Ol' Crew - Mr. Lif

Praying for a mic to clutch

I used to sit up with my man

Dave-O;

and smoke blunts

We were upstate New York

Cold, thinking of a plan

To flip our lyrical skills

So we could make grands

Have thousands of fans

Travel state to state

But it all started at this house

And got the ultimate respect

I outstretched my arm

And gave him a pound cause he correct

In retrospect it was me

A short little fly nigger

Or maybe somethin premeditated

Dave would get crazy hype

And that encouragement was my nourishment

I took his positive words to heart

And brother: I don’t know where you are now

Cause we haven’t spoken for a while

And I’m without a number to dial

But everytime I think about you I smile

'nuff respect for helpin' me

These are people you once knew

Everybody got a different goal to pursue

Don’t forget your peoples

No matter what you do

And this goes out to you

And you and you and you

I dropped outta college

Now I’m in Long Island

And a mega-dread power crew

The taught me to roll locks

Then they laid down the law

And this is how it read

It say: Grow, never to cut and

And to this day I’ve obeyed them

We pull our money together

Then sat in front of the television

Commercialized rap backs

And fuck the radio, too

Niggers turn off that bullshit

Please keep the?

from moving

These are times I’ll never forget

But things change and people grow apart

But listen to my rhyme

And feel the love in my heart

Cause I’m still standing

And my ears mad strong

And let me know what’s going on

These are people you once knew

Everybody got a different goal to pursue

Don’t forget your peoples

No matter what you do

And this goes out to you

And you and you and you

Sometimes people part ways for good reasons

Their nature wasn’t pleasing

Has made himself invisble

And rather than talking

Somebody turned their back

And just started walking

Tears started rolling up

And cry held 'em back

Can be a deadly force

How much you loved the things that you lost

Everything, including life, is temporary

So I hope that everybody in my life

And this include my cousins

To shake hands by the dozens

But excluding the cops

The lunatic niggers who bust shots

I gotta stop (gotta stop)

Yo, I’m just sharing my thoughts

These are people you once knew

Everybody got a different goal to pursue

Don’t forget your peoples

No matter what you do

And this goes out to you

And you and you and you