The Good Die Young

[00:03.44] (Talk)
[00:04.59] These is hard times we livin' in
[00:04.90] Churches burnin, planes fallin from the sky
[00:05.88] Murder, the good die young
[00:11.28] The good definitely die young
[00:16.45] This is a lil' somethin'
[00:19.94] To help you get through the day
[00:21.19] If you could
[00:23.94] It was more than a tragedy
[00:25.21] Emotions be grabbin' me
[00:26.89] Plane fell from the sky
[00:28.15] We tryin' to figure what happened
[00:29.52] Burnin' churches, fearin' God
[00:31.12] Who can be so cruel
[00:32.64] We all ignorant to AIDS
[00:34.08] Till it happens to you
[00:35.84] Just be a man, make plans
[00:37.28] Listen to your voice
[00:38.84] A woman's tryin' to make decisions
[00:40.54] We should leave them a choice
[00:42.09] Cause who are we to say who lives and die
[00:43.79] Breathes and stops
[00:44.95] All this judgement on other lives
[00:46.54] Needs to stop
[00:48.01] What are we livin' for
[00:49.33] Givin' more back than takin'
[00:50.66] On my knees still waitin' for my own salvation
[00:54.05] Now I feel abandoned
[00:55.55] Cause Pat Bucanan say I'm greedy
[00:57.50] You can take my taxes, send me to war
[00:59.36] But can't feed me
[01:00.60] It's so easy to regret things
[01:02.19] After they done
[01:03.56] Babies catchin' murder cases
[01:05.08] Scared to laugh in the sun
[01:06.47] The tragedies that we all need
[01:07.82] Love in doses
[01:09.82] In times like these we feel closest
[01:12.17] The good die young
[01:13.46] Does anybody have an answer why
[01:15.94] It seems the good die young
[01:18.47] Can anybody tell me why
[01:20.81] Can anybody tell me why (2x)
[01:39.06] Now in my world will it get worse
[01:40.28] When I been trapped since birth
[01:41.86] But I had to sleep in a hearse
[01:43.35] Cause it was my bed first
[01:44.93] My grands probably burnin'
[01:46.34] Turnin' in they grave
[01:47.60] Some folks ain't even get to see a high age
[01:49.58] But they did so I ain't afraid
[01:51.64] And this money got me feelin like a star
[01:53.19] And this murder got me
[01:54.93] Feelin like my death ain't far
[01:57.38] And the land (?) and stolen cars
[01:59.21] Don't get no better
[01:59.46] Don't get no weaker or no harder
[01:59.75] I was raised in a rush without my moms
[02:02.46] And my father
[02:03.12] So tell me somethin
[02:04.75] If I grab my gat and get the dumpin'
[02:06.13] Would God get to lookin' at me funny
[02:08.82] Rest in peace to my mother Aquillah Beale
[02:13.14] Rest in peace to my father Salek Beale
[02:16.00] Rest in peace to my grandparents
[02:19.20] And thug in peace to my brother Seike
[02:20.71] You know I love you
[02:21.52] Witch world first storms (?) and then Al
[02:23.73] Pac and then Yak
[02:25.49] Redrey (?) Brown
[02:26.38] Coulda' sworn I seen ya face in a cloud
[02:28.47] Family grievin' on your last breath
[02:29.95] Close to the heart whether you know it or not
[02:32.61] I swear the love won't stop
[02:34.43] Jewel, that's my boo
[02:36.04] Mom, Duke and Lou
[02:37.47] From jump
[02:39.09] You kept it true, helped to feed the crew
[02:39.88] The good die young
[02:41.60] Livin' fast jumpin' the gun
[02:43.49] Mama blamin' the community for killin' her son
[02:46.56] My cousin Darren wasn't scared of goin'
[02:48.34] But never knowin' he was dyin' slower
[02:50.69] I guess I see ya when I see ya soulja
[02:52.89] Does anybody have an answer why
[02:56.13] It seems the good die young
[02:58.50] Can anybody tell me why
[03:04.06] Can anybody tell me why
[03:05.79] I know my life ain't promised
[03:06.77] That's why the wise move in silence
[03:08.39] Analize these scandalous times
[03:09.74] It's hard dogg but we manage
[03:11.10] Schools turn to war zones
[03:12.91] Even homes unsafe
[03:14.09] Leavin' children to play caged and raged
[03:16.21] They hate, how come
[03:17.82] Someone explain why the good die young
[03:20.10] Why the bad die slow and outlive everyone
[03:23.83] It's time somethin' is done
[03:25.15] For our young kids
[03:26.60] They growin' opus (?)
[03:27.72] That ain't the way to live
[03:28.62] Tell me why
[03:30.05] Days go past and as they pa*s
[03:31.32] Time move quicker
[03:33.46] No time for wastin'
[03:34.60] Put your hustle down my young dealers
[03:36.39] Cause the end is nearer
[03:37.75] But at least that's what they tellin' me
[03:39.18] Hell, all I know brothers
[03:40.79] Ain't ridin' 4 3 felonys
[03:42.25] It's time to plan, plot, and strategize
[03:43.74] Capitolize, mobilize
[03:46.54] We in the war y'all
[03:48.04] It's for all y'all
[03:49.34] My family to the ones that stabbed (?) me
[03:51.08] Little bit mo' love is what's recommended
[03:52.64] Yeah, and it's plain to see
[03:54.71] The seeds from you and me
[03:56.77] Gon' be the ones to lead us towards unity
[04:00.22] That's if we treat them right
[04:01.52] Man, teach them right
[04:03.44] Raise your kids better than you was
[04:04.26] And see what it does
[04:05.57] But if you don't
[04:07.39] Man, we sho' to be done
[04:08.88] We'll all see exactly why the good die young
[04:12.22] Does anybody have an answer why
[04:15.92] It seems the good die young
[04:18.98] Can anybody tell me why
[04:21.88] Can anybody tell me why (2x)
[04:25.61] (Talk)
[04:37.20] This is for all my homeboys that pa*sed away
[04:41.06] And all yo' homeboys that pa*sed away
[04:43.33] I send this out to all the fallen soldiers
[04:46.07] That's in the cemetaries buried
[04:47.32] Never got to see they dreams
[04:49.05] For everything I touch you touch
[04:52.15] For every step I take you take
[04:54.38] For every breath I breather you breathe
[04:57.07] Every dollar I make you make
[04:59.96] I told you we'd make it to the sunshine one day
[05:03.27] You just got there a little quicker
[05:05.86] But like my homeboys Thugs say
[05:09.92] I'll catch ya at the crossroads
[05:11.81] The good die young
[05:14.66] This song is dedicated to all them
[05:17.74] Young kids and people that are innocent
[05:20.08] That died young
[05:20.85] At Columbine High
[05:22.39] Rest in Peace (Oklahoma)
[05:23.62] Outlawz
[05:24.88] Lil' young Xzandafer
[05:26.63] Tasha, all them
[05:27.98] All the fallen kids
[05:28.95] The dead babies
[05:30.53] The closed caskets
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