my dog the blues it was just last Friday told me about the news i my feet up out my bed into my house shoes its Saturday morning, no yawnin, strictly i do's my high jeans on, my dickies, i hear a its my homie Chill, he to scoop me in the plush rego to take me to the mall to pick up my 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 tears up until my was all cleared up we out to the house to get geared up across the bed i laid, prayed, within i cried again at the thought my homie in sin tryin to claim the hood, straight in work, getting played like spades and it makes my heart 'cause my homeis wont change and to make worse, every other month im visitin the pen or a hearse to a funeral, gang stereotype cadillacs and folds deep 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 power as i drop the flowers on the as i pass it by and why and how many more homies got to die before realize that life is quicker than the eyes and famin rep by claimin your set will only lead to lost lives but oh, Mr. knows another way and out of respect they sit and listen to every word that big Solo got to say and i speak i speaks clearly but as they walks away hits me up in the hood, why cant my homies hear me?
why cant the hear me? why cant the homies me? why the homies 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 top caddy coupe devizille the homies at the dope spot tryin to clock packin hot steel, and just like milk top bills straight servin all the young gangstas on the and got that cain and urban, even got that drinkin that burban but they know the po-po got a videotape of their and they catchin cases and the is stretchin em out like they plastic im my homies goin to the pen, catchin years, thats drastic locked up with unaccomplished and unfullfilled purpose goin to Hell 'cause they wanted to sell, now was it it? i all about survival, im a ghetto man but let me tell you where its on the devil's plan Satan to kill, destroy, and jack (what Jesus do?) but Jesus came to give you life on but still you sell dope to the in your community its to sit down and have a long talk, loc, just you and me i breaks em off to God it hurts me dearly 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 the homies hear me? why cant the homies 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 bang no more even trip with me 'cause Solo 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 else i found the to pull my homies up off the devil's shelf 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 'cause they was out i comes to the hood to my big homies is smoked out (smackin) i tell that the Blood of Christ is able to change your life wouldnt 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 bringin him home, now she's pregnant alone, and now he's gone Lord please draw near me so my homies can me
why cant the homies me? tell me why why the homies hear me? oh why? why cant the homies me? why the homies hear me?
why? talk to me homie why? why? i wanna hear you've 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 right there you are why? why? open up and let the Love of God shine in heart why? why? He wants to set you free, He to set you free, like He did me why? oh
im inside God i dont wanna see you die, oh die, dont die yeah,