my dog concocked the it was just last Friday they told me the news i my feet up out my bed into my house shoes its morning, no yawnin, strictly mournin 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 me to the mall to pick up my black tuxedo no words, the face, today's no joke i at a liquor store in the 4 to buy me a pair of loc's i wipe my tears up my face was all cleared up we bunches out to the house to get up across the bed i laid, prayed, grieved i cried at the thought my homie died in sin tryin to claim the hood, straight puttin in work, played like spades and it makes my heart 'cause my homeis wont change and to make matters worse, other month im visitin the pen or a hearse to a funeral, gang stereotype cadillacs and rolls deep to a burial site Solo be tryin not to cry, but my eyes give my face a i looks to God to give me strength and as i drop the flowers on the casket as i it by and wonders why and tell how more homies got to die before they realize that is quicker than the eyes and famin your rep by claimin your set will only lead to lives but oh, Mr. Solo another way and out of they sit and listen to every word that big homie Solo got to say and i speak i speaks clearly but as they walks away they me up in the hood, why cant my homies hear me?
why the homies hear me? why cant the homies me? why cant the hear me? why cant the homies me? hear me
(Chille Chill): one time in your mind its gangsta Chizill rollin thru your hood in a drop top coupe devizille the homies at the spot tryin to clock deals packin hot steel, and just milk they top bills straight all the young gangstas on the curve and got that cain and urban, even got that sherman drinkin that but they dont the po-po got a videotape of faces and they catchin cases and the judge is stretchin em out like they im seein my homies goin to the pen, catchin years, thats locked up with unaccomplished dreams and 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 came to kill, destroy, and jack (what Jesus do?) but Jesus came to give you on bizack but you sell dope to the folk in your community its time to sit and have a long talk, loc, just you and me i em off to God when it hurts me dearly to see my homies and get popped by the cops, why cant the homies hear me?
why cant the homies me? listen to me homie, yeah why cant the homies me? why cant the hear me? why cant the hear me?
(Mr. Solo): uh, my homies be hitting me up like im the Solo but no im changed, and no i dont bang no dont trip with me 'cause Solo dont owe none of you i know what Abe was about, my hood was takin me under too had to go for self, had to get me some help, so now i can help else i found the Truth to pull my homies up off the devil's i see you see, do you see what i see i go to my neighbourhood, the wall is filled RIPs i see OGs i looked up to they was loc'ed out i comes to the hood to find my big homies is out (smackin) i tell that the Blood of Christ is able to change your life they listen and they overdosin every night and my homegirls, no i forget about em i told em the was a hustler, "you can do without him" but still she keeps bringin him home, now she's pregnant alone, and now gone Lord please draw near me so my can hear me
why cant the homies hear me? me why why cant the homies hear me? oh why cant the hear me? why the homies hear me?
why? talk to me homie why? why? i wanna hear what got to say why? face to face, G to G, talk to me homie why? why? God understands what you're goin why? why? ive been there where you are why? why? open up and let the of God shine in your heart why? He wants to set you free, He want to set you free, like He did me why? oh
im hurting God knows i dont see you die, oh die, dont die yeah,