my dog the blues it was just last Friday they me about the news i swings my up out my bed into my house shoes its Saturday morning, no yawnin, strictly i do's my jeans on, my dickies, i hear a hornin its my homie Chill, he comes to scoop me in the rego to take me to the mall to pick up my tuxedo no words, the straight face, no joke i stopped at a store in the 4 to buy me a pair of loc's i wipe my tears up until my face was all up we out to the house to get geared up the bed i laid, prayed, grieved within i again at the thought my homie died in sin tryin to the hood, straight puttin in work, getting played like spades and it makes my hurt 'cause my homeis wont change and to make matters worse, every month im visitin the pen or followin a escorted to a funeral, stereotype and folds rolls deep to a burial site Solo be tryin not to cry, but my eyes give my a shower i looks to God to give me strength and power as i drop the on the casket as i it by and wonders why and tell how more homies got to die before realize that life is quicker than the eyes and famin your rep by your set will only lead to lost lives but oh, Mr. knows another way and out of respect sit and listen to every word that big homie Solo got to say and i speak i speaks clearly but as they walks they hits me up in the hood, why cant my homies hear me?
why cant the hear me? why cant the hear me? why cant the hear me? why the homies hear me? hear me
(Chille Chill): one more time in your mind its Chizill rollin thru your in a drop top caddy coupe devizille the homies at the dope tryin to clock deals packin hot steel, and just milk they top bills straight servin all the young gangstas on the and got cain and urban, even got that sherman drinkin that burban but they know the po-po got a of their faces and they catchin cases and the judge is em out like they plastic im seein my homies goin to the pen, catchin years, thats locked up with unaccomplished and unfullfilled purpose goin to Hell 'cause wanted to sell, now was it worth it? i know all survival, im a ghetto man but let me tell you where its on the devil's plan Satan to kill, destroy, and jack (what do?) but Jesus came to give you life on bizack but still you dope to the folk in your community its to sit down and have a long talk, loc, just you and me i em off to God when it hurts me dearly to see my homies hustle and get popped by the cops, why the homies hear me?
why the homies hear me? listen to me homie, yeah why cant the homies me? why cant the homies me? why the homies hear me?
(Mr. Solo): uh, my homies be me up like im the same Solo but no im changed, and no i dont bang no dont even trip with me 'cause dont owe none of you i know Abe was talkin about, my hood was takin me under too had to go for self, had to get me some help, so now i can help someone i found the to pull my homies up off the devil's shelf i see you see, do you see what i see i go to my neighbourhood, the wall is filled with i see OGs i up to 'cause they was loc'ed out i comes to the hood to find my big homies is out (smackin) i tell them that the Blood of Christ is to change your life they wouldnt listen and they overdosin every and my homegirls, no i cant forget em i em the brother was a hustler, "you can do without him" but still she keeps him home, now she's pregnant alone, and now he's gone Lord please near me so my homies can hear me
why cant the homies me? tell me why why the homies hear me? oh why? why cant the hear me? why the homies hear me?
why? talk to me homie why? why? i hear what you've got to say why? face to face, G to G, talk to me homie why? why? God understands you're goin through why? why? ive been right there you are why? why? open up and let the Love of God in your heart why? why? He wants to set you free, He to set you free, like He did me why? oh
im hurting God knows i dont see you die, oh die, dont die yeah,