I come from a generation of pain,
where murder is minor
Rebellious and Margielas'll chip
you for designer
Belt buckles and clout,
overzealous if prone to violence
Make the wrong turn,
be it will or the wheel alignment
Residue burned,
mist of the inner-city
Miscommunication to keep
homi' detective busy
No protection is risky
Desensitized, I vandalized pain
Covered up and camouflaged
Get used to hearin' arsenal rain
Analyze, risk your life, take the charge
Homies done fucked your baby mama once you hit the yard,
that's culture
Twenty-three hour hour lockdown,
then somebody called
Said your lil' nephew was shot down,
the culture's involved
I done seen niggas do seventeen,
hit the halfway house
Get out and get his brains blown out,
lookin' to buy some weed
Car wash is played out,
new GoFundMe accounts'll proceed
A brand-new victim'll shatter those dreams,
the culture
I said I'd do this for my culture
To let y'all know what a nigga
look like in a bulletproof Rover
In my mama's sofa was
a doo-doo popper
popper
Hair trigger, walk up closer,
ain't no Photoshoppin'
Friends bipolar, grab you by
your pockets
No option if you froze up,
always play the offense
Niggas goin' to work and sellin' work,
late for work
Workin' late, prayin' for work,
but he on paperwork
That's the culture,
point the finger, promote ya
Remote location, witness protection,
they gon' hold ya
The streets got me fucked up,
y'all can miss me
I wanna represent for us
New revolution was up and movin'
I'm in Argentina wiping my
tears full of confusion
Water in between us,
another peer's been executed
History repeats again
Make amends, then find a nig ga
with the same skin to do it
But that's the culture, crack a bottle
Hard to deal with the pain
when you're sober
By tomorrow, we forget the remains,
we start over
That's the problem
Our foundation was trained to accept
whatever follows
Dehumanized, insensitive
Scrutinize the way we live
for you and I
Enemies shook my hand,
I can promise I'll meet you
In the land where no equal is your equal
Never say I ain't told ya, nah
In the land where hurt people
hurt more people
Fuck callin' it culture
Celebrate new life when it come back around
The purpose is in the lessons
we learnin' now
Sac rifice personal gain
over everything
Just to see the next generation
better than ours
I wasn't perfect,
the skin I was in had truly suffered
Temptation and patience,
everything that the body nurtures
I felt the good, I felt the bad,
and I felt the worry
But all-in-all,
my my my productivity had stayed urgent
Face your fears,
always knew that I would make it here
Where the energy is magnified
and persevered
Consciousness is synchronized
and crystal-clear
Euphoria Euphoria is glorified
and made His
Reflectin' on my life and what I done
Paid dues, made rules,
change outta love
Them same views made schools
change curriculums
But didn't change me starin'
down the barrel of that gun
Should I feel resentful I didn't
see my full potential?
Should I feel regret about the
good that I was into?
Everything is everything,
this ain't coincidental
I woke up that mornin'
with more heart to give you
As I bleed through the speakers,
feel my presence
To my brother, to my kids, I'm in Heaven
To my mother, to my sis, I'm in Heaven
To my father, to my wife,
I am serious, this is Heaven
To my friends,
make sure you countin' them blessings
To my fans,
make sure you make them in vestments
And to the killer that sped up my demise
I forgive you, just know your
soul's in question
I seen the pain in your pupil when
that trigger had squeezed
And though you did me gruesome,
I was surely relieved
I completed my mission,
wasn't ready to leave
But fulfilled my days, my Creator was pleased
I can 't stress how I love y'all
I don't need to be in flesh just to hug y'all
The memories recollect
just because y'all
Celebrate me with respect
The unity we protect is above all
And Sam, I'll be watchin' over you
Make sure my kids watch all my interviews
Make sure you live all
the dreams we produce
Keep that genius in
your brain on the move
And to my neighborhood,
let the good prevail
Make sure them babies
and them leaders outta jail
Look for salvation when
troubles get real
'Cause you can't help
the world until you help yourself
And I can't blame the hood
the day that I was killed
Y'all had to see it, that's
the only way to feel
And though my physical
won't reap the benefits
The energy that carry on emits still
I want you
