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Naughty By Nature
Naughty By Nature
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Anthony Shawn Criss
Anthony Shawn Criss
Songwriter
Keir Lamont Gist
Keir Lamont Gist
Songwriter
V. Brown
V. Brown
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Naughty By Nature
Naughty By Nature
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
It's gonna be all right, better believe that
[Verse 2]
Dear God, times are changin' and the weather got hot
Over the past year, a lot of **** went prop drop
So I thank you for my life and all that I got
I wanna praise you and drop off a message to Pac
I was sittin' here, lookin' at your picture, my ****
Puttin' hash with the weed, with a mixture of liquor
We can't kick it, you ain't with us, is the shit I can't figure
****, I miss ya, just know I'm gon' mourn you 'til I'm with ya
It was '90, on the PE tour when we macked down
Don't even seem like seven years passed
Both roadies, now homies out the hood, on the scene
You did the Humpty with DU, I did the walk with the Queen
Was a dream, smokin' and drinkin' through our per diem
Stealin' backstage passes to hit hoes and coliseums
Found those that flip up, make 'em lift they shit up
Get it then get up, hook the chicks up then flip up (Switch up)
Pick up all the dimes till that room was mine
Male groupies got dissed and got the hell out of Dodge
They was blinded when the good shined through, they were on you
Just know, I'm gon' mourn you 'til I join you
[Verse 3]
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
I hope you hear me now, in God we trust
Even all the prayers can't bring you back to us
I'll mourn you 'til I join you, plus I'll keep in touch
[Verse 4]
We were two lil' ****, both skinny and broke
Happy if we scrap pennies for smoke
Tours over, we were out, yeah, then you called with the news
You was over in New York to film this movie called Juice
Called you back up, you told me pack up
Me and you and Stretch could shack up
The thug love, back up the act up
Shakim and Atrim were callin' for us
'Cause they knew we all kicked up dust
You remember when that cabby said daddy wouldn't pick up our race
We beat his ass and then you spit in his face
I remember on the set, from the trailer, fiends stole your jewels
And Big Stretch punched him out his shoes
Back then, I was takin' stashes quick, who holdin'?
That's when every piece of bud I was rollin' was stolen
We would laugh at the jacks over six packs and yaks
Spit the emos over demos, thinkin' ladies and limos
You's a wild motherfucker who could never sit still
Said you couldn't rest till you seen a mill
****, I felt you
We was back and forth from borough to projects with force
Damn, I wish they knew how much you loved New York
Shit, and can't nobody diss my ****
Motherfuck that, I miss my ****
I'ma mourn you 'til I join you
[Verse 5]
You ain't gotta worry about how long I'm gonna mourn you
I'ma keep your name on the streets
[Verse 6]
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
I hope you hear me now, in God we trust
Even all the prayers can't bring you back to us
I'll mourn you 'til I join you, plus I'll keep in touch
[Verse 7]
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
I hope you hear me now, in God we trust
Even all the prayers can't bring you back to us
I'll mourn you 'til I join you, plus I'll keep in touch
[Verse 8]
I'm the true motherfucker, thug nation alert
Keep his name on the streets till you lay in the dirt
This shit hurt 'cause we went from poor to rich
You're supposed to seen a lot more than this
They propped you up, locked you up when you did above the rim
They let you out, you called us up, we came and thugged again
We would hear, "Ah-ha, rapist" they shout
Y'all was talkin' shit that y'all didn't know a damn thing 'bout
You was goin' through your stress while your enemies laughed
Ain't never take no shit and 2Pac never too no ass
Fuck the press, fuck the world, life goes on when you die
Fuck the courts, fuck the judge, and every bitch that lied
A little time ticked by, my ho and I got rocked
My lady wakin' me up, yellin', "Treach, Pac got shot"
Soon as I get there, I find Afeni urgin' me
Sayin', "Convince my baby, don't leave after surgery"
So I'm lookin' in her eyes while they walkin' me through
Thinkin' Pac hard head, what the hell I'ma do
So we kick it I say stay, then I ask, "What you need?"
You say a pound for comin', ****, and a hit of some weed
So I asked you not to go over and over, God knows
You just smiled and said, "****, help me get on my clothes"
So we got over that, you healed up, got locked
I dropped case about lights, they had you caged when I stopped
Yeah, the chain remains, plus you was a part of my link
They fucked up by givin' you too much time to think
I remember your release and we met up in LA
At The Billiard, getting blazed, Henny'd out with the hay
After that, you blew up, a made ****, platinum plus
Addicted to drama, a soldier with a nation of thugs
Now we in these savage ages
Even you, yourself, predicted that last night in Vegas
I heard gats were brandished, my **** ones that get damaged
And a part of this heart right here in Venice
At the same time, you was both loved and feared
M.O.B. the fuckin' thug of the year
I'ma mourn you 'til I join you
[Verse 9]
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
I hope you hear me now, in God we trust
Even all the prayers can't bring you back to us
I'll mourn you 'til I join you, plus I'll keep in touch
[Verse 10]
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust
I hope you hear me now, in God we trust
Even all the prayers can't bring you back to us
I'll mourn you 'til I join you, plus I'll keep in touch
[Verse 11]
We'll mourn, that's what we'll do
We'll mourn, till we're with you (Yes, and we will mourn for you)
We'll mourn, that's what we'll do
We'll mourn, till we're with you (Yes, and we will mourn for you)
Yes, and we will mourn for you
Yes, and we will mourn for you
Written by: Anthony Shawn Criss, Keir Lamont Gist, V. Brown
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