Verse 1: G
It's a cryin' shame, brothers takin' life as a Growing up against the law, but knows who's to blame Dealin' drugs on the corner, you don't have to, but you A is hard to make, but you tell yourself you're gonna Dealing 12 to 12, day into I wonder how you to be grieving Your meal is made and time to chill You buy the Mercedes Benz with the gold to the grill Cruisin' up the ave your friends get jealous You find out, you quickly get You buy a gun, it doesn't help but you Because so-called friend rattled on you in the pen serving 10 to 20 Your boy your girl and put use to your money You're out for teen, but what does it You're just a wasted, young who lost it all on a dream
Chorus: (sampled from What's Going On by Gaye) What's on, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I Yeah, what's goin' on,
2: Afrika, Mike G
My blood brother is bleeding, it's a cryin' Out on the street to play the game Formally an in-mate from upstate Can't stop him now 'cause you see just too late He's on the run and got a gun Stay out his way unless you some See, he's gettin' older, a bit bolder Got his written up in the 5-0 folder A big Christmas of all the crime's he's committed He says he do it, but we know he did it Summons his lawyers, fingerprints, shots Lookin' for my brother, yo, he's at the drug off that cheap Chinese food He says he only bumps the people when he's in the Runnin' 'round his crews and his 2-2's I saw him night in the prime time news and killed by a His birth to the earth was a big
Now, history was not my favourite I used to flip through the and get upset Seein' little of black and too of the other (They tried to brainwash you) Picture that, a jungle Read this, read that, answer 3 But I got to 3, it had nothin' to do with me was wrong, and I knew it all along Now tell me (please) what's on
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Verse 3: Afrika, G
A: Now, I've been told all the do's and My mother, hallelujah, she called the She said, "Don't play with guns and play with And most of all, don't play with other wives When walkin' down the street, pay the pushers no mind 'Cause all they wanna do is put mind on cloud nine Put head up high and your feet on the ground You don't to be like everybody else to be down in school G: be no fool A: Don't your temper G: And keep your A: Follow heart G: And not your A: And of your friends G: Could lead you into ends" A: The day my father said, "Son, God bless your soul Our life is gettin' and the world is cold" I said, "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy, do you mean?" He said, G: "You got nothin' 'less you got the green" A: I realise to myself things are be hard So each and every day I to God I say, "Now I lay me down to G: I the Lord my soul to keep A: If I should die I wake G: Take me to heaven I need a break A: But if you let me live to another G: I'd like to know goin' on
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What's on, I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I Tell me what's goin' on,