See, what I`m talkin bout here
Is love is life and life is love
And you can love bein a thug if you want
Ain`t nothin wrong with that, nigga
But what you do will come back to you
You know
Check me out
Awoke but never ever dreamed it`d be the last time
Steamin and laughin with my niggas under sunshine
In my mind if I knew that my day would turn tragically wrong
I`da edited this shit and wrote a brand-new song
All I heard was the word of the wrath of God
Pointed at my chest, hollow tips in barrage
Stuck inside the middle, watched Allah pull my card
As he told me: `Time is up for all you niggas livin hard`
Question: `Why me?` Said: `You couldn`t see
Rather drink your Hennessy like you was watchin over ME
I was generous, hit you up a chance, time to change
But you rather be a knucklehead livin off a name`
Now I`m shocked as he explained it all, vivid in a tale
I`m feelin every minute like the blind feel the braille
Lost inside the shuffle of the bitches and the mail
He rolled up and told me: `Inhale...`
To live or die by the same shit
Leavin behind everything that it came with
The verdict of a life niggas play with
Try the truth, it`ll all come back to you
He said: `I had a lotta hope for you` I said: `I know you did`
Said: `I couldn`t see you on this road when you was just a kid
But I had to let you grow to man and use the brain I gave you
Thinkin maybe give this rap shit a crack and try to save you
You bein you, rather juggle with the crew
Find some drama, break the rules, spend your money on em jewels
And the tools that I gave you sat around and caught rust
While the tools them niggas hit you with, you turn around and bust`
It`s disgusting, dropped my head, threw my hands in the air
Said: `I know that all in all it seemed I never really cared`
Still and all I`m feelin scared and he said: `You wasn`t buggin
One of them nights you came prepared with baby-macs, started thuggin
Now it`s time for you to see exactly what it means
When you`re reapin what you`re sowin in between...`
...know what I mean
I said: `It`s all said and done, showed the pictures, brought the facts`
Said: `I tried to play it chill, but ain`t no evidence to that
Bring me back and I`ma never do the same shit again
Word to mother, daughter, son, and all my peoples in the pen
Hope you`re listenin, it`s hard for me to beg someone for somethin`
Said: `Your problem, that`s fear, too much pride, steady frontin
If you took the time to think about the ends and what it means
Wouldn`t find yourself a million somethin feet above the scenes
And I know they`re goin through you, felt the pressure and the pain
It was all about the cream and all the props you had to gain
For the fame you sacrificed the love I showed, to play the game
Now you`re just another reason why the shit`ll stay the same
Now you chill with me forever, ain`t nobody else to blame
And the only thing you left behind`s a name
A shame you opened up your ears just a little late as I explain
You`re just another nigga layin slain`
