like the dead end kids we used to play in the streets never worrying about grief football spelled relief ronnie ritney was the coach for us see he taught us to play almost every single day okay now on evergreen was larry and mike and lon my cousin boo lived there too just to name a few and cha rone hes bad to the bone boos little sidekick had a badass mouth he sufficed it on harmon street with zach leo and ed meet jody and boop by june rocky and then comes tommy and cedric lamont and greg unique in our own right at times wed fight but thats aight still not realizing we had love it showed when we played the phony charades against one another now while i write this song its like some are still alive and a couple are gone were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why as kids youre overlooking death it didnt seem important or serious it just seems curious it was about waking to a bowl of cereal cartoons on saturdays karate flicks in life riding your skateboard or bicycle it went as deep as killer joe on the corner drinking ripple plus puerto rican kids on the block were cool we got along we all knew right from wrong by far we got a dose that life was hard a spanish kid we were close with was killed by a car shocking alberto was hit on the block and death was spontaneous his moms was clocking him cross the street he just received an award for little league baseball like a hour before plus he didnt even get to see the summer set in dying all young at the age of seven it opened up my eyes more that the flesh was weak as a kid thinking shit like that was mad deep peep it  were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why now when somebody is gone thats when you realize how close you was how close you are like a scar real deep it takes time to heal and still from time to time you wish you could find the way to forgive and let em know you forgave but they cant feel six feet deep inside the grave whats left but attend his wake believing if it was you hed do it for old times sake damn im disturbed by the news when i was told i was sitting knowing damn well boo aint bullshitting my life flashed like big bills of cash and good times we had now its all so sad one of my childhood pals hit the road when you take to the streets then you die by the code but in this case who knows what went down bottom line is wishing that he still was around now he found a spot in my heart or should i say lobotomy mike yo youre trapped inside of me and every other brother in bushwick who rushed to your side thick all down with the clique yeah god bless he laid to rest called him mike boogie thats what describes the nigga best were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live a life and die lifes so damn short man i wonder why were born to live were born to live were born to live were born to live like that yall like that yall5
['alternative hip hop', 'boom bap', 'east coast hip hop', 'hardcore hip hop', 'hip hop', 'turntablism']