[00:00.45]Like the dead end kids, we used to play in the streets
[00:38.92]Never worryin' about grief, football spelled relief
[00:42.21]Ronnie was the coach for us
[00:43.99]See he taught us to play, almost every single day, OK
[00:46.94]Now on Evergreen was Larry and Mike and Lon
[00:49.76]My cousin Boo lived there too just to name a few
[00:52.52]With Sha-rone, he's bad to the bone, Boo's little sidekick
[00:55.14]And a bad ass mouth, he used to feist it on Harmon Street
[00:58.09]With Zach, Leo and Ed
[01:00.21]Me Jody and Boop by June, Rocky and then comes
[01:02.99]Tommy and Cedric, Lamont and Greg, unique in our own right
[01:06.29]At times we'd fight, but that's a-ight
[01:08.16]Still, not realizin' we had love, it showed
[01:11.21]When we played, no phony charades against
[01:13.58]One another, now while I write this song
[01:15.57]It's like some are still alive and a couple are gone
[01:18.31]We're born to live, a life to die
[01:21.05]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[01:23.64]We're born to live, a life to die
[01:26.20]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[01:28.90]We're born to live, a life to die
[01:31.36]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[01:34.14]We're born to live, a life to die
[01:36.63]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[01:39.36]As kids, you're overlookin' death
[01:41.37]It didn't seem important or serious, it just seems curious
[01:44.53]It was about, wakin' to a bowl of cereal
[01:47.11]Cartoons on Saturday's, karate flicks, and like
[01:50.11]Ridin' your skateboard, or bicycle
[01:52.01]And went as deep as Killa Joe on the corner drinkin' Ripple
[01:54.83]Plus, Puerto Rican kids on the block were cool
[01:57.38]We got along, we all knew right from wrong
[01:59.92]By far, we got a dose that life was hard
[02:02.70]A Spanish we were close with, was killed by a car
[02:05.48]Shocking, Alberto was hit, on the block and
[02:08.24]Death was spontaneous, his moms was clockin' him 'cross the street
[02:10.66]He just received an award
[02:13.57]For Little League baseball like an hour before, plus
[02:16.33]He didn't even get to see the summer set in
[02:18.64]Dyin' all young at the age of seven
[02:21.00]It opened up my eyes small that the flesh was weak
[02:23.69]As a kid, thinkin' shit like that was mad deep, peep it
[02:26.44]We're born to live, a life to die
[02:28.80]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[02:31.38]We're born to live, a life to die
[02:33.96]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[02:36.45]We're born to live, a life to die
[02:39.25]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[02:41.68]We're born to live, a life to die
[02:44.36]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[02:46.82]Now when somebody is gone, that's when you realize how close you was
[02:49.07]How close you are, like a star
[02:52.31]Real deep it takes time to heal
[02:54.22]And still from time to time you wish you could find the way to forgive
[02:58.02]And let him know you forgave
[02:59.46]But they can't feel six feet deep inside the grave
[03:02.81]What's left, but attend his wake, believin' if it was you
[03:05.64]He'd do it for old time's sake, damn
[03:08.35]I'm disturbed, by the news when I was told I was sittin'
[03:11.11]Knowin' damn well Boo ain't bullshittin'
[03:13.32]My life flashed like big bills of cash
[03:16.01]And good times we had, now it's all so sad
[03:18.20]One of my childhood pals hit the road
[03:21.01]When you take, to the streets, then you die, by the code
[03:23.61]But in this case, who knows what went down?
[03:26.14]Bottom line is wishin' that he still was around
[03:28.70]Now he found a spot in my heart, or should I say lobotomy
[03:31.61]Mike, know you're trapped inside of me
[03:34.23]And every other brother in Bush wick
[03:36.27]Who rushed to your side thick, all down with the click
[03:39.10]Yeah, God Bless he laid to rest
[03:41.54]Call him Mike Boogie, that's what describes the nigga best
[03:44.08]We're born to live, a life to die
[03:46.97]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[03:49.51]We're born to live, a life to die
[03:52.08]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[03:54.68]We're born to live, a life to die
[03:57.25]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[03:59.95]We're born to live, a life to die
[04:02.67]Life's so damn short and I wonder why
[04:05.30]We're born to live
[04:06.87]We're born to live
[04:10.34]We're born to live
[04:13.03]We're born to live
[04:14.81]Like that y'all
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