I Wish - Remix (To The Homies That We Lost)

Song I Wish - Remix (To The Homies That We Lost)
Artist R. Kelly
Album I Believe I Can Fly: The Best of R.Kelly

Lyrics

[00:04.030] Yo, what up, my nigga?
[00:31.050] You know, I was in the hood
[00:35.110] I just thought I'd stop by and holler at you for a minute
[00:38.350] Pour out a little liquor or somethin'
[00:40.720] Nigga, we done been through a lot of shit together
[00:41.850] From runnin' these streets to bein' down for whatever
[00:44.350] And now that you're gone I got a whole lot of shit to tell ya
[00:48.520] Things I should've said way back when we was younger
[00:50.960] Remember when we used to roll hand in hand?
[00:53.640] And now I'm trippin' on how I really miss you, man
[00:56.950] And remember when you and me would say
[00:58.190] We'd get up out this hood and everything would be okay
[01:01.940] It's all good now
[01:04.310] My nigga, we out the hood now
[01:05.690] We had the same ideas, but not the same careers
[01:09.060] We shared the same old laugh, but not the same tears
[01:13.860] You were my homie, my stoney, my Rollie
[01:16.540] My nigga and never placed no bitch befo' me
[01:19.600] Man, I swear to God I love for that shit
[01:22.530] Why'd you have to get hit? Where was I? What time was it?
[01:25.900] You were supposed to get older with me
[01:27.150] On stage, hands on shoulders with me
[01:30.650] Coppin' 'em Range Rovers with me
[01:33.200] Sittin' on thangs and smokin' trees
[01:36.080] And if it wasn't for the will that God had made
[01:40.190] I'd turn back the hands of time and take your place
[01:41.560] Sittin' here sippin' on this Hennessey
[01:44.560] Just thinkin' about what you meant to me, my nigga
[01:47.810] Even though you're gone, you will always be my nigga
[01:52.420] Though you made it home, I'm still missin' you, my nigga
[01:56.600] I'm feelin' like the timing was wrong, my nigga
[01:58.350] I know you're smilin' down sayin', Carry on, my nigga
[02:07.560] Sometimes my nights can get long, my nigga
[02:08.990] Sometimes I feel God did me wrong, my nigga
[02:10.050] So I had to write a song, my nigga
[02:11.170] Just to let you know that you're still my nigga
[02:13.290] I wish, I wish, I wish
[02:15.050] I wish, I wish, I wish
[02:16.850] Your little son is lookin' at me like, Where's my daddy?
[02:19.410] And your thirteen-year old daughter is mad 'cuz she understands
[02:21.150] Promised your mama I'd take care of the family
[02:24.530] But she's so hurt, she turns away my helpin' hands
[02:26.960] Damn, I wish your ass was here, my nigga
[02:29.710] To grow that gray beard and smoke that cigar, my nigga
[02:33.020] And we would talk about you gettin' up out this game
[02:35.760] And you would tell me how it keeps callin' your name
[02:38.560] We used to ride, ride, ride
[02:40.750] Never afraid to die, die, die
[02:42.380] But some times we'd cry, cry, cry
[02:45.000] Askin' the Lord, why, why, why
[02:47.740] They're tearin' down these projects
[02:50.990] We were homies for like twenty thug years
[02:52.300] Sat in church and cried the same thug tears
[02:54.420] You remember when Vibe World Premier
[02:56.790] How we used to share the same old gear
[03:00.840] And remember when you and me would say
[03:03.530] We'd get up out this hood and everything would be okay
[03:06.520] It's all good now
[03:08.390] My nigga, we out the hood now
[03:10.580] It's so easy for folks to say, Rob, just live on
[03:15.690] When I'm dyin' every second that you're gone
[03:18.810] Nevertheless, I try my best to be strong
[03:19.810] Hopin' you said your prayers before you went on home
[03:24.370] We done stood on these blocks and just shot the breeze
[03:26.740] We'd slap-box dead in the middle of streets
[03:28.860] And if a fight broke out, you would take up for me
[03:32.540] Now all I have left are these ghetto memories
[03:34.860] I wish, I wish, I wish
[03:38.030] I wish, I wish, I wish
[03:40.900] Uh, uh, yo' dog, I can't explain how I miss you
[03:44.580] We stayed together, coppin' cane, poppin' pistols
[03:46.140] I miss you most, puttin' the doo-rag over your bean head
[03:48.020] Even out the hood on the scene you brag
[03:50.700] Comin' up off the fiends wit bags, runnin' up out the cleanest Jag
[03:54.630] You was the closest nigga I had
[03:57.260] Look how we stayed aces hustled, made big faces
[03:59.880] I wish we could trade places
[04:01.180] F**k givin' you ice I'd rather give you life
[04:03.240] And the things that I had, I'd give you twice
[04:06.810] What the deal, my nigga? I know you holdin' it down
[04:11.230] If you could see me you would say, I'm talkin' soft right now
[04:14.350] But it's hard for me to say when I'ma see you again
[04:16.600] And I know it's f**ked up, I gotta talk through this pen
[04:19.600] But you'd died for the love of the dough
[04:22.090] The love of the block sixteen you was runnin' the spot
[04:25.150] Boy, your mama used to hate how we stood on the curb
[04:28.140] Hangin' with wild thug niggas smokin' the herb
[04:30.450] I'm gonna keep pourin' this liquor and that's my word
[04:34.440] This here is for niggas that be flippin' them birds, word up
[04:37.190] Even though you're gone you will always be my nigga
[04:39.560] Even though you're home I'm still missin you, my nigga
[04:43.370] I'm feelin' like the timing was wrong, my nigga
[04:45.060] (I'm feelin' like timing was wrong)
[04:47.110] I know you're smilin' down sayin', Carry on, my nigga
[04:51.300] (Radio, please don't take the nigga out my song)
[04:53.790] Sometimes my nights can get long, my nigga
[04:56.720] (Let it play on, play on, play on, play on, play on)
[04:58.720] Sometimes I feel God did me wrong, my nigga
[05:00.030] So I had to write a song, my nigga
[05:01.160] Just to let you know that you're still my nigga