[Chorus: Ginuwine]

Mama told me one day it was gonna happen

But she never told me when

She told me it would happen when I was much older

Wish it would've happened then (Is this the end?)

Mama told me one day it was gonna happen

But she never told me when

She told me it would happen when I was much older

Wish it would've happened then

[Verse 1: Diddy]

Sometimes I be wakin' up at high noon sayin', "Why me, Lord?"

Folks thinkin' I'ma die soon

I just tell 'em keep seekin', but when they sleepin'

I be concealed up in my room, knowin' that it could happen

I'm just tryna maintain, because the future is untold

'Til the static unfolds that the good die young

Please, God, let a Bad Boy die old

Do you think I wanna lie cold?

Or better yet, have many shots come close to the head?

Shirt soaked 'til it's red

The most that was said was that my homies had a toast to the dead

Do I need a pack a vest for stress so I can rest?

'Cause even though I'm blessed in my flesh

It all came down to a test

A motherfucker wanna go and put a TEC to my chest

Now I'm caught up in the mix and I can't do shit, but still

I can't ride with program, fearin' no man

Hit the car door let the door slam it's a blessin' that he had slow hands

But he's still right behind me

All these heartless fools is steady comin after my P

So many phony niggas lovin' to hate Sean

So many cheddar niggas comin' after my cheese

Is it my car that they're losin', or are we all for the choosin'?

Or is it all in confusion? Better yet, all an illusion

Shots rang through the hall, bullets cruisin' for bruisin'

Don't let this heartless bastard take my life away

I don't wanna conceive takin' his either

Dipped into the back and took a breather

Heard steps steady in closin' with the bullet skeezer

Gotta do somethin', I ain't scared to go

But yet, my heart is steady pumpin' for somethin'

I refuse to be the one that they be dumpin'

Gotta get away before the TECs start gunnin'

Bodies start jumpin', wreckin' my brain not to try and understand

But withstand, is it 'cause I'm a rich man

Or is it tryna put a brother down in the dirt like quicksand?

But no matter what the reason, I don't wanna stop breathin'

There's dreams to fulfill still

Can't complete 'em with a still kill

Face to face with enemies still grill

Forgive me for the pain I've caused and the sins I've committed

Even though I'm not hopin' to go

I wish someone would open the do'

This man's holdin' the trigger and his finger's steady chokin' it slow

Is this the end?

[Chorus: Ginuwine]

Mama told me one day it was gonna happen

But she never told me when

She told me it would happen when I was much older

Wish it would've happened then (Is this the end?)

[Bridge: Carl Thomas & Ginuwine]

Just can't let go (Is this the end?)

I just don't know

Wish it would've happened then

[Verse 2: Diddy]

Did I just hear a TEC jam? Now it's on, let make my maneuver

Hit the alley, saw his man in a Landcruiser

In his hand was a Ruger, dipped in a Lex' like Luger

Heard shots from a steel bruiser

Teflon in the seat took a pale stress

Felt the hate on my chest as I placed on my vest

What's wrong with the brakes in the LX?

Ran straight into a light pole, just before I got my life stole

A car came to the rescue

I bailed in and said, "Bless you

But what made me the man you would wanna show help to?"

I proceeded to ask him, and he said with a passion

[Verse 3: Twista]

I could never watch a soul die, plus you the man lookin' too fly

(But who are you?) The pimp nigga named Twista from the cold Chi

Rain or sunshine, gotta keep one eye, nigga, I been shot at and stole on

No protection from one time, only caught for my prime

So I asked the Father what I did so wrong?

'Cause, shit, it's been hard for me besides chief

And the smell of sweet fumes when the beef brew

Motherfuckers steady ballin' but steady fallin'

Right in detours, 'bout to hit my feet soon

So I just presume, deep into the rhymes of a rapper

Prepare my mind for the capture

Thinkin' Ginuwine like the bachelor

But why these niggas wanna make us intertwined with the rapture?

Ego for dispersin' us, don't even hurt the clutch

'Cause he's coldblooded and merciless

Steady bustin' shots at both of us, was the strap close to us

Then for survival we both to bust

But Renaults get to roast to crush, 'cause he steady gettin' closer

Paranoid like a crack fiend when the gat seen

Scream when the bullet hit me in the shoulder

Don't wanna die 'til I get older

Try to visualize the beholder, he's inconceivable

So now my sight is gettin' dark a lot

Let's step off up in this parking lot where them dogs bark a lot

And try to wait until his mall get hot

I can make a person fight to survive whether good or connivin'

You never know when it's your time to leave

Smokin' weed to keep my mind at ease, let's go back to the car

But wait, I can't find the keys

Plus we didn't chill long enough, the footsteps are comin' close

Is it one of them unholy men?

With a strap ready to boldly sin

Mama told me it was comin', but I wish she woulda told me when

Is this the end?

[Chorus: Ginuwine]

Mama told me one day it was gonna happen

But she never told me when

She told me it would happen when I was much older

Wish it would've happened then (Is this the end?)

Mama told me one day it was gonna happen

But she never told me when

She told me it would happen when I was much older

Wish it would've happened then (Is this the end?)

[Outro: Carl Thomas & Ginuwine]

Just can't let go (Is this the end?)