They ask me am I okay, they ask me if I'm happy Are they asking me that because of the s**t thats been thrown at me Or am I just a little snappy and they genuinely care Dudey, most of my life its just been me and you there And I continuously stare at pictures of you I never got to say I love you as much as I wanted to, but I do Yeah, I say it now when you can't hear me What the f**k good does that do me now But somehow I know you're near me in presence Oh, I went and dropped some presents off for Easter to them Two little beautiful boy of yours to try to ease their minds a little And dawg, you'll never believe this But Sharonda actually talks to me now, jesus And everyone else is just trying to pick up the pieces Man, how could you touch so many ******* lives and just leave us They say grievance has a way of affecting everyone different If it's true How the f**k am I supposed to get over you Difficult as it sounds, dudey I drop a tear in the rhyme The day you find it is the day I stop missing Deshan Holton, it was written, it was weoven for a soldier to leave so suddenly Got me wide open How could God take a soul so d**e and Turn around, leave us all heartbroken Know that you're saying, keep going, be a man, no emotion It's your duty, till we meet again, dudey Dudey, that's what we'd call each other I don't know where it came from but it just stuck with us We was always brothers Never thought about each other's skin colours 'Til one day we was walking up the block in the summer It was like 90 degrees, I was catching a sunburn Tryin' to walk under the trees just to get me some comfort I'm moanin', I just wanna get home and I look over and your shirt is off I'm like "You're gonna fry", you're like "No, I won't. I'm black, stupid! And black people they got melatonin in their skin We dont burn". Meanwhile my face is glowing, and I feel like I'm on fire And the entire time you're laughing at me And snapping at me with your shirt, bastard And I still have to get you back for that s**t And by the way them playboy rings my mother stole from you, well nate finally got them back S**t, that must've been at least 16 years ago Well I put them in your cask-ah moving past it It still ain't registered yet But you can bet, your legacy they'll never forget The motor-city motown, hip hop vet, Hip Hop Shop, dreads, it dont stop there Yeah, as difficult as it sounds Dudey I drop a tear in the rhyme The day you find it is the day I stop missing Deshan Holton, it was written, it was weoven for a soldier to leave so suddenly Got me wide open How could God take a soul so d**e and Turn around, leave us all heartbroken Know that you're saying, keep going, be a man, no emotion It's your duty, till we meet again, dudey And this may sounds a little strange but I'ma tell it I found a jacket that you left at my wedding, I picked it up to smell it I wrapped it up in plastic, until I put it in glass, and hang it up in the hallway so I can always look at it And as for all and me in D-12 we feel like f**k rap It feels like our general just f***ing died in our lap We shut off all our pages, all our cell numbers, our chains, our 2-ways Are in the trash, so some cats'll have to find a new way And I know that it feels like the dreams will die with you today But the truth is, they're all still here and you ain't Purple Gang, you gotta keep pressing on, don't ever give up your dream Dawg, I got love for you all And dudey, its true you brought people together who never would been in the same room if it wasn't for you You were the peace maker dudey, I know sometimes you were moody But you hated confrontation and truly hated the fueding But you were down for yours whenever it came to scrapping If it had to happen, it had to happen Believe me I know you're the one who taught me to throw them balls back on Dresden From making cars to paintballin' and gettin' arrested To sitting across from each other in cells, laughing and jesting They tried to hit us for 5 years for that, no question I guess them hookers and bums that we shot up didn't show up for court So we got off on a technicality, left sweating Me you and what's his face, I forgot his f***ing name Shame, he even came to your funeral, he betrayed our team And if I see him again I'ma punch him in the f***ing face And that's on Hailie Jade, Whitney Laine and Alaina's name I let the pistol bang once, just to leak a shot in the air for you And pour some liquor out with Obie in the parking lot Of 54 just before we were supposed to get in cars to come and see you once more Difficult as it sounds Dudey
[00:00.67]They ask me am I okay, they ask me if I'm happy [00:03.35]Are they asking me that because of the s**t thats been thrown at me [00:06.66]Or am I just a little snappy and they genuinely care [00:09.87]Dudey, most of my life its just been me and you there [00:12.88]And I continuously stare at pictures of you [00:15.35]I never got to say I love you as much as I wanted to, but I do [00:19.35]Yeah, I say it now when you can't hear me [00:22.03]What the f**k good does that do me now [00:24.31]But somehow I know you're near me in presence [00:26.24]Oh, I went and dropped some presents off for Easter to them [00:29.29]Two little beautiful boy of yours to try to ease their minds a little [00:32.74]And dawg, you'll never believe this [00:35.54]But Sharonda actually talks to me now, jesus [00:38.74]And everyone else is just trying to pick up the pieces [00:41.79]Man, how could you touch so many ******* lives and just leave us [00:44.98]They say grievance has a way of affecting everyone different [00:48.74]If it's true [00:49.95]How the f**k am I supposed to get over you [00:50.71]Difficult as it sounds, dudey [00:54.07]I drop a tear in the rhyme [00:55.46]The day you find it is the day I stop missing Deshan [00:58.10]Holton, it was written, it was weoven for a soldier to leave so suddenly [01:02.83]Got me wide open [01:04.96]How could God take a soul so d**e and [01:08.16]Turn around, leave us all heartbroken [01:10.55]Know that you're saying, keep going, be a man, no emotion [01:13.81]It's your duty, till we meet again, dudey [01:17.85]Dudey, that's what we'd call each other [01:19.87]I don't know where it came from but it just stuck with us [01:22.56]We was always brothers [01:24.09]Never thought about each other's skin colours [01:26.43]'Til one day we was walking up the block in the summer [01:29.47]It was like 90 degrees, I was catching a sunburn [01:33.53]Tryin' to walk under the trees just to get me some comfort [01:35.86]I'm moanin', I just wanna get home and I look over and your shirt is off [01:39.46]I'm like "You're gonna fry", you're like "No, I won't. I'm black, stupid! [01:43.32]And black people they got melatonin in their skin [01:46.53]We dont burn". Meanwhile my face is glowing, and I feel like I'm on fire [01:50.19]And the entire time you're laughing at me [01:53.29]And snapping at me with your shirt, bastard [01:55.54]And I still have to get you back for that s**t [01:58.37]And by the way them playboy rings my mother stole from you, well nate finally got them back [02:03.01]S**t, that must've been at least 16 years ago [02:06.47]Well I put them in your cask-ah moving past it [02:09.42]It still ain't registered yet [02:11.14]But you can bet, your legacy they'll never forget [02:13.88]The motor-city motown, hip hop vet, Hip Hop Shop, dreads, it dont stop there [02:20.55]Yeah, as difficult as it sounds [02:22.85]Dudey [02:23.51]I drop a tear in the rhyme [02:24.83]The day you find it is the day I stop missing Deshan [02:27.22]Holton, it was written, it was weoven for a soldier to leave so suddenly [02:32.95]Got me wide open [02:34.63]How could God take a soul so d**e and [02:38.12]Turn around, leave us all heartbroken [02:39.96]Know that you're saying, keep going, be a man, no emotion [02:43.14]It's your duty, till we meet again, dudey [02:46.64]And this may sounds a little strange but I'ma tell it [02:49.24]I found a jacket that you left at my wedding, I picked it up to smell it [02:52.69]I wrapped it up in plastic, until I put it in glass, and hang it up in the hallway so I can always look at it [02:59.27]And as for all and me in D-12 we feel like f**k rap [03:02.67]It feels like our general just f***ing died in our lap [03:05.72]We shut off all our pages, all our cell numbers, our chains, our 2-ways [03:09.12]Are in the trash, so some cats'll have to find a new way [03:12.57]And I know that it feels like the dreams will die with you today [03:15.31]But the truth is, they're all still here and you ain't [03:18.77]Purple Gang, you gotta keep pressing on, don't ever give up your dream [03:22.85]Dawg, I got love for you all [03:24.98]And dudey, its true you brought people together who never would been in the same room if it wasn't for you [03:30.83]You were the peace maker dudey, I know sometimes you were moody [03:34.29]But you hated confrontation and truly hated the fueding [03:37.39]But you were down for yours whenever it came to scrapping [03:40.78]If it had to happen, it had to happen [03:43.68]Believe me I know you're the one who taught me to throw them balls back on Dresden [03:47.49]From making cars to paintballin' and gettin' arrested [03:50.77]To sitting across from each other in cells, laughing and jesting [03:54.00]They tried to hit us for 5 years for that, no question [03:57.15]I guess them hookers and bums that we shot up didn't show up for court [04:00.50]So we got off on a technicality, left sweating [04:03.70]Me you and what's his face, I forgot his f***ing name [04:06.80]Shame, he even came to your funeral, he betrayed our team [04:10.28]And if I see him again I'ma punch him in the f***ing face [04:13.27]And that's on Hailie Jade, Whitney Laine and Alaina's name [04:16.53]I let the pistol bang once, just to leak a shot in the air for you [04:20.85]And pour some liquor out with Obie in the parking lot [04:23.86]Of 54 just before we were supposed to get in cars to come and see you once more [04:29.13]Difficult as it sounds [04:30.70]Dudey
