Votive Candles (feat. Joell Ortiz)

Grimy cats in the P's move worse than the D's
They poked you up snatched ya Aura and they left you in the staircase
Damn Jay! How you slip? You know know cats be watching face
And ya Fam in pain cuz they classed you as a cold case
Amer hurting the most, he lost his idol
Ain't nothing like a Big Brother that can guide you
You taught me bout exotic weed
We use to sit sea side burning trees, cutting class at Brighton Beach
You put me on to Supreme
Back before the hypebeast. we copped a piece and flipped it for more cream
Last conversation that we had was bout diet
Bunned a spliff and copped a plate from Ital Fari
What a peaceful last meeting, but I still ain't at peace wit it
It's hard talking to your Ghost, I cried when I wrote these quotes

They got us Buying votive candles
You used to be my guy. And now you are my Guide
And I see you through the Votive Candle Light
You did not survive - but you will never die
So tonight we're burning

When them fools took ya life, I cut back the hustle
They gutted u, probably was some cats you showed love to
Since then I never buss a move and not take a tool
Bad mind keep dem eyes wide when ya making moves
You was just that dude, they flyest in clan and u had that cool
Illuminating rooms when you walked through smooth
Shit hurts me, I miss my dude
We just started eating good food
Then them hating niggas came and ate your food
I strive hard not to hate, but Amir felt them shiesty niggas came to your wake
A weird pack of cats with no pain on their face
And since you passed Richie Cash ain't been the same
The Loc gone loco, I can see it in his pupils tho he ain't vocal
Still wishing you was with us, we couldn't even do mission
We don't know who hit ya
Shit been bitter but snakes do slither
I don't even rock with the cat that brought us together
Until the day I return, I put one in the air for you High roller Burns
Though you gone forever you'll be in my heart forever
I Love You

They got us Buying votive candles
You used to be my guy. And now you are my Guide
And I see you through the Votive Candle Light
You did not survive - but you will never die
So tonight we're burning

My older cousin, my younger cousin both know that I love them
One fell as an O.G. One fell as a Youngin
One did by the knife - one dies by the Gun'n
One for his color. The other wasn't giving up nothing
Ya'll ain't the only ones who died on the night of those killings
My Aunts and Uncles ain't the same after burying children
I catch up with the family on some holidays chilling
But all I ever see is y'all when I talk to your siblings
And then once we get the sipping - We start the reminiscing
Memory Lane driving in that passenger van that the whole fam could fit in
Then my mind start drifting Cuz my grandma can't get in
And my eyes start dripping then I start dipping into the background
Slipping my way into the kitchen
Staring into the fire as it burns the candle tip
On this day - it's a whole different definition of lit