my dog the blues it was just Friday they told me about the news i swings my feet up out my bed my house shoes its morning, no yawnin, strictly mournin i my high jeans on, my dickies, i hear a hornin its my homie Chill, he to scoop me in the plush rego to take me to the to pick up my black tuxedo no words, the straight face, no joke i at a liquor store in the 4 to buy me a pair of loc's i wipe my up until my face was all cleared up we bunches out to the to get geared up across the bed i laid, prayed, within i again at the thought my homie died in sin tryin to claim the hood, straight puttin in work, getting 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 cadillacs and folds rolls to a burial site Solo be not to cry, but my eyes give my face a shower i looks to God to give me strength and as i drop the flowers on the casket as i pass it by and why and tell how many homies got to die before they that life is quicker than the eyes and famin your rep by your set will only lead to lost lives but oh, Mr. Solo another way and out of respect they sit and listen to word that big homie Solo got to say and when i i speaks clearly but as they walks they hits me up in the hood, why cant my homies hear me?
why cant the homies me? why cant the homies me? why cant the hear me? why cant the hear me? hear me
(Chille Chill): one more in your mind its gangsta Chizill rollin thru hood in a drop top caddy coupe devizille the at the dope spot tryin to clock deals packin hot steel, and just like milk they top straight all the young gangstas on the curve and got cain and urban, even got that sherman drinkin that burban but dont know the po-po got a videotape of their and they catchin cases and the judge is em out like they plastic im seein my homies to the pen, catchin years, thats drastic locked up with unaccomplished dreams and unfullfilled goin to Hell they wanted to sell, now was it worth it? i know all survival, im a ghetto man but let me you where its crackin on the devil's plan Satan to kill, destroy, and jack (what do?) but Jesus came to give you life on bizack but you sell dope to the folk in your community its time to sit down and have a long talk, loc, you and me i breaks em off to God when it hurts me to see my homies and get popped by the cops, why cant the homies hear me?
why cant the homies hear me? 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 same but no im changed, and no i dont bang no dont even trip with me 'cause Solo 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 else i found the Truth to pull my homies up off the devil's i see what you see, do you see 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 my big homies is smoked out (smackin) i tell them that the Blood of Christ is able to change life they listen and they overdosin every night and my homegirls, no i cant forget em i told em the brother was a hustler, "you can do him" but still she keeps bringin him home, now pregnant alone, and now he's gone Lord please draw near me so my homies can me
why cant the homies hear me? me why why cant the hear me? oh why? why cant the hear me? why cant the hear me?
why? why? talk to me why? why? i wanna hear you've got to say why? why? face to face, G to G, talk to me why? why? God what you're goin through why? why? ive right there where you are why? open up and let the Love of God shine in your heart why? why? He to set you free, He want to set you free, like He did me why? oh
im hurting God knows i wanna see you die, oh die, dont die yeah,