After laughter, comes tears
 Verse One: The RZA
 Yo check yo yo, check the script
 Me and the gods get it ripped
 Blunts in the dip, forty dogs in my lip
 Had a box, 'Boom Boom' the bass will blast
 We was laughing, at all the girls that passed
 Conversation, brothers had begin to discuss
 (Hey yo, Ra, remember that kid ya bust?)
 Aw yeah, he ran, but he didn't get far
 Cause I dropped him, heh heh heh heh heh HA
 Not knowin, exactly what lied ahead
 My little brother, my mother sent him out for bread
 Get the Wonder, it's a hot day in the summer
 Didn't expect, to come across, a crazy gunner
 "Hey Shorty, check it for the bag and the dough"
 But he was brave, looked him in the eye, and said "No!!"
 Money splattered him, BOW! then he snatched the bag
 In his pockets, then he jetted up the Ave.
 Girls screamin, the noise up and down the block
 (Hey, Rakeem!) What? (Your little brother got shot!)
 I ran frantically, then I dropped down to his feet
 I saw the blood, all over, he hot concrete
 I picked him up, then I held him by his head
 His eyes shut, that's when I knew he was...
 Aw man! How do I say goodbye?
 It's alway the good ones who have to die
 Memories in the corner of my mind
 Flashbacks, I was laughin all the time
 I taught him, all about the bees and birds
 But I wish I had a chance to sing these three words

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 Verse Two: Ghostface Killer

 Me and my man, my ace big Moe from the shelter
 Bout to hit the skins, from this girl named Thelma
 Now Thelma had a rep, that was higher than her neck
 Every girl from Shaolin dissed her respect
 We was stimmy, you know how it is when you're blitzed
 Three o'clock in the morning, something gots to give


 Moe said he'll go first, I said I'll take next
 Here, take this raincoat, and practice safe sex
 He seemed to ignore, I said be for real
 She's not even worth it, to go raw deal
 A man's gonna do what a man's gonna do
 He got butt-naked and stuck the power U
 Twenty minutes went by, my man went out, without a doubt
 I'm not pumpin' up, I am, airin out
 Hey yo, he came out laughing with glory
 I'm surprised, he's still livin', to tell his story
 But he carried on, with the same old stuff
 with Stephanie, like a whammy, he pressed his luck
 Both tried to be down with O.P.P.
 Ain't nuttin' wrong but he got caught with the H.I.V. now
 No life to live, doc says two more years
 So after the laughter, I guess comes the tears