So, give Big a hug, tell Aaliyah I said
And it looked so familiar that he called him Young Cuz
It was a, dude named Shy who would really treat her right
It's like, lookin' in the mirror seein' his self more mature
It's been fourteen years, him and Isis ain't speak
That she wanted all her life, shit she wanted all the hype
Instead he pulled out a newer thirty eight snub
Niggaz be a father, you killin' your sons
That's the life of us raised by winter, it's a cold world
He who hesitates is lost
They love me again
Young black life is this line, "Damn, him already?
Mike was the hard head from the around the way
"If that was my son, he would look much different.
See Mike at thirty two was still on the scene
Niggaz be a father, you're killin' your son
Shorty never knew him though he had his blood in him
His back against the wall, nigga fought like us, damn
Used to hold on tight when he wheeled on the bike
Hot temper, momma said he act just like her husband
Had her soundin' like "Lisa Lisa, I wonder if I take you home
Let's take a trip down memory lane at the cemetery
He was just some thug that caught some slugs
He can't explain what he saw before his picture went blank
He wasn't really her husband though he called her wife
But when you live by the gun you die by the same fate
And the stars were just right, and the dress was real tight
Let's take a trip down
Hangin' out the window when she first seen him fight
He was his own man, not even him can save him
Six shots into his kid, out of the gun
He put his faith in her, thirty eight in his waist
Poor Isis, that's his momma name
He walked like us, talked like us
Momma ain't strong enough to raise no boy, what's his father name?
Down at the City Morgue, opened the drawer, saw him nude
How ironic it would, be some fight that
Liquor to the curb for my niggaz up above
Mike was still crazy out there runnin' the streets
Such a good kid," got us pourin' Henn' already
He clearly had the drop but the boy just paused
Sure he saw him as an infant, but he dissed on him like
"Hi 'til the next time I see her, on the other side"
Rain gray skies, seems at the end of every
The old man didn't think he just followed his instinct
Turned into a homicide that'll alter their life
When she got the news her boy body could be viewed
There was somethin' in this man's face he knew he seen before
She loved the Gucci sneakers, the red green and whites
Daddy never fucked with him, so the streets raised him
And he took it as a sign from the Almighty Lord
You know what they say about he who hesitates in war
So it's, momma's baby, poppa's maybe."
Had a son fifteen that he never saw twice
He was a Willie all her life, he wasn't really the one to like
Then they love me again
Isis, life just ended on that rainy day
Damn near impossible, only men can raise men
When it cracks through the pavement that's my way of sendin' love
Her addiction grew, prescription drugs, shift and brew
Old girl turned to coke, tried to smoke her pain away
She was so turned on that she had to shower twice
And we loved him 'cause in him we saw some of us
End up dead before thirty eight and umm
Isis blamin' herself, she wish she coulda saved him
But Isis like this Broadway life
She slipped into her own fantasy world
Told him, get off the strip but the boy ain't budge
He runnin' around like life's a peach 'til one day
It was just this night when, moon was full
See I'm light skinned and that baby, it is dark
He approached this thug that, had a mean mug
Six shots into his kid, out of the gun
Had an older but light with thirty eight gun in his reach
I gotcha
He wanted to run to the country to escape the city life
Had herself pregnant by a different dude
Angel dust, dipped in woo
But reality bites and this is her life
Will you still love me after this night?"
