Just a Moment (feat. Quan)

[00:01.73] This is just a moment
[00:04.12] Dedicated to my mother
[00:05.68] My grandmother, my father, all my niggas in the pen
[00:08.69] All my niggas that died in the struggle
[00:10.20] Love y'all
[00:11.53] Can we please have a moment of silence?
[00:14.76] That's for my niggaz doin' years in confinement
[00:17.26] And for my soldiers that passed over, no longer living
[00:20.29] That couldn't run whenever the reaper came to get 'em
[00:23.32] Can we please pour out some liquor?
[00:26.58] Symobolizin', let's take in time to consider that
[00:29.78] Though our thugs ain't here, the love is here
[00:32.26] And we gon' rep 'til slugs kill us here
[00:34.84] This for my dawgs stuck in the struggle tryin' to gain
[00:37.83] Smokin' trauma, sniffin' Ra while sellin' cocaine
[00:40.74] Trapped in the game, not knowin' how to stop and get by
[00:43.57] To live it alive, so instead they live it to die
[00:46.35] And can we please have a moment of peace?
[00:49.79] For every G that fell for his flag in the streets
[00:52.48] Bloodin' and thuggin', folkin' and lokin'
[00:54.33] Crypin' and creepin', Latin and kingin'
[00:56.66] Or just for poor righteous teachin'
[00:58.40] As day comes and night falls
[01:01.47] For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
[01:04.09] And even though life must go on
[01:06.11] We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home
[01:09.98] As day comes and night falls
[01:13.00] For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
[01:15.85] And even though life must go on
[01:17.94] We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home
[01:21.76] Yeah, and can we have another moment of silence?
[01:25.37] For brothers who died from black-on-black violence
[01:27.87] From here to the Dark Continent where rebels sell diamonds
[01:30.54] To clients allover the world, got little black girls dyin'
[01:33.37] And can we please pour some more liquors?
[01:36.97] For Will, Bokeem, Bar, Pappy, my niggaz
[01:39.58] Here's another warrior song from Nasty and Quan
[01:42.33] It's to him, I pass the baton to carry this on
[01:45.23] Street's disciple, salute to those who's gone with bullets
[01:47.88] And I promise through rhymin' Quan gon' rep his life to the fullest
[01:50.96] And can we please have a moment of truth?
[01:54.62] For soldiers and troops away with helmets and boots
[01:57.17] And families back home who pray they make it home safe
[02:00.02] Hopin' that they don't get hit with a stray or missiles
[02:02.56] This is just a moment to let you all know that we miss you
[02:05.40] Mommy, I'm still here
[02:07.47] Wishin' I was there with you, let's take 'em home
[02:09.03] As day comes and night falls
[02:11.77] For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
[02:14.26] And even though life must go on
[02:16.41] We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home
[02:20.49] As day comes and night falls
[02:23.43] For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
[02:26.12] And even though life must go on
[02:28.27] We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home
[02:31.92] And can we please have a moment to mourn?
[02:35.03] For Pac, Biggie and Pun 'cause through us, they live on
[02:38.24] Jam Master Jay, Freaky Ty and Aaliyah
[02:41.13] Big L and Left Eye, when we die we hope to see you
[02:43.99] Can we please have a moment for children?
[02:46.89] Who got raped or murdered, or trapped in the system
[02:50.09] Who never knew their father, never learned to dream
[02:52.66] But was guided by drug dealers, killers and crack fiends
[02:55.46] For single mothers, that's forced to play mom and dad
[02:58.33] Bustin' her ass to give her kids shit she never had
[03:01.34] For my niggaz in the pen, hopin' rhymes'll get 'em signed
[03:04.34] So, when released, they can say bye to a life of crime
[03:07.22] For every mother that held a son in the street bleedin'
[03:10.57] Cryin' a song of sorrow too dark and deep for speakin'
[03:13.18] Just a moment outside the day-to-day struggle
[03:16.20] To let the ones we really care about know that we love 'em
[03:18.84] As day comes and night falls
[03:21.60] For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
[03:24.67] And even though life must go on
[03:26.96] We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home
[03:30.67] As day comes and night falls
[03:33.67] For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
[03:36.33] And even though life must go on
[03:38.50] We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home
[03:42.43] Yo, to my baby brother Tech
[03:46.60] You know you was Lil Dex, nigga
[03:49.52] And the Feds
[03:51.34] Big bro holdin' it down for you, boy, just come home
[03:54.24] Love you, my nigga
[03:55.65] Do this for you and me
[03:57.41] When I shine, you shine
[04:00.36] But most important to my sister Tia
[04:03.08] Out there in Iraq
[04:04.46] Just know that we got the babies
[04:06.30] My nephews gon' be fine
[04:08.57] Put my life and my blood on that
[04:11.96] We love y'all
[04:13.88] One
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