4 My Homies-Vontel/Roger Troutman

[00:20.55]Me and my homie used to be the coolest [00:22.46]Back in the days when we ruled [00:23.99]Those that decided to follow us thought it was cool [00:26.58]Stealin' from the corner store [00:28.10]Me and the homies had a motto [00:29.72]"Whatever you get, run out, go back, and get some more" [00:32.00]We used to bomb cars [00:33.39]In every town we got caught or got in trouble [00:35.09]Moms would break on ours [00:36.68]All the homies, we was real tight [00:38.50]Like for example three of us and one hoochie [00:40.59]We all be stickin' on the same night [00:42.33]Growin' up together, know each other's past [00:44.52]If we ever need backup for whatever, be down to mash [00:47.07]Homies for life, everybody growed up [00:49.05]Some in the pen, couple dead, couple blowed up [00:52.05]Always remember where you came from [00:53.92]And never forget the homies that was all up [00:56.01]on your side when you was in deep [00:57.70]So this is dedicated to my G's [00:59.72]Another track for the homies, givin' love by all means [01:06.58]This is for my homie [01:09.12]This is for my G's (This is for my G's, oh yeah) [01:16.83]This is for my homies (Homies) [01:19.14]This is for my G's (All my G's) [01:23.08]So much money to make, so many women to break [01:25.52]When we dropped out of school was that a playa's mistake? [01:28.16]Moms moved to the other side [01:30.00]These racist people [01:30.95]Man I hated that life and I ain't never lied [01:33.41]Had to struggle for our own good [01:35.21]Watch my homies and my G's [01:36.64]turn from thugs to fiends in their own hood [01:39.24]It's a shame what we put our momma through [01:41.23]Knowin' fools don't care on who they bring the drama too [01:43.78]Life for you has always been a case of taboo [01:46.35]40 ounces, SK's, and a stick of bamboo [01:48.87]Thought you knew that life is too short [01:51.07]Homies either dead, locked up [01:52.76]Or they twisted with this wicked court [01:54.65]My G's coming up short, with no support [01:57.20]From their own kind, yet we pay it no mind [01:59.70]And 96 pray we all rest in peace [02:01.76]'Cause the streets make the fighters and priests [02:03.65]This for my G's and my homies [02:08.27]This is for my homie (This is for my homies, yeah) [02:10.84]This is for my G's (For my G's) [02:18.67]This is for my homies [02:21.23]This is for my G's (For my G's) [02:25.07]Shoo-bee-doo-bop my homies [02:27.82]Shoo-bee-doo-bop [02:29.85]Talk 'bout my homies, my G's [02:35.43]Shoo-bee-doo-bop bop bop [02:37.92]Shoo-bee-doo-bop [02:39.45]Talk about my homies, 'bout my G's [02:51.58]This is for my, for my G's [02:55.57]Yes it is, all my G's, yeah [03:01.82]This is for my homies, yeah [03:05.66]I remember we was little boys steady fightin' each other [03:09.12]Then we grow up and down to die for one another [03:11.67]I love ya like you's the son of my mother [03:14.22]But now in '97 you's a bad mother [03:16.82]We need indeed to be more concerned [03:19.17]'Cause if you play up in the fire then you gonna get burned [03:21.97]I ain't one to preach because I need to be reached [03:24.41]It's a lot of brothers dead, west, south, to the east [03:27.01]I didn't know Pac or Biggie Smalls, but I loved y'all [03:30.11]For the love of the game, in Jesus' name [03:32.76]We pray that everyday can be a good day [03:35.11]Still brothers die by the blast of the AK [03:37.86]Let the kids know that it ain't all good [03:40.48]Hoo-riding on another brother neighborhood [03:43.03]Get your keys at ease and don't be phony [03:45.27]This is for the real, my one and only homie [03:47.64]Yes I heard it through the grapevine [03:50.80]You're gonna need your brother some day, yeah [03:54.72]Yes I do, yes I do [03:57.50]Said I heard it through the grapevine [04:00.60]You're gonna need your brother some day [04:07.71]Need your G, need your G [04:12.30]This is for my homie(This is for my homie) [04:14.88]This is for my G's(my G, yeah-yeah) [04:19.84]Tell 'em baby, you can make 'em understand [04:22.55]You can make 'em understand(This is for my homies) [04:25.11]This is for my G's(Homies, for my G's) [04:29.58]See I understand because I'm an OG myself