[00:00:13] Crosstown traffic black to black you shoulda seen her [00:00:16] Long and winding road to the arena [00:00:18] Crystal ball I prophesized what was on the horizon [00:00:22] And forewarned y'all is it any wonder [00:00:24] What kind of ground you goin' under [00:00:26] A September ender to March madness remember [00:00:29] You never heard a murder take it for example [00:00:31] Unsolved mystery life lost in a funk sample [00:00:34] Enter the bandwagons braggin' hangin' banners [00:00:36] Clearin' the way for younger MCs and new Hammers [00:00:39] What was criticized six years back is now back [00:00:42] With New York on the Jersey Front and back [00:00:45] Feel like Tiger Woods got mad goods [00:00:46] Way up from the cheap seats comin' outta the hood [00:00:50] Race to the black seats amongst the wack seats [00:00:52] Be the hardcore alongside the deadbeats [00:00:55] The world lookin' on like spectators at crucified gladiators [00:00:58] And playing hate like alligators [00:01:00] Feels like a jungle inside where fish swim and birds fly [00:01:03] Man got a tendency to die man falls to the hands of man [00:01:07] But damn if I'll ever try to survive at courtside [00:01:10] Four tickets to fly rap or play ball do the game [00:01:14] Or duck the drive by [00:01:15] Idols in the sky look at how they die [00:01:18] Right before your eyes realise [00:01:20] Is your Lord a God [00:01:22] Or is your God a dog [00:01:25] Idols in the sky look at how they die [00:01:28] Right before your eyes realise [00:01:31] Is your Lord a God [00:01:33] Or is your God a dog [00:01:36] Same league that defends be the same ones that do us in [00:01:39] Spys C I A F B I and them suites up in that corporate sky [00:01:43] Eye for an eye the target is the bad guy [00:01:46] Heard the war is on from the announcin' [00:01:48] Bound to get the crowd bouncin' [00:01:50] Yes and it counts and in this corner representin' the [00:01:53] Best in the west died from four bullets two in the chest [00:01:56] Worshipped on the other side off TV sets [00:01:59] Had mad fans comin' outta both sex [00:02:02] Sold multi platinum eight times gold [00:02:04] But died of homicide twenty five years old [00:02:07] Heard he died in debt too I ain't seen a winner yet you [00:02:10] The confused crowd booed the whole crew [00:02:12] In that corner number one in the east [00:02:15] The peace cursed for life by the mark of the beast [00:02:17] Raised by peeps rode jeeps deep in Brooklyn beats [00:02:20] Praised as a hero who came up off the streets [00:02:23] The crowd looks on claimin' sides they don't own [00:02:25] A house built up on their skulls and them bones [00:02:28] Knew it be a matter of time the play by play [00:02:30] Two main rappers slain so let us pray [00:02:33] Idols in the sky look at how they die [00:02:35] Right before your eyes realise [00:02:38] Is your Lord a God [00:02:40] Or is your God a dog [00:02:43] Idols in the sky look at how they die [00:02:46] Right before your eyes realise [00:02:48] Is your Lord a God [00:02:51] Or is your God a dog [00:02:54] With all the gunnin' crowd goin' crazy [00:02:56] Gettin' bigger proud to be called a bunch of bitches and niggas [00:02:59] The ghetto stage fulla field nigga goals [00:03:01] Hip hop shootouts verses those house negros [00:03:04] Five bodies got on the shot clock runnin' down in the count [00:03:07] Made the scoreboard rock the referees the L A P D [00:03:11] The L V P D said they couldn't catch what they could not see [00:03:14] Question was it bigger than the names [00:03:16] Not only in the game [00:03:18] But the game behind the game [00:03:19] Down to the remaining seconds of this record [00:03:22] Anatomy of a murder intensity of a mystery [00:03:25] Dead and gone as the heads looked on helpless [00:03:28] As the atmosphere was preyed on investigating [00:03:30] And the winners be Interscope UNI Arista BMG [00:03:35] Lost in overtime the tombstone trophies for the people that cried [00:03:39] And the rhymes that died the beats that deceased [00:03:41] May the best rest in peace