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 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   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 passed away   And all yo' homeboys that passed 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