They go one for the Prophet, two for for the Khutbah from the Imam Four for the mother birthed my frame Five for the father 'cause he me game
Been 'round the world, songs are all the when 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
put their girls into pigtail curls Fathers teach their sons how to shoot guns They say, "Boy don't never cry control your Just it like a man, make your stand"
say, "Sex and violence go hand in hand" For man blessed there got to be ten damned Expand through the depths of space and Standin' three eyes on the firing line
Word to my man divine, come too far, "La ilaha Allah" Twelve short on my full day's prayer Just hoping that the lord got some to spare They go one for the Ummah, two for the
Three for the angels, four for the Somewhere between obscene And clean, got a Babylon feelin' that need healin', truth need revealin'
Hands need washin' from all the dealin' From the floor to the ceilin', from the stage to the the kings and the queens and the slaves and the whores For every lost cause where the are found
That little sound, that make you want to get down Somebody told me once, love makes the world go Now kids they carry pistols out on the profound, gone too far, praying to the light from a burned out star
Put your lights on, put your crosses It's time to tally up your wins and losses They go one for La Rock, two for Pac and B.I.G. And for all the mothers who got graves to dig
For all the who got graves to dig For all the who got graves to dig