WESTSIDE GRIPP ft. MARIA T “ON THE DEAD HOMIES” [INTRO: WESTSIDE GRIPP] Yeah… This one for the ones that ain’t here You know I carry y’all with me Every step… On the dead homies. [HOOK: MARIA T] On the dead homies, I still hear your voice Late nights got me thinking ‘bout the life we enjoyed You left too soon, but your memory lives Every tear that I cry, that’s the love that I give On the dead homies, I swear I won’t fold Keep your name in my heart ’til my story gets told If Heaven got a hood, I know you somewhere close So I raise one up high… On the dead homies. [VERSE 1: WESTSIDE GRIPP] I remember them days when the whole crew was deep Now I’m looking at pictures when I can’t even sleep Same block, same corners, but the feeling ain’t the same Every time I hear your name, I can feel that pain We was young, chasing dreams, trying to make us a way Never thought we’d lose brothers before we got gray Now I’m talking to the sky like you might hear me speak Got your picture in my phone, but I can’t make it ring I done watched good hearts get swallowed by the streets Seen mothers lose sons, seen families lose peace So I move with your memory, your name on my chest And whenever life gets heavy, I remember the best You ain’t gone if we talk about you You ain’t gone if we still walk without you Every lesson, every laugh, every story we chose Still riding with me… On the dead homies. [HOOK: MARIA T] On the dead homies, I still hear your voice Late nights got me thinking ‘bout the life we enjoyed You left too soon, but your memory lives Every tear that I cry, that’s the love that I give On the dead homies, I swear I won’t fold Keep your name in my heart ’til my story gets told If Heaven got a hood, I know you somewhere close So I raise one up high… On the dead homies. [VERSE 2: WESTSIDE GRIPP] I ain’t glorifying death, I’m just speaking what’s real Some wounds never close, they just teach you to heal Had to learn how to smile while my heart was still broke Had to turn all that grief into something I wrote I remember your jokes, remember sitting outside Remember making them plans like we had all the time Now the crew got smaller, but the bond got strong Every time we link up, somebody missing from the song I tell the young ones, “Don’t rush that road” ‘Cause the streets collect everything that you owe Money come, money go, but your life can’t replace And your mama shouldn’t have to put a picture in a frame So I’m moving with purpose, got my eyes on the throne Trying to build something solid for the ones still home And if I make it somewhere that we dreamed we would go I’ma look to the sky and say, “Gripp ain’t forget, bro.” [BRIDGE: MARIA T] I know you’re somewhere watching I feel you when I’m falling When this world gets cold Your memory keeps me warm And I won’t let them erase you No, time can’t replace you Until we meet again Your name lives on… [FINAL HOOK: MARIA T + WESTSIDE GRIPP] MARIA T: On the dead homies, I still hear your voice Late nights got me thinking ’bout the life we enjoyed WESTSIDE GRIPP: Still with me… MARIA T: You left too soon, but your memory lives Every tear that I cry, that’s the love that I give WESTSIDE GRIPP: Never forgotten… MARIA T: On the dead homies, I swear I won’t fold Keep your name in my heart ’til my story gets told If Heaven got a hood, I know you somewhere close So I raise one up high… WESTSIDE GRIPP: For everybody we lost. MARIA T: On the dead homies… [OUTRO: WESTSIDE GRIPP] Yeah… We don’t say goodbye. We say, “I’ll see you when I get there.” Rest easy to the ones who paved the way. Forever family. On the dead homies.
