Here`s to you
You have gone through struggles suffering
This one goes out to everybody in the world
but especially on the street level
Because I know where you comin from and
some of the things you do I can understand
So through all your travels I`m wishing you a peaceful journey
What is a friend for Through rich and through poor
Kinda like a marriage balanced on a different floor
A friend could tell you things that he wouldn`t tell another
So in essence a friend could be considered a brother
You laugh and you play a lot you talk and you say a lot
But when it`s time to feel the pain you cry and you pray a lot
I`m talkin about you you who have the time
A time to be my friend when no one else would be mine
Problems were nothing because I had my man to share them with
Hills were nothing neither `cause I had my man to climb `em with
I`m really proud to say that I truly really knew you good
And oh God`s blessing from the entire neighborhood
And as the days drift drift into the future
I laugh a little louder at the times that I was witcha
This one`s for you and I truly hope you hear me
And through all your travels I`m wishing you a peaceful journey
You`rrrrrrrre on my miiiiiiiiiiiind You`re on my mind
And I wish you a peaceful journey Peace
Brother I hope you hear me
You`rrrrrrrre on my miiiiiiiiiiiind You`re on my mind
And I wish you a peaceful journey Peace
Brother I hope you hear me
In the corner sits the little girl in tears
The shadow of a man overwhelms her fears
Mommy mommy NO the words of a battered child
The wicked wicked mommy has the sticks swingin buckwild
Mister mister do you have a dime
See I`m hungry and I`d rather be a begger than do crime
Sure here`s your dime go make a big ten bucks
Now sneak around the corner get your joints and go beat him up
A kid on the streets doesn`t want to be beat
So he hangs on the block `til his pop fall asleep
Missing kids on the milk carton
A lunatic kills kids for kicks and gets pardoned
Baby girls run away from home huh
and two months later they`re stars on child porn
Tracks on the arms of a minor
Suzie ran too but she`ll be dead when they find her
Kids on the street movin drugs the thugs` growin up fast
Wouldn`t stop when one gets plunged
Junior stole a Benz with his friends
But got caught now he`s doin time with twenties and tens
For the rest of his life he learns to lean on the wall
And prays for the day when his number is called
This one if for you and I truly hope you heard me
Through all your travels I`m wishing you a peaceful journey
You`rrrrrrrre on my miiiiiiiiiiiind You`re on my mind
And I wish you a peaceful journey Peace
Brother I hope you hear me
You`rrrrrrrre on my miiiiiiiiiiiind You`re on my mind
And I wish you a peaceful journey Peace
Brother I hope you hear me
Pardon me mister warden I`m askin for a pass
to come for some of my brothers who made mistakes in the pass
It`s really not their fault you see times are HARD
and it was probably difficult for my man to find a job
Before he was forced forced to make a living
by lying stealing and eventually killing
No one was born bad we`re all God`s Kids
So who`s to really blame for the wrong that he did
And speakin about the law what are they for
To beat us with a stick face down on the floor
You preach and you preach that you want crime to stop
If you want crime to stop stop hiring crooked cops
So hear me brother man hear my plea
If you want success all you gotta do is suc-ceed
Love life pain death
What else is left on the travels of life`s steps
In life we lose get bumped and bruised
The road you choose not necessarily a cruise
You giggle for joy shed a tear for pain
There`s a lot to lose and a lot to gain
Though when you walk on the streets try to walk on street smarts
When you see your man down try to have a little heart
This one if for you and I truly hope you heard me
Through all your travels I`m wishing you a peaceful journey
You`rrrrrrrre on my miiiiiiiiiiiind You`re on my mind
And I wish you a peaceful journey Peace
Brother I hope you hear me
You`rrrrrrrre on my miiiiiiiiiiiind You`re on my mind
And I wish you a peaceful journey Peace
Brother I hope you hear me
You`rrrrrrrre on my miiiiiiiiiiiind You`re on my mind
And I wish you a peaceful journey Peace
Brother I hope you hear me
You`rrrrrrrre on my miiiiiiiiiiiind You`re on my mind
And I wish you a peaceful journey Peace
Brother I hope you hear me
Yeah you`re on my mind
Peace
Hear me now brother
Stop your killing stop your killing
Stop your stealing stop your stealing
Stop your killing stop your killing
Stop your killiiiii-ehhhhh-eeeeaaasah
HuurrrrrrrrWHOO
Take my hand take my hand
If you need somebody you can trust on ME
Ha you can lean on me
Yes you can errrr-aaaaahh-yaaahyaah