[Talk]  These is hard times we livin' in  Churches burnin, planes fallin from the sky  Murder, the good die young  The 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 judgement 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 Bucanan 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 [2x]    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 soulja    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  Analize 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 pa*s  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  Capitolize, 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  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 [2x]    [Talk]  This is for all my homeboys that pa*sed away  And all yo' homeboys that pa*sed away  I send this out to all the fallen soldiers  That's in the cemetaries buried  Never got to see they dreams  For everything I touch you touch  For every step I take you take  For every breath I breather 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