my dog the blues it was just last Friday told me about the news i swings my feet up out my bed into my house its Saturday morning, no yawnin, strictly i do's my high jeans on, my dickies, i a hornin its my homie Chill, he to scoop me in the plush rego to take me to the mall to up my black tuxedo no words, the straight face, no joke i stopped at a liquor in the 4 to buy me a pair of loc's i wipe my tears up until my was all cleared up we bunches out to the to get geared up the bed i laid, prayed, grieved 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, gang and folds rolls deep to a burial site Solo be tryin not to cry, but my eyes give my face a i looks to God to me strength and power as i drop the flowers on the casket as i pass it by and why and how many more homies got to die before they realize that is quicker than the eyes and famin your rep by claimin your set will only to lost lives but oh, Mr. knows another way and out of respect they sit and listen to word that big homie Solo got to say and i speak i speaks clearly but as they away they hits me up in the hood, why cant my homies hear me?
why cant the hear me? why cant the homies me? why cant the homies me? why cant the homies hear me? me
(Chille Chill): one more time in mind its gangsta Chizill rollin thru your hood in a drop top coupe devizille the homies at the dope tryin to clock deals packin hot steel, and just like milk top bills straight servin all the gangstas on the curve and got that cain and urban, got that sherman drinkin that burban but they dont know the got a videotape of faces and they catchin cases and the judge is em out like they plastic im seein my homies goin to the pen, years, thats drastic locked up with unaccomplished and unfullfilled purpose goin to 'cause they wanted to sell, now was it worth it? i know all survival, im a ghetto man but let me tell you where its crackin on the plan Satan came to kill, destroy, and (what Jesus do?) but Jesus to give you life on bizack but still you sell to the folk in your community its time to sit down and 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 hear me? listen to me homie, yeah why the homies hear 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 no more dont even with me 'cause Solo dont owe none of you i know what Abe was talkin about, my 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 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 'cause they was 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 she keeps bringin 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 hear me? me why why the homies hear me? oh why? why cant the homies me? why cant the hear me?
why? why? 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 goin through why? ive been right there where you are why? why? open up and let the Love of God shine in 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 dont wanna see you die, oh die, die yeah,