They go one for the Prophet, two for for the Khutbah from the Imam Four for the mother that birthed my Five for the father 'cause he me game
Been 'round the world, are all the same Sometimes I'm asleep I still call your name Back I was young I used to dream of fame Now they all point they sayin' who's to blame
Mothers put girls into pigtail curls Fathers teach their sons how to shoot guns say, "Boy don't never cry control your emotions Just take it a man, make your stand"
say, "Sex and violence go hand in hand" For every man blessed there got to be ten Expand through the depths of space and Standin' three eyes on the firing line
to my man divine, come too far, singin' "La ilaha Allah" Twelve rakats short on my day's prayer Just hoping that the lord got mercy to spare They go one for the Ummah, two for the
for the angels, four for the alamin' Somewhere totally obscene And clean, got a Babylon feelin' Wounds that need healin', truth revealin'
Hands need from all the dirty dealin' From the floor to the ceilin', from the to the door From the kings and the queens and the and the whores For every cause where the martyrs are found
That funky sound, that make you want to get down Somebody told me once, love makes the go round Now kids carry pistols out on the playground That profound, gone too far, praying to the from a burned out star
Put your lights on, put down crosses It's time to tally up your wins and your go one for Scott La Rock, two for Pac and B.I.G. And three for all the who got graves to dig
For all the who got graves to dig For all the mothers who got to dig