[00:00:27] I see ghosts clearly; even though, most don't hear me [00:00:30] They still wanna get near me - fear me, so I'm leary [00:00:33] Kinda eerie what I'm feelin - from the floor, to the ceilin [00:00:35] Straight through the roof, want the truth? [00:00:37] I kinda miss robbin and stealin [00:00:38] Cause it kept a ni**a hungry, only eatin when I starved [00:00:41] I was ugly, so I robbed, no one loved me, sh*t was hard [00:00:43] Went to God once in a while when it got a little too hectic [00:00:46] He was the only one I knew that I respected (WHY?) [00:00:49] Didn't know why, didn't know what I was livin was a lie [00:00:52] If I ain't sh*t then, why should I try [00:00:55] See, plenty niggaz die, over dumb sh*t, up in the hood [00:00:57] Real good heart, but up to no good [00:00:59] Thought I did what I could, but I guess it, wasn't enough [00:01:02] The Devil told me it would happen but I kept callin his bluff [00:01:05] When it rains it pours now, my pains are yours [00:01:08] As yours are what's mine, define, revolvin doors (ni**a!) [00:01:11] (Why?) All my niggaz tell me (why) tell me (we die) [00:01:14] Cause we crazy with it, quick to blaze you with it [00:01:17] From in my soul to every word that I curse [00:01:19] With all the agony expressed in this verse; [00:01:22] Let me ask my niggaz (why?) [00:01:23] My niggaz tell me (why) tell me (we die) [00:01:25] Because we Gods ni**a (and) we go the yard ni**a [00:01:27] Because I walk the ground under my feet [00:01:30] And keep it live and stay in tune with the street [00:01:32] Now let me ask my niggaz (why?) [00:01:33] They say the good die young, in the hood where I'm from [00:01:35] I only got one question to that - why the f**k am I here? [00:01:38] I look to the air, I ask God, Love me please, [00:01:42] But in reality, only people that hug me is thieves [00:01:44] Same niggaz that send shots through my rugby sleeves [00:01:46] They wanna, slug me and leave, I'm thinkin it must be me [00:01:49] Please shed light, the hood's dark [00:01:51] I did my dirt but got a good heart [00:01:53] Shouldn't that count for somethin? [00:01:55] I was told I'd amount to nothin, most of my childhood [00:01:58] Liked by folks it was stuntin my growth [00:02:00] Seperated me from the sh*t I was wantin the most [00:02:03] Felt myself comin close to pumpin them O's [00:02:06] Lump in my throat, chest poked out, face was poker [00:02:09] Tryin to, erase my ghostes, chase the smokers [00:02:13] Got demons on both shoulders, [00:02:13] Tryin to chauffeur my life through the streets [00:02:15] In other words ni**a my will was weak [00:02:17] Please feel what I speak, [00:02:18] This ain't your average ordinary jargon [00:02:20] Weak rap niggaz be talkin [00:02:22] This sh*t is deep, from the mind of Busta, 'X and me [00:02:25] To all my fallen soldiers, rest in peace, til we meet niggaz [00:02:28] (Why?) All my niggaz tell me (why) tell me (we die) [00:02:30] Cause we crazy with it, quick to blaze you with it [00:02:33] From in my soul to every word that I curse [00:02:37] With all the agony expressed in this verse; [00:02:39] Let me ask my niggaz (why?) [00:02:41] My niggaz tell me (why) tell me (we die) [00:02:43] Because we Gods ni**a (and) we go the yard ni**a [00:02:44] Because I walk the ground under my feet [00:02:47] And keep it live and stay in tune with the street [00:02:49] Now let me ask my niggaz (why?) [00:02:50] I must be cuckoo, like I respect the new-you, never [00:02:52] See you too could get it through your FUBU sweater [00:02:55] Like a ni**a when he walk in the dark, trespassin [00:02:58] On a ni**a land, shots echo loud in the park [00:03:01] I live and die for all the sh*t I believe [00:03:04] And rep for everything I stand for [00:03:06] With every single breath I breathe [00:03:08] Like the intake from cigarette smoke, it's like you inhale [00:03:10] The demon in the gutter stressed struggled and broke [00:03:12] If the sh*t was all over tomorrow, I'd leave a treasure [00:03:16] For my kids with a legacy for my CHILDREN to follow