[Intro: Child's voice]

Word up kid!

[Pre-Verse: DJ Premier]

Yeah L.B., Bryan Moier

I miss you man rest in peace

To Endeara Bishop

Rest in peace little lady

To Claira Stewart

I love you Aunt Ploute

To the coffee boy Arden Franklin

Rest in peace Res

My nigga HeadQCourterz

Head up eyes and ears open

Word is bond!

Jam Master Jay, Big L

Big Lee, Flamboyant for life

Aaliyah, Mad Mark

Boogie down Bronx

P. O., Left Eye

[Verse: Guru]

The emotions that one goes through, over a loss of a loved one

Or friend then, knowing the cost of rebuilding and carrying on

It gets so damn hard in this modern day Babylon

And disease runs rampant, so many men carry arm

So many have a lonely painful road to travel on

Mothers losing sons, improper use of guns

Children go astray because their parents were abusive ones

I used to run with the illest guys

Through the realest eyes

I seen the realest and the illest die

The cycle continues, so many times the good ones

The young ones

So many misunderstood ones

Remembering their faces and voices

And when the wise man said

Life is full of choices

Some get caught up, others are innocent victims

All I know is they were close to us, and that we miss them

[Outro: DJ Premier]

Eazy-E, Big Pun

Lil' Bro, East New York

Dorothy Clark, Sydney Clark Junior, "Rest in peace"

Clarence Elam, Charles Elam

Omar Pitts, DJ Threat

Big Mello, DJ Screw

Aunt Nettie, "Rest in peace"

Uncle Frank, Harold Guy

Poetic, Gravediggaz

Fred Jordan, Ted Demme

G. B. Greg Box, "Rest in peace"

Taheim Campbell

Watch over your big brother

Bumpy Knucks

Yeah!

Harry Stricklin, Merlin Santana "Rest in peace"

Rod Roshodm, Gerald Wichard

Huey Beckam, Marie Clem

Tony Malvow, Paula Crutchfield

Ann Cambell, "Rest in peace"

Reverend Van Johnson, Coach Hoover Wright

Valerie Wilson, Ura Wilson

Jacob Boier, Weldon Irvine, "Rest in peace"

Yeah! Hoover Carden

Korey Stringer, Malik Sealy

Boostin' Kev, Edwin Starr

Nina Simone, Ann Jones "Rest in peace"