Released on February 23, 1999

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[Intro]

TRU: Damn, everything getting cold

SAMPLE: PAIN!

TRU: 'Cept for them bullet holes. That's the only thing hot...

SAMPLE: PAIN!

TRU: Why the fuck did he had to do this to me?

SAMPLE: PAIN!

TRU: Why? Damn. Mmmm

SAMPLE: PAIN!

TRU: Shit...


[Verse 1: Sha/Tru]

This is how it's all gon' end, fuck that

You bust at me? I'm busting back again

Feel the heat, ain't no way that you gon' fuckin l' win

Shit, I set fire to a fucking friend, fried

In the end, you think of death, you gon' think of me

With your last breath, it's how it's got to be

The shell brought me closer to my God-to-be

Hell brought me closer to my soul set free (PAIN!)

It's so much pain I'm almost giving up

Phlegm mixed with blood is what I'm bringing up

"I hope I don't die", is what keep ringing up

"You better off dead", is what somebody saying

Now, nigga, hold your head up, I'm only playing

Never prayed before, but I'm praying now (PAIN!)

Seen a flash of light and I'm going down

The last thing I seen, the crowd was gathering 'round


[Interlude]

PAIN!


[*crowd sounds, EMT sirens*]

PAIN!


[Verse 2: Breeze/Tariq]

It got real with hot steel coming in

Cutting and jigging, digging deeper, aching, keep awaking

The rest is long, but goddamn it, the pressure's strong

Fucking pain, clutching my brain

Touching the vein's arteries, bleeding heavily

Part of me leaving steadily, getting harder to breathe

And yet I be still alive, I'ma make it, I will survive

I'ma take it to the next level, yo, I'm wilding

Do the vexed Devil know my styling?

Held down, hell-bound, gravity having me sinking

Thinking I'm a motherfuckin' man (PAIN!)

Got a brother stuck in a jam, drive my son a buck and a scam

Getting me, wetting me, crimson drenched

In my mind, son, I find some hymns entrenched

A lot of mournful, faint humming

Tomorrow's dawn, I swear that shit ain't coming

[Outro: Sample]

PAIN!

PAIN!