If I gotta burn in fire
Feel the flames
For my loved ones to excel in this game
Then let it burn
Let it burn
As I lay me down to sleep
I pray to the Lord that my soul he keeps
Nobody weeps when a G dies
But like Maya Angelou still we rise
Mama tried to keep me home at night
But despite her attempts
I hung with the macks and the pimps
Sidin` with the Rip`s
Not cuz I like blue if you like red
I did it cuz I never did like you
And it said the good die young
I don`t recognize myself what have I become?
Can you tell me why am I headed for a dead end?
Why I got another dead friend?
Why they surround me- dead men?
Everywhere I look right and left
Flip another page in the book of life and death
It`s comin`- I feel it breathin` down my back
It got me runnin` Grim Reap ain`t cuttin` no slack
What can I do where can I go
Lord forgive me for all I did cuz I didn`t know
And when my heart beats it`s last tick
Somebody sat these three words in my casket:
Lord have mercy
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Lord forgive me for all the wrong that I did
All of the pain that I inflicted as a kid
On Judgement Day consider this before you curse me
I was only a child so Lord have mercy
Forgive me for all the wrong that I`ve done
All of the pain I inflicted when I was young
On Judgement Day consider this before you curse me
I was only a child so Lord have mercy
Should I die before I wake
Don`t shed a tear Mama cuz I finally escaped
No more drama no more blood sweat and tears
No more pressure from my peers
and no more fears
I rest in peace- how long will it last
Fore I have to answer for what I did in the past
Illin` - willin` and dealin` cops always after me
I call it survival and you call it misanthropy
But let the record reflect circumstances were suspect
But you couldn`t care less- mann
While I struggle to survive
You turned your eyes- plugged your up ears
Ignored my cries
Now Ms. America sayin` we scarin` her
But she can give me Liberty or Death- I`m darin` her
Either one`ll set me free- that`s all I wanna be
But that aint what y`all wanna see
You`d rather see me killin` up my own in the ghetto
Or sellin` blow to anybody Black, Brown, or Yellow
But forget that- I`m tryin` to get my head right
Even if it mean I gotta get dead tonight
Lord have mercy forgive me
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Forgive me for the blood that his body bled
And all the tears that his Mommy shed
Book says `Thou Shalt Not Kill`
But I done seen more blood spilled
Than the vets on Hamburger Hill- it`s real
Post War Syndrome- went to see my homie
But his Mama told me that the homie been gone
Everytime I turn around it be another body on the ground
With fresh gunshot wounds but he didn`t hear a sound
When he came out the room
Nobody told him he would be dead so soon
But the gauge went boom Ms. America,
I know you got a cure for AIDS
But we need a cure for Raid who on a rampage
Can you feel it- the tensions in the air thick
Hate got me so high I`m gettin` airsick
Got my people broke lookin for a buck to borrow
Doin it one day at a time fuck your sorrow
Fuck tommorrow I want revenge
I got a Beretta named Vendetta
Time to answer for your sin- man
When you meet your creator- tell him I apologize
But I gotta ride Lord have mercy forgive me...
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