Текст песни O.C. - Born 2 Live
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Like the dead end kids, we used to play in the streetsNever worryin about grief, football spelled reliefRonnie ? was the coach for ussee he taught us to play, almost every single day, OKNow on Evergreen was Larry and Mike and LonMy cousin Boo lived there too just to name a fewwith Sha-rone, he`s bad to the bone, Boo`s little sidekickAnd a badass mouth, he used to feist it on Harmon Streetwith Zach, Leo and EdMe Jody and Boop by June, Rocky and then comesTommy and Cedric, Lamont and Greg, unique in our own rightAt times we`d fight, but that`s a-ightStill, not realizin we had love, it showedwhen we played, no phony charades againstone another, now while I write this songIt`s like some are still alive and a couple are gone * Chorus * (4X) We`re born to live, a life to die Life`s so damn short and I wonder whyAs kids, you`re overlookin deathIt didn`t seem important or serious, it just seems curiousIt was about, wakin to a bowl of cerealCartoons on Saturday`s, karate flicks, and likeridin your skateboard, or bicycleAnd went as deep as Killa Joe on the corner drinkin RipplePlus, Puerto Rican kids on the block were coolWe got along, we all knew right from wrongBy far, we got a dose that life was hardA Spanish we were close with, was killed by a carShocking, Alberto was hit, on the block anddeath was spontaneous, his moms was clockin him `cross the streetHe just received an awardfor Little League baseball like an hour before, plusHe didn`t even get to see the summer set inDyin all young at the age of sevenIt opened up my eyes small that the flesh was weakAs a kid, thinkin shit like that was mad deep, peep it * Chorus *Now when somebody is gone, that`s when you realize how close you washow close you are.. like a starReal deep it takes time to healAnd still from time to time you wish you could find the way to forgiveand let him know you forgaveBut they can`t feel six feet deep inside the graveWhat`s left, but attend his wake, believin if it was youhe`d do it for old time`s sake, damnI`m disturbed, by the news when I was told I was sittinKnowin damn well Boo ain`t bullshittinMy life flashed like big bills of cashand good times we had, now it`s all so sadOne of my childhood pals hit the roadWhen you take, to the streets, then you die, by the codeBut in this case, who knows what went down?Bottom line is wishin that he still was aroundNow he found a spot in my heart, or should I say lobotomyMike, know you`re trapped inside of meAnd every other brother in BushwickWho rushed to your side thick, all down with the clickYeah, God Bless he laid to restCall him Mike Boogie, that`s what describes the nigga best * Chorus * We`re born to live (4X)Like that y`all