Yeah yeah
 This is a story
 A modern day ghetto tragedy
 About the other side of the game
 Shit backfired
 Feel me?
 Sometimes that's just the way it happens
 So listen closely
 Might learn somethin'
 Check it out

 I'm just sittin'  smokin' weed and lookin' at some old pictures
 From moms house  of when I was a young boy
 When I was a young boy (yeah)
 And the first one that I see is of me & Melinda
 on the roof, throwin' gang signs
 The kind of homie that you don't find
 But she always kept things on her mind

 She never was my baby
 We had a crush when we was younger
 We used to hump & that was it - no bullshit
 She was 11, I was 10
 But she meant more to me than any woman since

 1 - Remember Melinda
 I used to stay across the street from her
 She coulda been a supermodel
 Don't remember doin' shit without her
 I often think about her
 Remember Melinda
 Never really found her way home
 But I loved her like my sister
 Dear Lord I really miss her
 Long as I live (one wish) I'll always...
 Remember Melinda

 She always had a lot of drama
 Watchin' daddy drunk, beatin' on momma
 She used to stuff grams in her bra for my nigga Rob
 Twistin' niggas was her job - Married to the mob
 I used to take her on runs wit me
 She sit in my passenger seat and count the funds wit me
 It's my fault
 I introduced her to the game - found out she couldn't hang
 And it's ashame - that I remember (Remember)
 When she started actin' crazily
 Was the first day she brought a little yay to me (to me)
 Let's get some yak because you made now
 The first late - is 'bout to get paid now
 (But wait) You gotta tell me, what the deal?
 Why ain't ya happy?
 There's somethin wrong & that's real
 An open package
 And that's when I finally realized
 Melinda gettin' high off of my supply

 (Repeat 1)

 And no, I'll never forget that night
 Her nose started bleeding, her eyes turned white
 And I can't get it outta my mind
 I'm tellin' you I still remember, yes I remember
 12:30 on the dot, here come the doc
 The news he bringin' me, I'm shocked
 Another victim
 I done made myself a killin'
 All for the love of drug dealin'

 (Repeat 1 - 3X)

 Remember Melinda
 I'm sorry Melinda