[Chorus 1: Sakura] All the memories of hate And the lies Don't you know eventually we pay the price All my hopes and the dreams will survie Realize, we got to keep the faith alive
[TUPAC Verse] Time to question our lifestyle, look how we live Smokin weed like it ain't no thang, so even kids wanna try now, they lie down and get ran through Nobody watched 'em clockin the evil man do Faced with the demons, addicted to hearin victims screamin Guess we was evil since birth, product of cursed semens Cause even our birthdays is cursed days A born thug in the first place, the worst ways I'd love to see the block in peace With no more dealers and crooked cops, the only way to stop the beast And only we can change It's up to us to clean up the streets, it ain't the same Too many murders, too many funerals and too many tears Just seen another brother buried plus I knew him for years Passed by his family, but what could I say? Keep yo' head up and try to keep the faith And pray for better days
[Tasha Verse] Damn How did we get here? We're living in fear How history repeats itself, can never steer clear Cries for help, ringing my ear from the sheer terror of it all I shed a tear, can't disappear, sometimes I wish the end was near But Back to reality, where Life still exist, we're Still on this earth, but we got shackles on the wrist Must be the reason why you never start to even lend a hand Too caught up in your ways for you to try to understand
[Chorus 2: Sakura] All the memories of hate And the lies Don't you know eventually we pay the price All my hopes and dreams, they seem so far away I'm a sing a song and pray for better days
[TUPAC Verse] Now me and you was real cool, hell on them square fools Since back in high school, we was true, me and you Hardly parted or seperated, we stayed faded Affiliated with gangbangers and still made it Up in the gym, mess with me, gotta mess with him Still dressin like grown men when rollin I went to dark, smokin Newports, gamin marks Got a place in my heart, homey stay smart Locked you up in the pen, and gave you three to ten I send you letters with naked flicks of old friends Hopin you well, I know it's hell Doin time in the cells, you need mail, when you in jail
[Tasha Verse] So there you have it, my whole life with all this memories I'm trying to figure out How to set all of my pain free Sometimes, I wish that I can turn the hands of time back So I could Rewrite the wrong and put my life back on the right track Wake up to reality, trying to accept the way it is They say that life's not what you take, it's your willingness to give That's why I wrote this song in hopes to heal the pain within Cause after that, I know that's when my life truly begins
[Chorus 1: Sakura] All the memories of hate And the lies Don't you know eventually we pay the price All my hopes and the dreams will survie Realize, we got to keep the faith alive
[Tasha Verse] Imprinted in our minds, from the minute we were born, with Misconceptions of life, that's how our lives get torn I say we wake up from this dream and let the sunlight in So we can help each other heal the pain within
TUPAC Speaks
[Chorus 2: Sakura] All the memories of hate And the lies Don't you know eventually we pay the price All my hopes and dreams, they seem so far away I'm a sing a song and pray for better days