I Still Remember (feat. K.O.)

I still remember

I still remember 'cause I can't forget

I put a lot of pain and strain behind

These tracks, you know what I'm sayin'?

Damn, I know there's a better way, Lord, but like

Damn, I'm just tryna find my salvation

My forgiveness, God, you know what I mean?

I'm asking you to hold me close

You're the highest power I know

I don't know why you blessed me, God, but

I love you

I ain't about to quit on you now, big dawg

So give me strength

K.O., sounds of the Clipse

'Bout to make a song cry, homie, yeah

Soldier Ink

Big Stomps

New pick

I still remember growing up in my neighborhood

When all the neighbors were still good in my neighborhood

I was a little vato tryna get a grip on life

With little youngsters my age and packing pocket knives

Walking the streets after dark in the war zone

A broken-hearted little soldier feeling all alone

Tear drops and closed caskets, that's all I know

In the village of the damned's what we call home

Too many homies turned phonies, now they don't know me

They say they love me and I wonder why they don't show me

Somebody help me 'cause I'm lost and I'm all alone

Don't understand why my daddy left me on my own

The rock bottom's where the real killers come from

That's where I'm from, that's where I picked up my first gun

A lost soul with no hope and no place to go

Looks like to me the whole world's out there smoking dope

My life story is a book called survival

I'm steady praying, got my hands up on the Bible

A lost soul, where will I go when my time comes?

I feel it coming, I ain't running if my time's up

Too many tears over the years, too many dead peers

But I'm a soldier, in my veins there pumps no fear

Born in the valley of the shadow of death

They'll snatch you wind from your chest, in peace may you rest

I still remember when I lost my best homeboy

Still can't forget how they shot my best homeboy

So much confusion in my mind, got me asking "Why?"

He never had a normal life even though he tried

Somebody tell me why my only friend had to die

The cold look of the devil deep in my eyes

Revenge is sweet so blood red's what I paint the town

Yellow tape and white sheets, that's all that's left now

Cemetery gates only open one way

I'm standing face to face with death almost every day

I still remember when I first seen a man die

That was the first time I ever seen a man cry

Gang banging on the block, what's the next step?

I'm on a mission for big money, power, respect

And on the way, if I have to take another's life

May God forgive us all and help me make it through the night

My life story is a book called survival

I'm steady praying, got my hands up on the Bible

A lost soul, where will I go when my time comes?

I feel it coming, I ain't running if my time's up

Too many tears over the years, too many dead peers

But I'm a soldier, in my veins there pumps no fear

Born in the valley of the shadow of death

They'll snatch you wind from your chest, in peace may you rest

Now I think I'm going blind 'cause I can't see

I'm letting all my pain and anger start to blind me

I can't take it, wanna make it but there's no way out

Tryna figure out exactly what it's all about

I had a woman but she left me 'cause she thinks I'm crazy

I'm in a hole all alone and no one can save me

I seen her walking with the neighborhood drug dealer

He's gonna hook her on that shit even if it kills her

I wonder if she even knows how much I care about her

She probably thinks it's gon' be easy to forget about her

I told her she was precious like a diamond in the rough

But she was hooked on that dope and couldn't get enough

I had to put him to a stop, it took one pop

My 9 milli blew his top off, the boy dropped

Murder one, I'm in the pen, that's the fucking end

25 To life and she's doing drugs again

My life story is a book called survival

I'm steady praying, got my hands up on the Bible

A lost soul, where will I go when my time comes?

I feel it coming, I ain't running if my time's up

Too many tears over the years, too many dead peers

But I'm a soldier, in my veins there pumps no fear

Born in the valley of the shadow of death

They'll snatch you wind from your chest, in peace may you rest

My life story is a book called survival

I'm steady praying, got my hands up on the Bible

A lost soul, where will I go when my time comes?

I feel it coming, I ain't running if my time's up

Too many tears over the years, too many dead peers

But I'm a soldier, in my veins there pumps no fear

Born in the valley of the shadow of death

They'll snatch you wind from your chest, in peace may you rest