The Next Life

Everytime I think about you
I think about my life


Back in '89 gettin high way back in the class in junior high
We would laugh, clown, fight together
Live and die in the streets was our motto forever, however
Life sometimes takes funny turns

The Next Life, The Next Life
The Next Life, The Next Life

You didn't hate me you loved me
Even though I was lost you put no one above me
I don't know why things had to start gettin ugly

I started gettin big in the drug game
People started lookin at me cause I was the one with the fame
But jealous cats just didn't feel the same

The Next Life, The Next Life
The Next Life, The Next Life

They wanted to take me out
I knew with no doubt
To never live and die in the streets that's what it's all about

Then one day come three deep in a black mini van
Payback is in their master plan
Oh **** Dre watch out!

They shot him twice in the chest
He was my man my boyscout

I got to his side and I grabbed his hand
Damn they can't do this to my man what about all the dreams that we had?

He wanted to be a Dad, have a little boy, a little lad
If you don't live for yourself then live for me!
I can't walk this earth with pain and misery

I lost him right there on 23rd and Gilright
Held his head in my arms as he went on to the next life

The Next Life, The Next Life
The Next Life, The Next Life

Everytime I think about you
I think about my life