Intro:      Yeah   Close your eyes, fly with me   Spark your lye, get high with me   Raise your glass with me   Come inside see   Come on, come on   Close your eyes, let fly with me   Light your lye, get high with me   Raise your glasses      Verse 1: AZ      Yo, blesses to the young ones trapped in the world   Never hate the next man that be tappin your girl   It's just a hype, shoot anythings a man vision thru life   Help me to understand the chosen ones livin thru Christ   Blinded time from so many signs shown from greed   Tryin to calculate all the funds I blown from weed   Started out just a young shorty, wakin the rules   Turnin out to be the wise, educatin the fools   So many lost in these last days, closed curtains   Tryin to change from my past ways, I'm soul searchin   Diggin deep, tryin to feel within, it's real ill   Takin time just to chill with friends we still bill   Always told when I kick it with moms, to stay strong   Watch out for them bitches that's wicked, they play wrong   Keep your game strong, maintain yourself and live   Star bless the kids, soon sometin gotta give      Chorus: Monifa      The last days, are comin   Towards you, it's time to build   I need a time that's real   The last days, are comin   Towards you, it's time to build   AZ turnin the deal      Verse 2: AZ      You got to know when your end is near, I been there   Seen years disappear in thin air, nobody wins here   Swore on the population, we fightin blind   For sure, we need to stop the hatin, enlightin minds   Many die from a tragic death, in cold blood   Behoggin niggas lost or lack respect, show love   Sometime I wonder, was we ever free? High officials   they move so cleverly, don't ever sleep   Got my mind on the proverbs, ecclesiastics   These Bible words, so absurb, I read em backwards   They open doors, gave me a cause to stay swift   And reward, it gave me the sword to stay rich   Understandin is the best part, besides that   I fell-a off to a fresh start, no time to sidetrack   So much more still to come, it seems strange   I was much more iller young, but things change   Tryin to grow old, so many sights to see   Told it never fold, just more righteously, you know?      Chorus      Verse 3: AZ      I never knew any Bloods and Crips, but they exist   In New York, it's just thugs and clicks, we offer tips   Makin moves, tryin to stay afloat, it get deep   In these streets, you either stay or walk, or get beat   So strategise like the wise king, respect due   Brothers get high and let they mind scheme, I got Tek cool   In this world where so many stress, understand   ain't nuttin left but the thoughts of death, we're sons of man   So off track it's a shame to see, it's open season   Got police movin dangerously, for no reason   Hopin soon we can all adapt, get wise   It build lies, it was all a trap, in disguise   Assassinated by my own kind, so why ask   Because blacks to have a closed mind, deal with facts   Keep your eyes open, never rock yourself to sleep   Love to the East, let the dead rest in peace      Chorus (x2)      Outro: Monifa      We gotta do, what we gotta do   Brothers, sisters, you gotta wake up, you gotta wake up   Ain't nothin gonna come from this   We gotta make it right now, we gotta make it right now, now   Oooohoho, think about them babies   Yeah, think about the babies   Ooooohh, what kind of.......