[VERSE 1] I knew a youngster, met him at 14, a very short scene Fiendin to make his dreams come true, but see, money was caught mean Started runnin wild and livin life type of foul, that was my shorty's style But deep down in heart he was still only a child He was typin nice at ball, if he had height, y'all Mighta been 'NBA Today', instead I watched his life fall Blowin up the spots and poppin them tec glocks Collectin street props, splittin tops, didn't stop, so many men dropped Started committin murder after murder Blasted the last nigga that tried to riff so fast he flipped him like a burger Slipped and became the victim of his own murder hunger He got put six feet under by a small shorty that was younger And this type of street violence today happens too often It hit me hard as hell to see my dog up in the coffin People droppin a rose when the casket is closed Hey yo, that's the name of the game out on the street, that's how it goes They say: