Текст песни
For all my soldiers who didn't make it home...
This one's for you.
Lighters up...
We used to dream in the alleyways,
Talk about freedom, brighter days.
Now I pour out a cup, let the spirits rise,
I see you in the clouds when I close my eyes.
I remember 'K', talkin' 'bout gettin' out the trap,
Had a portfolio mindset 'fore we knew what that was at.
Now his daughter got his smile, askin' "Daddy where he at?"
And all I got is this memory and a faded baseball cap.
And Lil' Tone, who was quicker than the cops on the beat,
But his heart was too heavy, couldn't escape the concrete...
I see y'all.
Yeah... I see y'all.
Thug angels watchin' over me,
From the hood to eternity.
You gone, but you still ride with me,
Thug angels, fly high, set us free.
Got tattoos that bleed your name,
Every story I spit keeps your flame.
They say heaven don't take the streetwise,
But God love the real, not the disguise.
'Cause what's a saint but a sinner who fought?
What's a kingdom to a man who was taught he had nothin'?
You fought your demons with the tools you were given,
A heart too big for a world that was driven by profit.
So if heaven's got a gate, I know you're arguin' with Peter,
Tellin' him our gospel, raw and real, is so much deeper.
Sayin', "We might not have prayed on our knees in a pew,
But we was faithful to the struggle, and our love was true."
Thug angels watchin' over me,
From the hood to eternity.
You gone, but you still ride with me,
Thug angels, fly high, set us free.
watchin' over me,
From the hood to eternity.
You gone, but you still ride with me,
Thug angels, fly high, set us...
So now I walk different, feel your presence in the breeze,
I speak your lessons to the seedlings on these streets.
I'm livin' double-time, for the time that you was robbed,
A mission in my step, a heavier heart to carry the job.