They go one for the Prophet, two for Three for the Khutbah the Imam Four for the that birthed my frame Five for the father 'cause he taught me
Been the world, songs are all the same when I'm asleep I still call your name Back when I was young I used to dream of Now all point they fingers sayin' who's to blame
Mothers put their girls into curls Fathers teach their sons how to shoot their They say, "Boy never cry control your emotions Just it like 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
Word to my man divine, too far, singin' "La illa Allah" Twelve rakats short on my day's prayer Just hoping the lord got some mercy to spare go one for the Ummah, two for the deen
Three for the angels, four for the between totally obscene And clean, got a Babylon feelin' that need healin', truth need revealin'
Hands need from all the dirty dealin' From the floor to the ceilin', from the to the door the kings and the queens and the slaves 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, makes the world go round Now kids they pistols out on the playground That profound, too far, praying to the light from a burned out star
Put your lights on, put your crosses It's time to up your wins and your losses They go one for La Rock, two for Pac and B.I.G. And three for all the mothers who got to dig
For all the who got graves to dig For all the who got graves to dig