Eightball - If I Die lyrics
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You know when you lose somebody <br />
Somebody that's close to you<br />
Somebody that's probably not even that close to you<br />
You might have just knew him<br />
It's hard to put it into words you know<br />
It's hard to say what you feel<br />
It's hard to say what you feel....<br />
I guess all wounds heal over time<br />
You know...but uh<br />
All i can do now is reminisce<br />
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(Verse One)<br />
Look at my homeboy lying there dead in the street<br />
His eyes wide open and it's fucking with me<br />
I can't believe this shit it really seems unreal<br />
My streetwise ass dog ended up getting killed<br />
We used to laugh but now this shit ain't funny at all<br />
Thinking about when my dog first started to ball<br />
Telling me I was blessed use my gift<br />
But it was hard to stay away from that gangsta shit (so hard)<br />
Young eyes attract glitter like glue<br />
Running with a crew doing everything they do<br />
Smoked out drinking mad dog and thunderbird<br />
My momma screaming but I swear I never heard a word<br />
My homeboy's momma cool but she smoke crack<br />
Now getting high is how she bring her son back<br />
Imagine that so many kids are living this<br />
One day my son will lose someone and reminisce<br />
I hope it's me when I'm a hundred and three<br />
Your homeboy getting killed that's some bad shit to see<br />
I hope you agree and make it better for the young ones<br />
Cause these momma's can't take no more dead sons<br />
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Chorus<br />
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Can't you see the way we live <br />
The world wouldn't spin without gangsta shit<br />
I don't know what you've been told <br />
But baby somebody told me<br />
(Only the strong will survive)<br />
If I die press play to bring me back to life<br />
(Only the strong will survive)<br />
Hey yo if I die press play to bring me back to life<br />
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(Verse Two)<br />
Riding around in a hoop smoked out behind tent<br />
Serving all day hitting corners getting bent<br />
Time went by quick when we was kicking it<br />
I wish that there was a way I could have predicted this<br />
Somehow thought the shit but I can't blame myself<br />
I just wish that death would have took somebody else<br />
That niggas' shorty looks just like he did<br />
So in a sense I guess my homeboy will live again<br />
In the eyes of his seed forever dad<br />
No one to call on when momma is doing bad<br />
Mad at the world for the pain he feels<br />
I pray to god that his momma shows him what's real<br />
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Chorus<br />
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(Verse Three)<br />
Every day I thank god for watching over me<br />
If I didn't have rapping I don't know where I would be<br />
Trying to move a key strong armed robbery<br />
My destiny could have been an early death of me<br />
Just to be alive pushing twenty-five<br />
I lived to talk about the shit many didn't survive<br />
All I ask is that we think about the lives passed away<br />
Never to see another sunny day<br />
>From rocks in the hand to keys in the van<br />
No more being broke waiting on the postman<br />
Cost more than the time that you put into it<br />
Now you got the cheese why the fuck you still do it<br />
Greed a need to speed away your precious time<br />
Playa use your mind find yourself another grind<br />
If not for yourself... for the kids sake <br />
Cause they'll all be where were all at today<br />
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Chorus<br />
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Man oh man<br />
It's wild what these streets are doing to us <br />
You know what I'm saying?<br />
I was thinking I was telling my homie<br />
If I were to name all the people that I knew<br />
That was not here with us no more<br />
It would take a whole album <br />
You know what I'm saying?<br />
So i wanna say rest in peace to my homeboy pinkhouse<br />
Rest in peace to my homeboy dice <br />
Who showed me much love in the short time i knew him<br />
Rest in peace to my homeboy Nino<br />
Much love from the hood we still ride with ya
