Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Nas
Nas
Vocals
Quan
Quan
Vocals
Nut
Nut
Keyboards
L.E.S.
L.E.S.
All Instruments
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Nasir Jones
Nasir Jones
Songwriter
Leshan Lewis
Leshan Lewis
Songwriter
Clifford Peacock
Clifford Peacock
Songwriter
Bernard Edwards
Bernard Edwards
Songwriter
Nile Rodgers
Nile Rodgers
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
L.E.S.
L.E.S.
Producer
Kevin Crouse
Kevin Crouse
Mixing Engineer
Bevin Robinson
Bevin Robinson
Assistant Engineer
Jesse Gladstone
Jesse Gladstone
Assistant Engineer

Lyrics

This is just a moment Dedicated to my mother My grandmother, my father, all my niggas in the pen All my niggas that died in the struggle Love y'all Can we please have a moment of silence? That's for my niggaz doin' years in confinement And for my soldiers that passed over, no longer living That couldn't run whenever the reaper came to get 'em Can we please pour out some liquor? Symobolizin', let's take in time to consider that Though our thugs ain't here, the love is here And we gon' rep 'til slugs kill us here This for my dawgs stuck in the struggle tryin' to gain Smokin' trauma, sniffin' Ra while sellin' cocaine Trapped in the game, not knowin' how to stop and get by To live it alive, so instead they live it to die And can we please have a moment of peace? For every G that fell for his flag in the streets Bloodin' and thuggin', folkin' and lokin' Crypin' and creepin', Latin and kingin' Or just for poor righteous teachin' As day comes and night falls For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all And even though life must go on We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home As day comes and night falls For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all And even though life must go on We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home Yeah, and can we have another moment of silence? For brothers who died from black-on-black violence From here to the Dark Continent where rebels sell diamonds To clients allover the world, got little black girls dyin' And can we please pour some more liquors? For Will, Bokeem, Bar, Pappy, my niggaz Here's another warrior song from Nasty and Quan It's to him, I pass the baton to carry this on Street's disciple, salute to those who's gone with bullets And I promise through rhymin' Quan gon' rep his life to the fullest And can we please have a moment of truth? For soldiers and troops away with helmets and boots And families back home who pray they make it home safe Hopin' that they don't get hit with a stray or missiles This is just a moment to let you all know that we miss you Mommy, I'm still here Wishin' I was there with you, let's take 'em home As day comes and night falls For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all And even though life must go on We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home As day comes and night falls For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all And even though life must go on We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home And can we please have a moment to mourn? For Pac, Biggie and Pun 'cause through us, they live on Jam Master Jay, Freaky Ty and Aaliyah Big L and Left Eye, when we die we hope to see you Can we please have a moment for children? Who got raped or murdered, or trapped in the system Who never knew their father, never learned to dream But was guided by drug dealers, killers and crack fiends For single mothers, that's forced to play mom and dad Bustin' her ass to give her kids shit she never had For my niggaz in the pen, hopin' rhymes'll get 'em signed So, when released, they can say bye to a life of crime For every mother that held a son in the street bleedin' Cryin' a song of sorrow too dark and deep for speakin' Just a moment outside the day-to-day struggle To let the ones we really care about know that we love 'em As day comes and night falls For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all And even though life must go on We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home As day comes and night falls For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all And even though life must go on We'll still mourn, while wishin' y'all were home Yo, to my baby brother Tech You know you was Lil Dex, nigga And the Feds Big bro holdin' it down for you, boy, just come home Love you, my nigga Do this for you and me When I shine, you shine But most important to my sister Tia Out there in Iraq Just know that we got the babies My nephews gon' be fine Put my life and my blood on that We love y'all One
Writer(s): Nile Gregory Rodgers, Bernard Edwards, Nasir Jones, Leshan Lewis, Clifford Peacock Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com
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