[Intro:] Greetings, yo, it's mystic and this song is for everybody who ever lost anybody To a violent death - the streets, drugs, domestic violence Who's gone through the process of the pain, the anger, and then the peace And unfortunately, you can't ever take all the pain away but sometimes you can get Further then you thought for real believe me, this is for all the fallen angels
[Verse 1:] When your body hit the concrete, I couldn't help but scream Blood fowing fluid, life is but a dream 'Til a bullet takes your last breath, where the angel slept You were received comfortably and the heavens wept Man you threw me for a loop, had me questioning exitstance Like why I'm still living and do angels give kisses? 'Cause sometimes in the middle of the night I can feel you by my side saying let's ride So I hug myself a little stronger, bring the pain closer Get mad at the world then once again regain composure Closure, can't seem to find that these days Seems like everywhere I look, another soldier's laid My love you looked so peaceful wanted to give you two breaths Pump five times on your chest to break the silence that you left Instead I paid respects, caressed your cold face Whispered you know I'll always love you with amazing grace
[Chorus:] Fallen angels in the sky Why must all the soldiers die? I wanna know, I got to know Fallen angels in the sky Why must all the soldiers die? I wanna know, I got to know
[Verse 2:] Sometimes you visit in my dreams, I wake up in a sweat Trying to, catch my breath, clutching on my breast Best believe your're not forgotten, those sweet memories Gem of a G, guess those busters couldn't see Lord please forgive them for they know not what they take Raised the stakes, twisted fate tell me who gonna take the weight Patiently meditate, I sense your aura in my presence Killed so savagely, still there's beauty in your essence (I can feel you) you weren't the last, just the first in a succession Of the many fallen angels I have known, confession The pain never goes away, it only lessens The questions never stop, just learn to live in the present Resilient I got to be so the next breath don't break me At peace within myself, so no regrets if they should take me
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[Verse 3:] I say prayers for you no matter what the denomination When I step into a house of god, there's no hesitation Drop softly to my knees under the flickers from the candles Try to get a handle, then I speak to you My love, I hope you're doing fine Just another day around the way and you were on my mind Take a moment to relax, gradually fade to black Give thanks and praises, and then I step back And softly, I sway silently Listen, I can hear you say goodbye to me And it makes me smile, close my eyes and picture you Pacified for the moment when I'm that close to you True indeed, I wish you never left Still you remain in my cypher, it's all in the breath
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[vibes: spoken] Being a women is fulfilling all the things Your mother was too busy raising you, to complete Being a women is taking all the pain and anguish you've ever felt And translating it into beauty Being a women is knowing when you're broken and Finding the tools to put yourself back together again Being a women is remembering to love yourself When the man you gave everything to... Forgets
Come on, come on Huh huh, yeah Feel good, don't it?
This is for warm days that drift away While the sun sets and the ghetto's play Long nights on a hot summers block Where you sip your brew and never touch your Glock
This is for eyes That cry like yours And learn to smile again And rise above the pain
This is for you and your crew The ones thats true Who'll always love you No matter what you do
Chorus 1: 'Cause its the life, the life, the life (the life, the life) its the life, the life, the life, (life) its the life, the life, the life (your life, your life) its the life, your life, my life, (life)
This is for soldiers who bust they guns In the name of freedom not the game of fun True queens who raise they kids Implement the knowledge, show 'em how to live This is for those who stand in line to feed their babies While we're running out of time
This is for the unjusticed, behind bars Our lovers, our leaders, our people, yeah...
Chorus 2: 'Cause its the life, the life, the life (the life, the life) its the life, the life, the life, (life) its the life, the life, the life (my life, my life) its the life, your life, my life, (our lives)
Don't let 'em mis-misguide you They'll have you actin' like the sun dont shine And the sky ain't never blue But you know and i know its all about survival The struggle of our people is like death unrivaled Fuck politicians, they was never in control It's deeper than that, a battle for the soul What they want is to bring us to our knees So my people guard your life by any means
This is for those who know we all gon die It was set up that way by an infinite power Those who know, the feel of chains In the belly of the beast and mental strain This is for those who have their own fallen angels Trynna to find their way home This is for everybody (everybody), and anybody so (anybody) slight
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Da dum dum da dum Da dum dum da dum Da dum dum da dum .... yo, you gotta keep smilin No matter what Cause this is the life And whatcha gon do bout that? Eh?
[Verse 1] I ain't wanna be your woman, ain't wanna be ya girl I ain't wanna be your savior, ain't wanna be your world Just wanna chill maybe spend some time wit you Wit no strings attached, is that alright boo? You could do what you do, and I keep how I swing We can link up on the under make the heaven's sing But you, got to promise that you won't get too deep The heart's already takin but the lovin still sweet Embrace ya wit the facts and wipe away ya pain If only for the moment in my candy rain Don't complain about the time we don't spend If anybody ask say you just a friend No pretendin, no need to run game We'll keep it on the up and up, they're won't be no pains So, think about it let me know how you feel You either with or you not, let me know the deal
[Chorus x2] Do you wanna, ride wit me Do you wanna be, down wit me Do you wanna, roll wit me Maybe once a week
[Verse 2] Couldn't nothin be mo' eas-y Then this proposition here, believe me What's this?, you seem slighty hesitant But the body never lies and it's evidence That you want me, I see you watchin my hips A senstual bad boy, what you think gon slip in Maybe get possieve, maybe pull out your clip Try and, put me in check cause you addicted to these lips Why think such, that's tommorow not today I dissapear like dust if you ask me to stay Come and play wit me, relax ya self on the rug, come lay wit me Treat you like Don, long as you mind the rules Might go on forever if you keep it cool So come on love,(why you actin so shy?) Tell me what you want the night is slippin by
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[Verse 3] I lay it all on the line, cause I don't like pressure You decide, it makes it more on the lesser I ain't tryna sweat ya, I just dig how you vibe The way you play it back, but still keep it live See I,I, i'm tryna to make it happen I'm all about my biz can't have no man steady askin "Where I been, "for what, and with whom Why I ain't call, and will I be home soon" Use to be all about love me back Till I learned about the game and had to subtract Distractions and drama they ain't fittin my plans So you could be my lover, but could never be my man That's why we could hook maybe once a week Take a ride threw the town, and take a walk on the beach It's so breezy, the way it could go down Here's my number, page me, i'll hit you back if i'm around
(Verse 1) You will always be an angel in my eyes Blues and grays you been by my side When my worlds crashing and the pain's intense You calm my soul with perfect sense Bring me back to earth, show me gems Thank you for being my friend
(Chorus) Forever and a day You will be my everything Forever and a day You're my divine, the reason that I shine
(Verse 2) You always believed in my dreams Even when we were kids and our job was just to live anytime I played, wiped my tears away you protected me, laughed my fears away and no one in this world who could ever take your place
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we've been trough joy and pain taking differences, still their all the same your light shines all over me help me keep perspective, I know it ain't easy you should know i'd die for you call my name and I'll find you
Thug niggas Drug dealers Y'all so caught in the game You scared of love What's that??
I was thinkin You the one for me I was hopin You would set me free How silly am I How silly I am You're not an angel You're just a man But I I understand You make me cry And I smile when I can This evil game Such a shame Lately Its all the same
You say it hurts too much to want me Thats what you say It hurts to keep me That's what you say Hurts too much to hold me That's what you say But if it hurts so bad to love me Tell me why you stay... Why.. I say I say Tell me why I say I say Tell me why
Why I'm lookin Deep into your eyes I see perfection I cant say goodbye How strong is our love This world is so cold You sometimes act Like my tears ain't worth yo gold.. Every time you leave It hurts inside Still I let you go free This twisted game Such a shame Lately its all the same
You say it hurts too much to want me Thats what you say It hurts to keep me That's what you say Hurts too much to hold me That's what you say But if it hurts so bad to love me Tell me why you stay... Why.. I say I say Tell me why I say I say Tell me why
I never ment to fall in love with you You lived a life and played the game of fool You promised me that you would never leave Now baby look at what ur doin to me..
You say.. you say.. you say.. I say .. I say .. I say.. You say .. I say.. you say..
You say it hurts too much to want me Thats what you say It hurts to keep me That's what you say Hurts too much to hold me That's what you say But if it hurts so bad to love me Tell me why you stay... Why.. I say I say Tell me why I say I say Tell me why
I'ma keep you Yes I do I need you Yes I do Gon keep you..if its the last thing I do.. I love I love I love I love you baby.. I love I love I love I love you baby.. I love you baby
[Verse 1] I know that gobbled as a child, and got her own Still he got to bless me too, I been struggling too long Tryna keep my head up in this hateful world Always been mama's soldier, never daddy's little girl I did some fucked up shit, in the name of the game Before we even call it that, still it's all the same Shed, blood, sweat, and tears over the years I been scarred Trace the tracks of my tears, they will show you who I are Still I, stand strong wit the militant mind Not no ice cold bitch, that's to easy to find Try and maintain my mental, as a peaceful place Still I be ready to die, till I see my mother's face Got to unlace the rage that I feel Constant struggle and madness, ain't got to claim to keep it real True queen, considered twinkle in my eyes The glide in my step, I bless the world before I die And tries I might, ain't a damn thang I can do Just got to hold on until I make it threw Until I make it threw...
[x3] It's only a dream
[Chorus] I been dreamin, for so long What's the meaning, meaning all my life I been dreamin, for so long Mama help me, help me make it right
[Verse 2] It's long nights I shake, my body starve from anger Hopin lady luck will hear my wish's Instead of treatin me like a stranger And Mr.Death plucks my people one by one It's a cold world, and i'm one of the last suns Forever shinin, even when the skys grey Will I eternally suffer, mama tell me it will be okay Chains at my window, I just wanna be free I'm not scared to die, but why must my people bleed I gotta get somethin it's my destiny To all wives up in heaven, I say blessin me Less I be the next fallen angel, tangled in the web Givin a fuck about nothin, better off dead But I don't wanna be ill, don't wanna be a woman token So I rock mics, and spread love just keep hopin Knowin these rainy days, they can't last forever Tellin myself,"young world things will only get better"
[x3] It's only a dream
[Chorus]
[Verse 3] Sometimes I get the feelin like i'm all surronded Wit no way up out the jungle, guess I got to rule and ground me Drown me in my sorrow's, that should never manifest Let my??? forever from the deepest depth's Man, I got the cuts for luck and the scars for freedom Let the angel's come and get me, I'ma set it off when I see em This life is such a dirty game Mama never told me it would be so hard to maintain So I make the purist devil faceable The walls up out my mind,and so hard and laceable Only by sorrow things, I wanna rule the planet Travel to the ends for mine, like a bandit Hand it to me, my visions ready to implement Made it this for, hope bloody bodie's ain't my present I'ma keep shinin,I got to make it happend Find my place in the sun where me and my folks can keep laughin
[Planet Asia] West Coast..... That's what we bout to talk about
[Mystic] We talkin bout the West Coast
[Planet Asia] They don't really understand what's crackin right now It's a new brig, goin into this new millenium You know what i'm sayin?how we do it
[Verse 1: Mystic] Let's talk about Californ-i-a If you ever came to visit wonder why you didn't stay We got them, 'Wide Open Spaces" like them Dixie Chicks Enough soldier's in the hood to really start some (shit) It's where the sun always sets and the beauty never seases Their's a war goin on, but it's more wit the police It's were the pace is slow, it's somethin like in the south When out of towner's try to rush they just runnin they're mouths I love the hot days and the old school cars White tee's and baggy jeans and barbeque's in the park If you ain't rest here, then you would never understand (You's a dedicated Queen)best believe that I am I put up billboards butt-naked from the waist up Which yo hands over each breast throwin the west up And underneath, the capture would say, "don't you wish you were here?" West Coast yay, yay
[Chorus: Mystic] Cause everywhere I go And everything I see Makes me believe Their's nothing like the West Coast (Were you from?) West Coast And everything I do, the way I move Is just because I'm from the West Coast, West Coast
[Verse 2: Planet Asia] Out west we rock stains and cuts Coup's, and Regal's, 64's and Cadillac trucks And we still sportin Guess?that's how we do it out West Red or blue rags mutual brother's be still goin federal You better know we pop collar's and chop game Were mary jane's is the color of the incredible hulk Summertime we top drop fresh out the chops shops Out of control staright ballin baggy shorts no socks Owin the block cell phones roamin the lot We can ball in the in yacht, i'm talkin bout home of the rocks Rockin a sporty spliff, we bumpin 40&The Click Too $hort, Dr.Dre or some George Clinton Don't get it twisted cause you can even ask Mystic (the bay got the best weed)and L.A. got the bitches Tricks, mac's, hustla's, snitches, hoodrat killaz, drug dealer's&thug nigga's Were we at?
[Chorus] Cause everywhere we go And everything we see Makes us believe Their's nothing like the West Coast, West Coast And everything we do, the way we move Is just because were from the West Coast, West Coast
[Verse 3: Planet Asia & Mystic]
[Planet Asia] It ain't nuttin like the CA Sunshine, women, water, and sand trees and the West Coast relay's Straight from the North were paper chasin is art Where they blast for cash and walk live As a true and livin gangsta's
[Mystic] Gangsta's O.G.'s the game is so fluid Got us swaggin the steps like, "only we can do it" True it, ain't no other golden state We can't relate we heavyweights who demonstrate
[Planet Asia] Let's be a soldier in the land of homocides and murder Liqour store robberies and fast learners And corrupt cops on the mission to bust off shots Blue or flame dub you might just catch a hot one at the bus stop
[Mystic] Yo Asia baby, we set the record staright From thugs to fallen angel's, we elevate And I know one day my soul will go to rest Just put my ashes in the dirt in the west
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[Planet Asia Overlapping Mystic] West Coast, Oakland, Fresno, Los Angeles San Diego, you know what i'm sayin? Seattle, Vancouver, West Coast
You know what i'm sayin? Light green, old schools, pop ya collar We don't sport curls no mo' [Laughter] We don't sport curls no mo'
[Mystic] Yo spontaneous, spear more music, West Coast, West Coast BIOTCH! [Laughter]
When I met you boy you was the sweetest thing Like a Sade tape in the coldest spring When I saw your eyes I thought they shined for me Just being in your space was divine me Gave you true smiles and a lot more time Then them ballin cats who fiend to be mine But really love you wasn't even fuckable The way you were made you highly untouchable Peeped you though every move you made Studied from a distance watched the games you played And some would say I shoulda never came closer But I ain't never had the taste for the phrase not supposed ta So I chose imagine that Put a plan into play to make it public fact That I'm the one and you shoulda knew That them other girls have never loved you like I do
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For you I'd dive into a treacherous sea Bring you Neptune's jewels to keep you happy I would fly into a merciless sun steal you the sky Cuz you're the one
Mighta took some time but most good things do Manifest when the time is true I admit I was nervous cuz things get changed Something about my lifestyle makes love so strange So many angles and tangled components Everybody wanna touch just for the moment But you put a new hue in my blue Added a perspective to my concrete views 'Bout tossin caution into the breeze Followin' emotion like streams to the seas Top priority believe you me Like love how you feel, you alright, whatchu need? It's more than your lips on the nap of my necks Or your hands on my breast, with your leg on my thigh Or the look in your eyes as you slide inside It's the way you make me wanna live instead of die
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The funniest part is that I've never claimed you Yet and still when I talk to God I name you Even got you own song look, you a star No need to call names you know who you are I'd give you everything be the mother of your seeds Keep the world at bay if you need time to breath Be the chest to rest on when things a bit to much These offers they stand so no need to rush You young black and gifted whole life aheada you I love for that would never try to tame you So I remain dedicated in the wings Inspired by your laugh to wait for things I just hope you aware of what you actually got A true woman make my man want for not So when you here this song know I'm speakin to you This is a b-girl ballad, for true (Chorus) x2
Um...I know I don't know you or nothin but can you just bump my shit?
[Verse 1] You was just a young girl when you got turned out Sneakin out the window of ya mother's house, no doubt Just to mash off in a drop-top Impalla Under shinin stars wit the nigga who clockin dollar's You was thinkin you was really gon run game Wait two weeks to give it up and feel no pain Babygirl, you picked the wrong balla He was raised by mack's and pimps, model let him follow Niggas break bitches in the streets of the "O" You was thinkin you was different cause he told you so Just knowin you in love, would'nt listen to a thing It's followed by the danger's that this thug life brings He gave you clothes and rings, moved you out the crib Put his dough up in yo closet, taught you how to live But when 5-0 raided, he wasn't no where around Now you doin hard time, rockin a felony crown
[Chorus] Girlfriend sistagirl, you a precious queen In a twisted world Lookin for love, in all the wrong places Givin up things that can't be replaced Girlfriend sistagirl, you are the mother of the world He'll break you down, he'll make you cry You were born to sing, and you were made to fly
[Verse 2] Manifested on this earth as a heavenly angel Found the blocks you own, make life dark and tangled Small sacrifices, repented in church Halfway down the block, rollin up ya skirt Hide some of these factor's off by glass and baggy's As the one you always wanted, roll by and floss caddy's You never gave a damn bout rules and regulations Hard livin mixed wit swoll eyes, and?????? So a way out, that's all you ever wanted So while the whole hood judged, you fucked and flaunted It hurt you every time, made you scream And silence of ghetto blocks, fled yo dreams Still, I know you prayed every night Whisperin to god for a new life But the light was too bright, in a far off distance Fingerpainted with ya tears and destroyed false listens
[Chorus]
[Verse 3] Aye you ma?You from a regular home Live at least ten blocks from a drug zone Got green grass, and shady tree's No need to ask why, smile and say please Got ya daddy's car, and ya mother's indictions Rather give up ass to thugs and argue in the kitchen Break out, in a mad bash for freedom Hang yo world up and try to keep breathin You see them on the outside, quote in the interior So when the guns blast you can see clearer In the mirror, it's dream past shatter You makin love to the streets like ya life don't matter Still you cry, challenge suicide Let ya hair fly on the 6-95 Ready to crash, for the love of the game Believe it on the next life, it's all the same
Yo, on November 24th, 1999 I was in L.A., and I was in the kitchen cookin And I got this page right And uh, I called back and I was informed that My father had passed away from a herion overdose About two hour's earlier So this song is for him, and to him And for all the fatherless children in the world The mother's who raised us, the people who love us
[Verse 1] It's a Monday, finally found the perfect beat To speak my peace on how I came to be The way I was raised, how I was born Why I smile so sad, and have the eyes of a storm Moms from Virginia, you from Rhode Island Met up in the state where the sun's always smilin Minds connected, physicals exchanged Y'all both believin that the world can be changed Time passed to 1973, and you begged my mom to create me First she said no but she loved you too much 1974 had a child to touch We was into other things, that ripped life scenes Liqour, drugs, other women, destroyin dreams But you know how women be, she tried to hold on For the sake of your love and the beautiful bond
[Chorus] I'ma fatherless child, it's all I ever been It's all I ever be, since your gone from me Still I hope you know, that I can never unlove you, love you
[Verse 2] 1974 was a year things changed Too much alcholol makes people violent and strange You broke the window's with a baseball bat As my mother cried inside with me on her lap The dream destroyed, it was time to leave She didn't take much, just a few things of lovin me That was the birth of this fatherless child And a struggling mother with the world in her eyes She did it though, put herself in college Raisin me wit grace, givin me the knowledge And pops you, you never came by Never sent money never called to say hi I use to lie to the other kids, on the block Say I knew where you was at so the questions would stop I fronted to my friends that you didn't mean much But I use to cry alone, and lone for your touch
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[Verse 3] Ninth grade I thought you were dead Call my mom about a paper, and that's what you said I was angry and confused, all because of you Wanted to ask you why, and just say fuck you(fuck you!) But the feelings passed, what was my options? Studyin my face tryna find what was lost and I decided that you didn't mean shit That I was really worth lovin and you lossed a gift Before that, I grew breast and things Got raped in the bathroom, and the question sings What it have, could it have, should it have Been different if I had yo hand to grab? Would I be easier to love, not so torn inside If you would've beat that man, and stood by my side? Would I write sad songs, and call pain daily? How different would I be if you had raised me?
[Chorus]
[Verse 4] 1997, you called my home From Telegraph&43, for the child you never owned I told you come by, Adam came to help me You were homeless and drunk, but not lookin uhealthly We sat for hour's, I asked you every question We sang on my porch and discussed life lession's And I loved you, like you had always been they're You said you'd never leave again, so I released my fears 1999, tryna to sign my deal Ten years of hard work, finally becomin real So I brush you off, writin songs for a movie That was the last time I saw you, forgive me truly The day my deal was done, you died Wit the needle in your arm, and angels by your side And I miss you, tattooed it on my back Fatherless child, fade to black
