No Sunshine

Turn my headphones up, cat

Ain't no sunshine, uh-uh

Ain't no sunshine when you gone

It's not the same since you went away

There ain't no sunshine since you gone

But my life, it keeps movin' on

Homie, now that you gone away

Ain't no sunshine, homie, since you been gone

Livin' the life of ghetto thug, stuck in a war zone

Concrete and stone was the place you called home

Left your mother alone and left your wife to moan

Your heart was torn, not many options to choose

So you started bangin' and actin' a fool

Packin' the heat, you know it, in the streets you was known

Life in the fast lane, willin' to die so young

Didn't give a fuck about nothin' at all

It was you against the world, but you was my dog

The ride for the hood wasn't just a thought in your mind

I said you even the score, catch a case and do some time

Hard knock life, I said it's all that was known

I said you struggled to live, homie, since you been grown

Hate to see you gone, but I know that you better

And in my heart I wish you'd get this letter

Ain't no sunshine

Ain't no sunshine when you gone

It's not the same since you went away

There ain't no sunshine since you gone

But my life, it keeps movin' on

Homie, now that you gone away

Ain't no sunshine when you gone

It's not the same since you went away

Check this out, homeboy

As the sun falls, I think about my homies makin' them collect calls

Tryna reach me, sorry homie, I ain't never home

And there's no collects on this cell phone

I got homies I ain't seen in ten long years

Face fuller than tattoo tears

Homie went in with one tat, now he's covered from his chest to back

Does that make him tough? No

But what could you do when you're stuck on death row?

Locked down all damn day, lucky to see another face

And there's only one way out of this place

And that ain't no mystery

And the sunshine? That's just a memory

Just like you when you're doin' time

Didn't think about that when you're doin' a crime

Now I guess you figure what this song's all about

It's easy to get locked up, but the hard part's staying out

That's right, S.A

Ain't no sunshine when you gone

It's not the same since you went away

There ain't no sunshine since you gone

But my life, it keeps movin' on

Homie, now that you gone away

I ain't seen the sun in sixty-six days

But someday I'll see the light, I got them gangsta ways

I reached the top, then I fell back down

I reached the top again and I felt the crackdown

The pigs got a tip and then I got popped

I found out who gave the tip and then they got popped

It don't stop, it's gangsta in the streets

It's more than just hard lyrics and gangsta beats

Homie, you got it twisted, you try to rap wicked

But your shit flop, you ain't gotta lie to kick it

It ain't that easy, if that was the case

Then your grandma would be rappin' on that treble and bass

You gotta have skill, you can't be a lame

I could give you the rest, but then I'd give you the game

Have common sense, use your head, just figure

Don't braid your hair, don't use the word "nigga"

Stay on the opposite side of my nine

'Cause if you don't, there won't be no sunshine

That's right, fool

South Latin Mainline takin' over this bitch

Chow, lights out, motherfucker

Ain't no sunshine when you gone

It's not the same since you went away

There ain't no sunshine since you gone

But my life, it keeps movin' on

Homie, now that you gone away

Ain't no sunshine when you gone

It's not the same since you went away

There ain't no sunshine since you gone

But my life, it keeps movin' on

Homie, now that you gone away

There ain't no sunshine when you gone

It's not the same since you went away

There ain't no sunshine since you gone

But my life, it keeps movin' on

Homie, now that you gone away

Homie, now that you gone away