| See they kilt him on a Sunday
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| We was supposed to do a song that Monday
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| Had dreams of getting on, one day, somehow, someway
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| We would jump at the chance, like a good pump fake
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| Said we wouldn’t change and stay hungry
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| But if I keep it funky
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| Even Pac had to do the Humpty
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| Sometimes bummy with a stack on him
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| Sometimes fresh with cracks on him, figure him out
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| He never shouted when he rhymed (nah)
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| Respected words, could move mountains with his mind (word up)
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| His best was first
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| We in the hood, and I’m stressing (I'm buggin)
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| He said they kill Martin Luther King, but not his message
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| The jewels he dropped
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| He never bragged about the tools he copped (never)
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| But he had 'em
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| One rule, shit, if they try to rob me, get at 'em
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| And that’s the way he fell up in Harlem
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| He stuck to his words, they had to kill him just so they could rob him
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| Asking why?
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| The nigga had to die?
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| It don’t make sense
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| (Shit is crazy, man. The nigga just ain’t give up the fucking jewelry, man.
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| Damn.)
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| Z died in '97
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| March 2nd, before 9/11 (World Trade ???)
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| He won’t see my Porsche 911 or the crystal in my place
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| He dead, they said, get him a page on MySpace (get out my face with that)
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| I turned my back and think
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| I embedded the wreath??? |
| (me)
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| The casket drop, huh, I was dead on my feet (like a pallbearer)
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| Yeah he resting in peace (what?)
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| But because of him (what?)
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| It’s plaques on my wall, ya’ll, instead of my teeth. |
| (thank God)
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| Madison Ave, got the leathers from North Beach (the hobo joint)
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| Beamer in Philly, got broads from Broad Street
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| He had the Honda Accord, made it more sweet (what up skeet)
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| We balled every summer like West 4th Street (not the tournament)
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| Now your face on the wall, next to liquor you figure
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| They could read what you wrote
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| Scripture is next to your picture (got your lyrics next to it)
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| Might shed a tear but real men are here (believe that)
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| It’s hard to believe, my nigga, it’s been 10 years, yeah
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| His kids won’t know him
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| Who they father was? |
| I’m a show 'em
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| The world rotating in slow motion
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| Lights are dim
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| Hands crossed in his casket, no life within
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| Some people they are phony
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| I might be wrong, but it’s easier to struggle with your homie
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| I write this song with a swift pen
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| And just then, the shit kicked in
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| Like, I’ll never see my nigga again (never)
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| I can’t meet him outside (nah)
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| Dead, we can’t play live
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| Bum joystick, he can’t take mine
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| Called him a rebel with a cause (cause)
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| Shit was strange, but there’s things you can gain in loss
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| That was my dog (dog)
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| To the deathbed, I’m missing you bro (I miss you bro)
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| Ya, still chasing dreams, still sick with the flow
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| I gotta breeze, but I’m a see you in a minute (one minute)
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| I’m just hoping, that heaven got a studio in it |