Riding round grippin wood yeah
Live forever if I could yeah
So much evil around me I'm just hoping I can stand out for my good yeah
Opposition they in to it yeah
Neighborhood been goin through it yeah
A couple shots done rang out
He was shot and laid out on that pavement where he stood yeah
And on a t-shirt 'for he knew it yeah
That's all we ever see
Don't think I got another RIP in me
We gotta come together swear that's all we need
Instead I gotta fight with whites who wanna read me rights
And duck my people too I swear I need my life
Don't wanna go today, don't wanna leave tonight
But if it happens I just wanna see the light, I'm like
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
We hate to lose each other
But we know the Lord make no mistakes yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
We hate to lose each other
But we know the Lord make no mistakes yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
I remember when I lost my bro
I pray to GOD don't feel no lost no mo
They try to teach us where we all gon go
I got a feeling that we all don't know
We losing shorties at a all time high
They got a feeling that they all might die
They say the number only 144
They try tell us that we all can't fly
Well we all can't fry, bless my life make me whole
Cleanse my heart, lead me right, heal my soul
I got a feeling that this world won't change
It'll all get worse 'for it ever get right
All we need is a lil more strength
Plus a lil more love and a lil more life
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
We hate to lose each other
But we know the Lord make no mistakes yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
We hate to lose each other
But we know the Lord make no mistakes yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah