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Gangsta Tears

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Soundtrack

Gangsta Tears was released on March 20, 2001 by Blackground / Seeker Music as a part of the album Exit Wounds (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Song Details

AlbumExit Wounds (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Release DateMarch 20, 2001

LabelBlackground / Seeker Music

LanguageEnglish

Melodicness

Acousticness

Valence

Danceability

Energy

BPM77

OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Various Artists

Various Artists

Performer

Nas

Performer

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Bud’da

Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if you could feel my pain

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if I could show you

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if you was in this game

I'm crying gangsta tears, you'd feel the whirlwind blow you

I'm crying gangsta tears, only a few can feel my pain

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if I could show you

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if you was in this game

I'm crying gangsta tears, you'd feel the whirlwind blow you

[Verse 2]

My daily dose is ferocious

I smoke dope, just as strong as opium

Hoping I'm close to just breakin' frustration

Speakin' on podiums

Facin' this cold world head on, dead on arrivals

Young black, poor education, guns, crack

The gang violence done that

Night time, the guns blow, streets got snitches

Dealers, bitches, killers and blunt smoke, clubs open

Benzes, Jeeps, dubs pokin' out tires

Thugs with heat, pay security, to let them slide in, huh?

I'm at the corner drifitin', sippin', Cognac

To' back, know that soldiers is packin' no secret

Though I'm broken hearted women done left me hopeless in darkness

Smokin', driftin' in sickness, stand by oceans watch the sun glisten

I'm soul searchin', I'm soul-hurtin'

What happens when money don't make you happy

I wish this on no person

Ate at the classy places, made all my fashion statements

I got no friends I'm lonely, don't want no pity save it

[Verse 3]

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if you could feel my pain

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if I could show you

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if you was in this game

I'm crying gangsta tears, you'd feel the whirlwind blow you

I'm crying gangsta tears, only a few can feel my pain

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if I could show you

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if you was in this game

I'm crying gangsta tears, you'd feel the whirlwind blow you

[Verse 4]

Yo, ride in the nightmare, I'm high, got on my flight suit

Hood with the Nike sign, dark colors on

Pull up the block my other's on

I hug him and we blow trees (Sup, ****?)

Scoping for police, guns on our hip

Fiends want a fix, stumblin' tricks (Right here)

We left the drug game alone

Brothers is jealous 'cause we still call the hood our home

What could you tell us?

At funerals my eyes swell up (Damn)

Look at my dawg lay in the casket, twin shotgun barrels had blasted

And rest in peace Barkin (I cry) Is all I could whisper

As I pay respect, kissed his face and felt hard skin

It's part of God's plan, but why so many **** have to die?

It's crowded in this place, let the priest and pastor by

Bandana covers my eye, I'm scoping through the room

I see killers and thieves, mob bosses and goons

And yet I feel responsible when my ****'s pronounced dead

Inside the hospital, I wish there's something I could do, but

[Verse 5]

Gangsta tears, only if you could feel my pain

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if I could show you

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if you was in this game

I'm crying gangsta tears, you'd feel the whirlwind blow you

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if you could feel my pain

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if I could show you

I'm crying gangsta tears, only if you was in this game

I'm crying gangsta tears, to feel the whirlwind blow you

Written by: ANDERSON, STEPHEN, Jones Nasir

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