[ VERSE 1: Spice 1 ] I'm reminiscin about my n***a [Name], man, he was shot 30 times You know my n***a Jay, well, he was stabbed in his sleep and I'm Just wonderin what it would be like if we still had Pac Or if Eazy was still alive, man, this sh** woulda been hard to stop I miss my n***as Big Mike, Money, my cousin Boo Lost my father in '97, man, I miss him too It's just so many soldiers fall into early graves in the game Obituaries on the wall, n***as murdered and slain Dyin in vain, ???? subject to a violent d**h No peace felt in your soul, so your spirit can't rest God bless me and my homies, we trapped in this thug world Addicted to fast money, fast cars and girls sh**, my n***a E Bay, he got 20 fed time And I probably won't see him again till that n***a 49 And my n***a Young [Name] I done known since 3rd grade He been down for 5 years, he get out in 2008 [ Hook: J.R. (2X) ] You know it's times, times like this These are the days when I reminisce On all my homies that's dead and gone And all my folks that ain't comin home [ VERSE 2: Celly Cel ] It's all bad when I reminisce thinkin about my folks They got caught up in a twist, man, I miss The things we used to do, mayne, the way we used to kick it And even if I did some dumb sh** y'all was with it Ride with me if I was, wright or wrong If it's funky then it's on, from the shoulder ofs the chrome And we was gone, off that alcohol And it really didn't matter if you was broke or if you balled
It was all love, the only thing that's good sh** Is that down and dirty 110% hood sh** When a n***a got yo back and you got his When a n***a ride for you like he ride for his kids Real sh**, real talk, if you walk the walk This for all my n***as surrounded by yellow tape and lined in chalk We spillin some liquor for y'all, y'all free now and we slaves Caught up in the streets, and these is flowers for your graves [ Hook (2X) ] [ VERSE 3: Jayo Felony ] All my n***as that fell victim at the wrong place at the wrong time It's enough to make you lose it, gotta maintain a strong mind The game is cold, another soul lost, said he ain't comin back One life, one love, n***a, don't get caught in the act Straight hate made me have to retaliate and set it straight Cause I can't be the only one that's gon' be goin to a wake Or goin to his place to get him, hit him up, I know he soft I'm knowin that I gotta do him, zip him up and roll him off It's all about survival, homie, and you know I got a seed What's after this for me? n***a, this the life of a gee And it's f**ed up it's gotta be this way, I'm trippin today I'm rippin fast, dippin fast, while I'm grippin my K The other day my n***a died by my side, somebody hide me Cause I just took two n***as out from the other side, see? I watched him try to crawl for safety, then croak in front of his folks And y'all n***as shoulda seen what the papers wrote [ Hook (5X) ]