Dear God

Lyrics

[Verse 1: Shyheim] Dear God, I wonder can you save me? I'm buggin' out in this world that you made, G Homicide, rapes and robberies When it happens in my neighborhood, police, they look for me I'm the prime suspect in the projects I got this fucked up rep that keeps me behind a step Always broke, so I got this attitude In my lab, never fool my man, this is crazy rude Gyros and pizza be my lunch and dinner I know that I'm a sinner, but God help me out, nigga I got problems that only death could solve A high school drop out, and my GED won't get me no job My family be callin' me a loser Moms, she's a user, got me livin life with no future The only thing that keeps me strivin' is rhymin' And uh, Bump 'N Grindin', besides that I feel like dyin' Word to my peoples in the essence I send my blessings I know you gone, but it might be for the best 'Cause life is full of stress And the projects you won't progress God, fuck the world, it's a mess [Chorus: June Luva] Dear, God, as I look into the sky I pray to you, and I, wonder why I wonder why things be the way they are So until then I pray for better days tomorrow [Verse 2: Shyheim] I'm in another world looking from the outside in A corrupt planet, operating strictly off sin You ask me will I miss this joint when I pass The world can kiss my ass, I'm staring at the hour glass Every day lived is a step towards death It's not until you're dead that your body's at rest A funeral should be a celebration, everyone embracing This song'll be my dedication Unto the Two Cent S, my cousin Duana and Case Rest in peace no-one can ever take your place The pain is eternal No-one to turn to when I sit and think about you No longer in the physical, dealing with your spiritual essence You're gone but we still feel your presence Nothing can bring you back, black Still and all it's just a fact that you gone Dive I intox on the bar, a dagger in the heart For every lifeforce that gets a brand new start It's the harsh reality you're forced to deal with Another family hit crawling in a endless pit Of sorrow, no-one's promised tomorrow [Chorus: June Luva] Dear, God, as I look into the sky I pray to you, and I, wonder why I wonder why things be the way they are So until then I pray for better days tomor' Dear, God, as I look into the sky I pray to you, and I, wonder why I wonder why things be the way they are So until then I pray for better days tomor' [Verse 3: Shyheim & Pop Da Brown Hornet] It seems like the good times vs the bad times Yo, I barely go to school cuz crime be on my mind Fuck local history 'cause that's all in the past And I'm living for the future gotta make the great cash Slow down shorty, goodness come to those that wait If you move too fast I might be going to your wake True indeed, but I got mouths to feed Members of my family upstate in need for commisary And if you stressing me, getting the, best of me So it seems like life is my worst enemy Don't let it get to you, Shy, life is what you make it You can't escape it, play you like a bitch and just take it Hell no, cuz when I'm goin, I'm goin out with style With two macs going to war with the other side of town Ain't nothin' sweet about me, Pop let them niggas know I'm countin blood money, cuz I'm a thug honey I use the world as my school, I ain't no fuckin dummy I'm street smart, I tear a college grad apart I gets amped when I think about the slave camps I feel the pain, use a Tec-9 to brake away the chain Yo calm down big fella, everything gonna be aight Go looking for them blues you got a nigga wanna do right Don't sweat it, just play the game of life at your best Life is full of stress and in the projects you won't progress Shy, fuck the world it's a mess Yeah aight [Chorus: June Luva] Dear, God, as I look into the sky I pray to you, and I, wonder why I wonder why things be the way they are So until then I pray for better days tomorrow Dear, God, as I look into the sky I pray to you, and I, wonder why I wonder why things be the way they are So until then I pray for better days tomorrow