Never worryin about grief  football spelled relief
 Ronnie ? was the coach for us
 see he taught us to play  almost every single day  OK
 Now on Evergreen was Larry and Mike and Lon
 My cousin Boo lived there too just to name a few
 with Sha rone  he's bad to the bone  Boo's little sidekick
 And a badass mouth  he used to feist it on Harmon Street
 with Zach  Leo and Ed
 Me Jody and Boop by June, Rocky and then comes
 Tommy and Cedric, Lamont and Greg, unique in our own right
 At times we'd fight, but that's a-ight
 Still, not realizin we had love, it showed
 when we played, no phony charades against
 one another, now while I write this song
 It's like some are still alive and a couple are gone

 * Chorus * (4X)
 We're born to live, a life to die
 Life's so damn short and I wonder why

 As kids, you're overlookin death
 It didn't seem important or serious, it just seems curious
 It was about, wakin to a bowl of cereal
 Cartoons on Saturday's, karate flicks, and like
 ridin your skateboard, or bicycle
 And went as deep as Killa Joe on the corner drinkin Ripple
 Plus, Puerto Rican kids on the block were cool
 We got along, we all knew right from wrong
 By far, we got a dose that life was hard
 A Spanish we were close with, was killed by a car
 Shocking, Alberto was hit, on the block and
 death was spontaneous, his moms was clockin him 'cross the street
 He just received an award
 for Little League baseball like an hour before, plus
 He didn't even get to see the summer set in
 Dyin all young at the age of seven
 It opened up my eyes small that the flesh was weak
 As a kid, thinkin shit like that was mad deep, peep it

 * Chorus *

 Now when somebody is gone, that's when you realize how close you was
 how close you are.. like a star
 Real deep it takes time to heal
 And still from time to time you wish you could find the way to forgive
 and let him know you forgave
 But they can't feel six feet deep inside the grave
 What's left, but attend his wake, believin if it was you
 he'd do it for old time's sake, damn
 I'm disturbed, by the news when I was told I was sittin
 Knowin damn well Boo ain't bullshittin
 My life flashed like big bills of cash
 and good times we had, now it's all so sad
 One of my childhood pals hit the road
 When you take, to the streets, then you die, by the code
 But in this case, who knows what went down?
 Bottom line is wishin that he still was around
 Now he found a spot in my heart, or should I say lobotomy
 Mike, know you're trapped inside of me
 And every other brother in Bushwick
 Who rushed to your side thick, all down with the click
 Yeah, God Bless he laid to rest
 Call him Mike Boogie, that's what describes the nigga best

 * Chorus *

 We're born to live (4X)

 Like that y'all