These is hard times we livin' in, go down   Churches burnin', planes fallin' from the sky   Murder, the good die young   Good definitely die young, this is a lil' somethin'   To help you get through the day, if you could      It was more than a tragedy   Emotions be grabbin' me   Plane fell from the sky   We tryin' to figure what happened      Burnin' churches, fearin' God   Who can be so cruel?   We all ignorant to AIDS   Till it happens to you      Just be a man, make plans   Listen to your voice   A woman's tryin' to make decisions   We should leave them a choice      'Cause who are we to say?   Who lives and die, breathes and stops   All this judgment on other lives   Needs to stop      What are we livin' for?   Givin' more back than takin'   On my knees still waitin'   For my own salvation      Now I feel abandoned   'Cause Pat Buchanan say, ?I'm greedy?   You can take my taxes, send me to war   But can't feed me      It's so easy to regret things   After they done   Babies catchin' murder cases   Scared to laugh in the sun      The tragedies that we all need   Love in doses   In times like these we feel closest   The good die young      Does anybody have an answer why?   It seems the good die young   Can anybody tell me why?   Can anybody tell me why?      Does anybody have an answer why?   It seems the good die young   Can anybody tell me why?   Can anybody tell me why?      Now in my world, will it get worse   When I been trapped since birth?   But I had to sleep in a hearse   'Cause it was my bed first      My grands probably burnin'   Turnin' in, they grave   Some folks ain't even get to see a high age   But they did so, I ain't afraid      And this money got me feelin' like a star   And this murder got me   Feelin' like my death ain't far   And the land and stolen cars      Don't get no better   Don't get no weaker or no harder   I was raised in a rush without my moms   And my father      So tell me somethin'   If I grab my gat and get the dumpin'   Would God get to lookin' at me funny?      Rest in peace to my mother, Aquillah Beale   Rest in peace to my father, Salek Beale   Rest in peace to my grandparents   And thug in peace to my brother, Seike   You know I love you      Witch world first storms and then Al   Pac and then Yak   Redrey Brown   Coulda' sworn, I seen ya face in a cloud      Family grievin' on your last breath   Close to the heart whether you know it or not   I swear, the love won't stop   Jewel, that's my boo, Mom, Duke and Lou   From jump you kept it true, helped to feed the crew      The good die young   Livin' fast jumpin' the gun   Mama blamin' the community for killin' her son   My cousin Darren wasn't scared of goin'   But never knowin' he was dyin' slower   I guess I see ya when I see ya soldier      Does anybody have an answer why?   It seems the good die young   Can anybody tell me why?   Can anybody tell me why?      I know my life ain't promised   That's why the wise move in silence   Analyze these scandalous times   It's hard Dogg but we manage      Schools turn to war zones   Even homes unsafe   Leavin' children to play caged and raged   They hate, how come?      Someone explain, why the good die young?   Why the bad die slow and outlive everyone?   It's time somethin' is done      For our young kids   They growin' opus   That ain't the way to live   Tell me why?      Days go past and as they pass   Time move quicker   No time for wastin'   Put your hustle down my young dealers      'Cause the end is nearer   But at least that's what they tellin' me   Hell, all I know brothers   Ain't ridin' 4 3 felonys      It's time to plan, plot, and strategize   Capitalize, mobilize   We in the war y'all   It's for all y'all      My family to the ones that stabbed me   Little bit mo' love is what's recommended   Yeah, and it's plain to see   The seeds from you and me   Gon' be the ones to lead us towards unity      That's if we treat them right   Man, teach them right   Raise your kids better than you was   And see what it does      But if you don't   Man, we sho' to be done   And we'll all see exactly   Why the good die young      Does anybody have an answer why?   It seems the good die young   Can anybody tell me why?   Can anybody tell me why?      Does anybody have an answer why?   It seems the good die young   Can anybody tell me why?   Can anybody tell me why?      This is for all my homeboys that passed away   And all yo' homeboys that passed away   I send this out to all the fallen, fallen soldiers   That's in the cemeteries buried   Never got to see they dreams      For everything I touch you touch   For every step I take you take   For every breath I breathe you breathe   Every dollar I make you make      I told you we'd make it to the sunshine one day   You just got there a little quicker   But like my homeboys, thugs say   I'll catch ya at the crossroads   The good die young      This song is dedicated to all them   Young kids and people that are innocent   That died young at Columbine High   Rest in peace Oklahoma, Outlawz      Lil' young Xzandafer, Tasha, all them   All the fallen kids the dead babies   The closed caskets, [Inaudible]