Another late night on 14th and Main...Tears start to fall and she looks ...sn't her fault that you weren't around...To keep her away from the things that she...Such a shame...Who's to blame, such a shame...in this world needs love...Somebody to hold so they don't ...ughters and sisters you see...ur angel cries then you'll see what I mean...sn't her fault that you weren't around...To keep her away from the things that she...Such a shame...Who's to blame, such a shame...Such a shame...Such a shame...Such a shame

Send someone to love me ...I need to rest in arms ...Keep me safe from harm ...Give me endless summer ...Before my time ...As my soul heals the shame ...To be a better man ...Go easy on my concious ...'Cause it's not my fault ...To take the blame ...Rest assured my angels ...Will catch my tears ...Walk me out of here ...As my soul heals through the shame ...To be a better man ...Once you've found that lover...You're homeward bound ...Love is all around ...Love is all around ...On stony ground ...But love is all around ...Send someone to love me ...I need to rest in arms ...Keep me safe from harm ...Give me endless summer ...Before my time ...As my soul heals the shame ...To be a better man

Send someone to love me...I need to rest in arms...Keep me safe from harm...Give me endless summer...Before my time...As my soul heals the shame...To be a better man...Go easy on my conscience...'Cause it's not my fault...To take the blame...Rest assured my angels...Will catch my tears...Walk me out of here...As my soul heals the shame...To be a better man...Once you've found that lover...You're homeward bound...Love is all around...Love is all around...On stony ground...But love is all around...Send someone to love me...I need to rest in arms...Keep me safe from harm...Give me endless summer...Before my time...As my soul heals the shame...To be a better man

Send someone to love me ...I need to rest in arms ...Keep me safe from harm ...Give me endless summer ...Before my time ...As my soul heals the shame ...To be a better man ...Go easy on my concious ...'Cause it's not my fault ...To take the blame ...Rest assured my angels ...Will catch my tears ...Walk me out of here ...As my soul heals through the shame ...To be a better man ...Once you've found that lover...You're homeward bound ...Love is all around ...Love is all around ...On stony ground ...But love is all around ...Send someone to love me ...I need to rest in arms ...Keep me safe from harm ...Give me endless summer ...Before my time ...As my soul heals the shame ...To be a better man

Send someone to love me...I need to rest in arms...Keep me safe from harm...Give me endless summer...Before my time...As my soul heals the shame...To be a better man...Go easy on my concious...'Cause it's not my fault...To take the blame...Rest assured my angels...Will catch my tears...Walk me out of here...As my soul heals through the shame...To be a better man...Once you've found that lover...You're homeward bound...Love is all around...Love is all around...On stony ground...But love is all around...Send someone to love me...I need to rest in arms...Keep me safe from harm...Give me endless summer...Before my time...As my soul heals the shame...To be a better man

bottle, with hydro on my brain ...gh the drama, swear to God ...heads, and relocate to the Bahamas ...But I don't want to be a runaway, I love my block ...But I can't seem to put my gun away, friends b...f this gun bumping, from you people ...erfuckers all up in my business, broadcasting my life ...Why they want to spread rumors, bout...Turn me to a menace to society like O-Dog ...ey fuck around with my mind ...e, the way they try to hurt me ...e, the way they got me walking round with my nine ...Raised on game, a soldier tha...ke up, I be wishing to find another way to make a living ... in the kitchen got my palms itching ...Back back trying to get my stack, I got a blac...I know you jealous niggas, hate me cause I shine ...ng one deep, trying to follow behind ...I gotta handle my business, by myself...Really nothing to live fo', no more w...losing everything I love ...okay, but when it's me they hold a grudge ...You think I ain't know, you was fucking over Z-...My love for you was that of a mothe...ut a hustler, gotta keep hustling ...Why my money be funny, eve...Making me miss out on money, Sam gon witness me clowning ...When you give a nigga a inch, they try to take the whole rule...After my inches, nothing but... your head, I'ma go on and let you go ...I'ma receive my blessing, better believe my weapon ...Is a first, from the basic instructi...even though we want to all shine ...etimes, remember we on a heavenly mission ...One love to my motherfucking soldi...J-Pimp, my nigga Rice aka slid

You can't control these...You can't understand th...If she chose to ride wit a G ... and let the ho get on and make her money ...You understand? I got a homey sittin' by me ...You know what I'm sayin...play a nigga like 9 to 5, alright ... I can dig it baby, you know ...You gotta find 'em, spot 'em, send 'em, get em, got 'em, you know ...You was only tryin' to be nice (tryin' be ...Only tryin to be nice, ohh (can't be nice to these hoes) ...You know you can't control these...You know you can't control these...You know you can't control these...he pad at a quarter to two ...That's on you, you shoulda put your foot in her ass, like a pimp's supposed to do ...You bought her a 5 kara...I ain't tellin' on her, I'm just sayin', what you do ...h out of bounds and you don't know what to do ...we do, we check 'em from the gate, to keep a bitch straight ...It's on you, see you can take her out an...You's a fool, cause whe...You'll see fool ...Me and you, that's what you thought 'til your a...Shame on you, and now I understand why my momma used to tell me that ...Ain't that true, you can't make a queen ...Game on you, cause now you back at your momma ...And you sleepin' on tha copeasack ...I gave her the keys to my '74 Cadillac ...What you do, put my foot in her ass and...You know me, and ever since that day my nigga, I've been P ...That's on you, baby blow too ...That's my boo, it's all about...I love you, you shouldn't a told her that, you should a smacked he...Shame on you (shame on you), your so in love you fittin' to get a tattoo ... (that ain't cool), love is blind and no fri...Game got rules, if you lose a ho, you gotta gain a ho

Ain't no love in Oakland, bitch ...ways talkin bout 'I love you' ...his town, it's goin on ...So what's my option, do it or no...e if I do, I'm goin to jail ...On a one-way ticket to a prison cell ...he crime? Don't ask me ...Went to school everyday, an...ke a champ, now ask me ...the task force jack me ...out a boy growin up to a life of crime ...I heard it before, you heard it too ... homeboy, it's just me and you ...You see, people try to call us filthy tras...Standin on the corner sellin d...ut a college degree you only got your voice...You gotta talk for your...Watch my back and don't star...verytime I dip into my stack ...You should know, cause ...And you better watch out fo...When you lock me up and throw that k...Cause I'll be back on parole ...ng, cause I'm ready to roll ...I go to school now, but just to front ...Count 5 to 10, 10 to 20 ...And I just keep on makin money ...I hope you don't think my story's amazin ...I tell it to a kid in the ghetto...I think back on the way life was ...bought Benzes, used to drive Mustangs ...All my life all I wanted w...Plus my partners at the hou...'t shit but a place to fight ... wasn't learnin how to read and write ...High as hell, my mind is gone ...But if I go back to school and get educ...I went to my homie, said, "Give me the sack" ...He said, "You owe me a g, I give you a week ...You fuck up my money, don't cop no... young, it was hard to tell ...Big bank on my finger tips ...ack and watched all my friends ...big money, right in my face ...And if you ever crossed them, they be on your case ...You go under, six feet ...You gets no love from the Oaktown ...I drive my top everyday like a...And if you stop me, ain't no tellin what you find in my trunk ...My fingers all sticky from the residue ..., I won't fuck with you ...er and I been known to mack ...She gave it all to me, and I tore it a...Talked about love right to the end ...Tryin to get Short Dog all t...I take what I want, you can keep the rest ...You gets no love from East Oakland, bitch... don't stop, listen to me ...Cause you laid down, and she fucked you ...baby is just one of my bitches ...I don't care what you say ...You don't care what I'm...Hoes love me, cause I'm a pla...I keep mackin though, I do...To be a true hoe you gotta pay me ...Plottin this shit to keep my money right ...I build stages in my mind, and it's all ...All I'm tryin to do is keep my pockets fat ...re's a little story from the Oakland streets...You see, Tania had a bo...ays had the bitches on their backs ...Jack told Tania, "I love you so" ... day she beeped him to say what's up ...se she was only out to fuck ...ed back, and he was on his way ...You see, Mike ain't trippin on his girlfriend ...It goes on y'all, so don't eve...You gets no love from East Oakland, bitch...I got this game from a hard-ass place ...It's on the map, right ther...I see my people, all filled ...Can't say shit if you sho' can't shoot ...You gets no love from Oakland, bitch ...You better try to make me rich

You don't need to give me reasons...And you've done all you can...Just as much as you can give of yoursel...And I'll keep it confidential...t I can stay secret from prying eyes...o don't worry, I'll keep this confidential...Between you and me...Go on tell me that you love me...Show me you dare...At least I know, you care...Just as much as you can give of yoursel...And I'll keep it confidential...t I can stay secret from prying eyes...o don't worry, I'll keep this confidential...Between you and me...You play some silly gam...bout us I'd feel no shame...But I'll keep its confidential...t I can stay secret from prying eyes...o don't worry, I'll keep this confidential...Between you and me...Between you and me

You don't need to give me reasons...And you've done all you can...Just as much as you can give of yoursel...And I'll keep it confidential...t I can stay secret from prying eyes...o don't worry, I'll keep this confidential...Between you and me...Go on tell me that you love me...Show me you dare...At least I know, you care...Just as much as you can give of yoursel...And I'll keep it confidential...t I can stay secret from prying eyes...o don't worry, I'll keep this confidential...Between you and me...You play some silly gam...bout us I'd feel no shame...But I'll keep its confidential...t I can stay secret from prying eyes...o don't worry, I'll keep this confidential...Between you and me...Between you and me

And listening to the braking waves... day really started to change...d lovely like songs from Jobim...I started to gather my one thousand things...The sand's in my shoes and my skins' been burning...different where I'm from...So its hard to be like a true beac...She seems to dance around, she's...Always next to her she keeps the s...She seems to wait for nothing bu...I see her start to look my way...I'm doing my best to keep my eyes from constantly being ob...I play with my phone, start textin...a little walk, over to the bar on the beach...uys are as burnt as me...e this'll dehydrate me...To my surprise as I am si...ght down right next to me and orders a beer...But she asked me where I'm from,...I tell her I'm from London...She'd love to move away and pursu...uld marry her, seem to please her...It went straight to my head 'cause I was t... shamelessly trying to feed her...angled when I tried to stand...She grabbed my arm to keep me steady...And she asked me in that cute voice "Are you feeling horny?"...I began to imagine me pursuing pleasure... the room she began to undress...e seductively asked me to turn around quickly to increase the suspen...Closing my eyes was like enter...Was I even going to manage to get through the sex...She battered me over the head with ... left was the shirt on my back...he must have spiked my drink...I could feel it in my throat...On the side of the table she'd left me a note...Which I guess is a shame

And listening to the braking waves... day really started to change...d lovely like songs from Jobim...I started to gather my one thousand things...The sand's in my shoes and my skins' been burning...different where I'm from...So its hard to be like a true beac...She seems to dance around, she's...Always next to her she keeps the s...She seems to wait for nothing bu...I see her start to look my way...I'm doing my best to keep my eyes from constantly being ob...I play with my phone, start textin...a little walk, over to the bar on the beach...uys are as burnt as me...e this'll dehydrate me...To my surprise as I am si...ght down right next to me and orders a beer...But she asked me where I'm from,...I tell her I'm from London...She'd love to move away and pursu...uld marry her, seem to please her...It went straight to my head 'cause I was t... shamelessly trying to feed her...angled when I tried to stand...She grabbed my arm to keep me steady...And she asked me in that cute voice "Are you feeling horny?"...I began to imagine me pursuing pleasure... the room she began to undress...e seductively asked me to turn around quickly to increase the suspen...Closing my eyes was like enter...Was I even going to manage to get through the sex...She battered me over the head with ... left was the shirt on my back...he must have spiked my drink...I could feel it in my throat...On the side of the table she'd left me a note...Which I guess is a shame

Throughout my life (uh huh uh huh...You've been merciful and your love endureth (yeah) ...Since my date of birth ...Bought you nothing but hurt ...Stole change from ya purse ...Sat on the cold court benc...Through you maintained a smirk ...All you did was motivate me ...Don't let 'em hold you back ...And I sold you crack ...ill I'm drowning in shame ...You're not to blame ...You was newly seperated...Tryin' to escape ya world ...And through my thirst ...I didn't help you ...I hated me and everybody ...Had me thinkin' ...While I try to come to terms ...You know in more than o...How can you ever destroy the be...From which one came ...That's a savage you're the reason ...Why me and these beats mak...Glad you got yourself togeth...No thanks to me ...You must love me ...(You must love me) ...Say that you love me ...All I know say that you must love me. ...We used to fight every night ...Just smile my big brother's ...Tryna make me tougher ...nd snuck ya clothes to school ...To be popped in one of...With my rings knew you had it ...'cause you took too long ...at bought it looked on ... and puffin' gun in my hand ...Told you step outside ...Hoping you said no but you hurt my pride ...Maybe you thought it was just...And you was beggin' for dea...Try to justify this in my young mind ...And my ego hurt combined ...Drove me berzerk ...My young eyes and sque...Opened my eyes just in time ...To see ya stumbling to the ground ...Hot gun burnin' my waist ...Ran straight to Jazz' house ...er damn I just shot my nigga ...ht as if it was not my nigga ...Still you asked to see me in the hospital ya ...You must love me. ...(You must love me) ...Say that you love me ...All I know say that you must love me. ...I know you must ...Everything in my power and within my frame ...To protect you from this life and ...Keep you away from the game ...But you was one of the few ...You put the pressure on me dearly ...Rarely would you let it go ...I had to tell you no ...Searched my mental rolodex ...As you stared in my face ...Asking me could you go ...Just tell her what to do ...As you boarded the plane ...n' why would I send you ...Make you sacrifice ya life ...You must love me ...(You must love me) ...Say that you love me ...All I know say that you must love me. ...I know inside you must love me ...I know that you love me ...You showed me I know it ...Say that you love me ...Say that you love me ...I know you must love me ...Oh yes you do ...You've always shown it ...You love me yea yeah ...I know that you love me

From tha Cradle to the Grave life ain...From the cradle to the grave life ain...to a hell raisin' heav...ee the doctor tried to smack me ...My first words were "t...I'm bustin' on these motha fuckas ...Listen you can hear my mini 14 callin'. ...From out the window of my drop top ...I got my glock cocked ...Now tell me are you scared of the dark?...Can't close my eyes I see visions ...The only way to advance ...and if you slang ...Then you'd better have your nikes on ...ight with no lights on. ...Paranoid out my mind ...otha fucka's tryin' to rush me. ...Am I goin' to jail? ...Look at me bailin' ...nd makin' thugs out you suckas. ...From the cradle to the grave. ...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...From the cardle to the grave, life ain...From the cradle to the grave ...I've been known to get ill and kinda b... the part that's in my walk with street ta...Survalience on a nigga every day, ...Waitin' on my daddy just to take his ass away. ...ways workin' tryin' to make ends meet. ...And then the on other one that ever showed me love ...Was my dope fiend uncle strung out on drugs ...Just me, my mama out here on our own ...Now I don't want to hurt nobody but I m...and keep on thuggin' from the cradle to the grave, ...From the cradle to the grave. ...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...From the cradle to the grave, I'm glad to say ... their name here up on a wall. ...It's just me by my lonely so I married my nina. ...I love my ho. ...leave home with out my sugar. ...Mama told me not to trust no punks, ...ss if he lay a hand on me. ...Sometimes I think my own self stupid ...My first toy was a gun...ot sprung and learn to love weapons. ...Somebody peeled my cap and put me in my grave. ...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...a rainy day my mama gave birth ...To a baby boy trapped in hell on Earth. ...From day one it wasn't f...I tried to cope loc ...but my family's broke ...And my pocket's short ...So now it's on from dusk to dawn I get my serve on. ...ys in the spot with my glock slingin' rock...hear my glock cock ... the pen I gotta do my time ...Sittin' on my bunk reminiscing ab...But from the cradle to the grave I'ma put ...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...pray and I lay with my A-K. ...Did I sell my soul as a young kid...ishin' someone held me ...will I make it to my older age? ...y that Daddy raised me ...You'd rather be in jail...Nobody cares, it's me against the world. ...Keepin' murder on my mind and my tech-9. ...I got nothin' to lose, payin' dues, nigga you want to die? ...then my mission is a walk-b...You'd better jet when I...ers that cried, for my homies that died. ...So I got to be brave from the cradle to the grave.

From tha Cradle to the Grave life ain...From the cradle to the grave life ain...to a hell raisin' heav...ee the doctor tried to smack me ...My first words were "t...I'm bustin' on these motha fuckas ...Listen you can hear my mini 14 callin'. ...From out the window of my drop top ...I got my glock cocked ...Now tell me are you scared of the dark?...Can't close my eyes I see visions ...The only way to advance ...and if you slang ...Then you'd better have your nikes on ...ight with no lights on. ...Paranoid out my mind ...otha fucka's tryin' to rush me. ...Am I goin' to jail? ...Look at me bailin' ...nd makin' thugs out you suckas. ...From the cradle to the grave. ...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...From the cardle to the grave, life ain...From the cradle to the grave ...I've been known to get ill and kinda b... the part that's in my walk with street ta...Survalience on a nigga every day, ...Waitin' on my daddy just to take his ass away. ...ways workin' tryin' to make ends meet. ...And then the on other one that ever showed me love ...Was my dope fiend uncle strung out on drugs ...Just me, my mama out here on our own ...Now I don't want to hurt nobody but I m...and keep on thuggin' from the cradle to the grave, ...From the cradle to the grave. ...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...From the cradle to the grave, I'm glad to say ... their name here up on a wall. ...It's just me by my lonely so I married my nina. ...I love my ho. ...leave home with out my sugar. ...Mama told me not to trust no punks, ...ss if he lay a hand on me. ...Sometimes I think my own self stupid ...My first toy was a gun...ot sprung and learn to love weapons. ...Somebody peeled my cap and put me in my grave. ...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...a rainy day my mama gave birth ...To a baby boy trapped in hell on Earth. ...From day one it wasn't f...I tried to cope loc ...but my family's broke ...And my pocket's short ...So now it's on from dusk to dawn I get my serve on. ...ys in the spot with my glock slingin' rock...hear my glock cock ... the pen I gotta do my time ...Sittin' on my bunk reminiscing ab...But from the cradle to the grave I'ma put ...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...From the cradle to the grave, life ain...pray and I lay with my A-K. ...Did I sell my soul as a young kid...ishin' someone held me ...will I make it to my older age? ...y that Daddy raised me ...You'd rather be in jail...Nobody cares, it's me against the world. ...Keepin' murder on my mind and my tech-9. ...I got nothin' to lose, payin' dues, nigga you want to die? ...then my mission is a walk-b...You'd better jet when I...ers that cried, for my homies that died. ...So I got to be brave from the cradle to the grave.