Like the dead end
kids
we used to play in the streets
Never worry in about grief
football spelled relief
Ronnie Ritney was
the coach for us
See he taught us to play
almost every single day
OK
Now on Evergreen was
Larry and Mike and Lon
My cousin Boo lived there
too just to name a few
With Sha rone
he's bad to the bone
Boo's little sidekick
And a bad ass mouth
he used to feist it on
Harmon Street
With Zach
Leo and Ed
Me Jody and Boop by June
Rocky and then comes
Tommy and Cedric
Lamont and Greg
unique in our own right
At times we'd fight
but that's a ight
Still not realizin we had love
it showed
When we played
no phony charades against
One another
now while I write this song
It's like some are still alive
and a couple are gone
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
As kids
you're overlookin death
It didn't seem important or serious
it just seems curious
It was about
wakin to a bowl of cereal
Cartoons on Saturday's
karate flicks
and like
Ridin your skateboard
or bicycle
And went as deep as Killa Joe
on the corner drinkin Ripple
Plus
Puerto Rican kids
on the block were cool
We got along
we all knew right from wrong
By far
we got a dose that life was hard
A Spanish we were close with
was killed by a car
Shocking
Alberto was hit
on the block and
Death was spontaneous
his moms was clockin him
'cross the street
He just received an award
For Little League baseball
like an hour before
plus
He didn't even get to see
the summer set in
Dyin all young
at the age of seven
It opened up my eyes small
that the flesh was weak
As a kid
thinkin shit like
that was mad deep
peep it
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
Now when somebody is gone
that's when you realize
how close you was
How close you are
like a star
Real deep it takes time to heal
And still from time to time you
wish you could find
the way to forgive
And let him know you forgave
But they can't feel six feet
deep inside the grave
What's left
but attend his wake
believin if it was you
He'd do it for old time's sake
damn
I'm disturbed
by the news when
I was told I was sittin
Knowin damn well Boo
ain't bullshittin
My life flashed like
big bills of cash
And good times we had
now it's all so sad
One of my childhood pals
hit the road
When you take
to the streets
then you die
by the code
But in this case
who knows what went down
Bottom line is wishin
that he still was around
Now he found
a spot in my heart
or should I say lobotomy
Mike know you're trapped
inside of me
And every other brother
in Bushwick
Who rushed to your side thick
all down with the click
Yeah God Bless he laid to rest
Call him Mike Boogie
that's what describes the nigga best
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
a life to die
Life's so damn short and
I wonder why
We're born to live
We're born to live
We're born to live
We're born to live
Like that y'all
We're born to live
We're born to live
We're born to live
We're born to live
We're born to live
We're born to live