Born 2 Live

Like the dead end kids we used to play in the streets Never worry in about grief football spelled relief Ronnie Ritney was the coach for us See he taught us to play almost every single day OK Now on Evergreen was Larry and Mike and Lon My cousin Boo lived there too just to name a few With Sha rone he's bad to the bone Boo's little sidekick And a bad ass mouth he used to feist it on Harmon Street With Zach Leo and Ed Me Jody and Boop by June Rocky and then comes Tommy and Cedric Lamont and Greg unique in our own right At times we'd fight but that's a ight Still not realizin we had love it showed When we played no phony charades against One another now while I write this song It's like some are still alive and a couple are gone We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why As kids you're overlookin death It didn't seem important or serious it just seems curious It was about wakin to a bowl of cereal Cartoons on Saturday's karate flicks and like Ridin your skateboard or bicycle And went as deep as Killa Joe on the corner drinkin Ripple Plus Puerto Rican kids on the block were cool We got along we all knew right from wrong By far we got a dose that life was hard A Spanish we were close with was killed by a car Shocking Alberto was hit on the block and Death was spontaneous his moms was clockin him 'cross the street He just received an award For Little League baseball like an hour before plus He didn't even get to see the summer set in Dyin all young at the age of seven It opened up my eyes small that the flesh was weak As a kid thinkin shit like that was mad deep peep it We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why Now when somebody is gone that's when you realize how close you was How close you are like a star Real deep it takes time to heal And still from time to time you wish you could find the way to forgive And let him know you forgave But they can't feel six feet deep inside the grave What's left but attend his wake believin if it was you He'd do it for old time's sake damn I'm disturbed by the news when I was told I was sittin Knowin damn well Boo ain't bullshittin My life flashed like big bills of cash And good times we had now it's all so sad One of my childhood pals hit the road When you take to the streets then you die by the code But in this case who knows what went down Bottom line is wishin that he still was around Now he found a spot in my heart or should I say lobotomy Mike know you're trapped inside of me And every other brother in Bushwick Who rushed to your side thick all down with the click Yeah God Bless he laid to rest Call him Mike Boogie that's what describes the nigga best We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live a life to die Life's so damn short and I wonder why We're born to live We're born to live We're born to live We're born to live Like that y'all We're born to live We're born to live We're born to live We're born to live We're born to live We're born to live