Nipsey

(album: Life N Pain - 2022)

[Trae Tha Truth:]
All these days I cried to come back home
Please say they lie, he can't be gone
Lord knows I tried, can't be strong
Shit hurt inside, damn, they cold

They said God ain't here for making mistakes, sit back and feel it out
Lately, I been witnessing hell, can't get it figured out
Do it for the love of my niggas, that's all I been about
Never thought of crossing his path, we took a different route
How the fuck they took you away? Suckas, they one up
Ain't nothing I can do, got me hopeless, watching em run up
The ones you love'll get you X'd out just for they come up
Revenge on everything that nigga loved, can't put my gun up
Damn, I never pictured you leaving, can't stop the grieving
Every time I see your kids in my vision, you're who they're needing
We had to show the world you was pure, others deceiving
Now everybody saying it's love, I'm not believing
That pussy nigga got jammed, I'm still yelling out god damn
Don't worry bro, I got Sam, I told 'em that he got fam
And even though you left here, the marathon continues
I missing you, bro, shit got me stressing, gotta continue, damn

All these days I cried to come back home
Please say they lie, he can't be gone
Lord knows I tried, can't be strong
Shit hurt inside, damn, they cold

Every time I speak, I remind 'em of what you did
Won't ever let 'em say nothing different, you did it big
You laid to rest the soul out the Staples, proud of your kid
Just low the day we lost you, they felt it across the grid
I heard your mother speak and she put my body at ease
I begged to God to watch over Kross and Emani, please
That every seed you planted in life, they grow like trees
Just know that you brought peace in these states and overseas
I seen you in your casket, everything on you glowing
Just looking like you sleeping and headed to where you going
You on your victory lap and you running, everything blowing
You told 'em never fold and you didn't, that's what they knowing
I'm feeling like I'm selfish 'cause I ain't wanna accept it
But one thing that's expected is make them niggas respect it
Any nigga speaking on you, it's understood
I'ma ride for you like you would for me, that's on hood

All these days I cried to come back home
Please say they lie, he can't be gone
Lord knows I tried, can't be strong
Shit hurt inside, damn, they cold

Crazy I'm doing this right now, cuh
Never thought I'd be talking to you like this
Know it's fucked up out here how this shit went
Sometimes, you know, we wish we could go back
But, you know, who am I to be selfish?
One thing for sure, man
Make sure you holla at the homies up there
Let a little steel so real, what's left riding
Don't worry about your family, G, I'ma stand on it
I ain't gon' lie, you did it big, G
I love you, fool

[Nipsey Hussle:]
You know, w-when I used to hear my mom and my grandma say like, "Man, this world going crazy"
I'm just like, "That's some shit old people say"
Nah, it's crazy to see the-the-the-the shift that's happening
Just to-just to raise good people
You know, that-that have a foundation like principle
A foundation of integrity