones

Cause these momma's can't take no more dead sons



[Chorus]



Can't you see the way we live 

The world wouldn't spin without gangsta shit

I don't know what you've been told 

But baby somebody told me

(Only the strong will survive)

If I die press play to bring me back to life

(Only the strong will survive)

Hey yo if I die press play to bring me back to life



[Verse Two]

Riding around in a hoop smoked out behind tent

Serving all day hitting corners getting bent

Time went by quick when we was kicking it

I wish that there was a way I could have predicted this

Somehow thought the shit but I can't blame myself

I just wish that death would have took somebody else

That niggas' shorty looks just like he did

So in a sense I guess my homeboy will live again

In the eyes of his seed forever dad

No one to call on when momma is doing bad

Mad at the world for the pain he feels

I pray to god that his momma shows him what's real



[Chorus]



[Verse Three]

Every day I thank god for watching over me

If I didn't have rapping I don't know where I would be

Trying to move a key strong armed robbery

My destiny could have been an early death of me

Just to be alive pushing twenty-five

I lived to talk about the shit many didn't survive

All I ask is that we think about the lives passed away

Never to see another sunny day

>From rocks in the hand to keys in the van

No more being broke waiting on the postman

Cost more than the time that you put into it

Now you got the cheese why the fuck you still do it

Greed a need to speed away your precious time

Playa use your mind find yourself another grind

If not for yourself... for the kids sake 

Cause they'll all be where were all at today



[Chorus]



Man oh man

It's wild what these streets are doing to us 

You know what I'm saying?

I was thinking I was telling my homie

If I were to name all the people that I knew

That was not here with us no more

It would take a whole album 

You know what I'm saying?

So i wanna say rest in peace to my homeboy pinkhouse

Rest in peace to my homeboy dice 

Who showed me much love in the short time i knew him

Rest in peace to my homeboy Nino

Much love from the hood we still ride with ya