If (feat. Sharron Shannon)

I met you while you was young and impressionable
Like how I used to be
So you reminded me of me
(Unintelligible) ridin' with us hittin' liquor stores
Tossin' you bottles in the back seat
Here ya go
You was only fifteen
Lookin' up to me
I used to have you hit licks
Bag up the weed
You was proud bein' a part of the clique
Mashin'
Little homie you had heart break was smashin'
I guess I was proud too
Another little me
Tryin' to make it in this industry
Sucka free
Then I moved away, heard you were lookin' at years
Feelin' bad for all the thing that I put in your ears
I called the homie and ya name came up
He said 'Ya didn't hear?'
I'm like 'Nah, 'bout what?'
Heard they found you hangin' in ya cell one day
And to this day they don't know if it was foul play

Wishin' I could'a been there with ya
As the person that I am today

Love won
And even though I know that I was there with ya

Back then we were both the same
How I wish that things could change

We've been through some things together
Yes indeed
Mashin' all around and layin'
You and me
In the regal and reynolds
Bangin' instrumentals
Stayin' up rappin' at four in the mornin'
Was official
Miss some of those nights
In the hood we would hang
But since you been gone
That leg ain't the same
When I was young you gave me game
Taught me how to survive in times
How to move around
Any day we could die
My mind was all fuzzy when I was viewin' your flesh
I was tryin' to wake you up
Didn't wanna accept death
Not for you
Not this way
Not this soon
First time we ain't talkin' and we in the same room
So I knew

That in your body you wasn't there
And I miss you
All of the days that I'm here

I can't believe they gunned you down on the streets

So many years it was you and me
Now you gone

Wishin' I could'a been there with ya

As the person that I am today
Love won
And even though I know that I was there with ya
Back then we were both the same
How I wish that things could change

(Unintelligible) it's been a long time
Never had a chance to pay my respects
We did grind
Many hours in the studio
We got it in
Became friends
Shared in the same sins
But you was still special to me, regardless
And you looked past the fact that I was just the artist
As years went by
(Unintelligible)
Good vibes
Smiles on our faces
But pain in the eyes
A little bit of everything went around then

You were so talented
More like a genius
Expressin' our hearts
Through musical art
We would rock the whole day and night past dark
But that was all us right?

That was our life
Doin' what we love in them Hollywood lights
Then I got another phone call
You had a aneurysm
I just hope when death called
God took you with Him

Wishin' I could'a been there with ya
As the person that I am today
Love won
And even though I know that I was there with ya
Back then we were both the same
How I wish that things could change