In Memory Of... (Partial) chords by Gang Starr

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Verse 1
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Mami Mary, Mary Coleman that is
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I love you, rest in peace
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You still here though
Word up
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This goes out to you
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Mary Parker, Loretta Randall
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Grandfather Bill
Runy Manuel,
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Robert N'Blangio
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Uncle C, Alicia Elon
Giovanni
Verse 2
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[Guru] To my man
G.O.V., I remember
how you used to be
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You were the illest man alive now
I'm reading your eulogy
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Eyes so serious,
you told me hold my head
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Pursue this rap shit and
go forward never backwards
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While you gripped Tec's tight,
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and ran niggaz out of town
I ripped up mics, showin wack
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niggaz how to sound
Still your essence, was callin
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By two gunshots, at close range,
your frame had fallen
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Now like a angel you've risen
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And you will stay in my heart,
and yo I wish you were still livin
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Word... this is in memory of
Verse 3
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* I'm not sure about any
of these names *
Verse 4
Zachary Bro, Cousin Paula
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Harry O- Fives "Rest in
peace" - - Biggie Smalls
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Yeah, Sam- O, 183rd
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Joshua Faust "Rest in peace"
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Brian Brown y'all, yeah
Verse 5
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[Guru] To my man Brian
B,
I remember how you used to be
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You were the flyest in the club
with three bitches doin rub- a- dub
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You was the pimp of all panderers
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GQ, Johnny Presley,
fuckin up the elegances
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So many hookers
on your schedule
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Slammin Cadillac doors and mackin
whores on the regular
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You used to boost,
the slickest of suits
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Climbin through the back windows on the bus,
you was ill Dukes
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Until that chick you vicked,
for the Cutlass
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started snillz- niffin ki-
daine, and went to cut cha
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That freak shanked you six
times in your sleep
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I wish you was here, cause your
philosophy was mad deep
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Yeah... this is in memory of
Verse 6
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Keith 'Cowboy', Scott LaRock
Prince Messiah "Rest in peace"
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Buffy, the Human Beatbox y'know
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Tupac Shakur "Rest in
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peace"
Pinkhouse, Sub Roc
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O.G. Boo Bang, salute! "Rest in
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peace"
Seagram's, Killa Black from
Mobb Deep
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Biggie Smalls, yeah rest in peace
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Lance Owens y'all
Verse 7
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[Guru] To all my brothers doin
time,
whether or not you did the crime
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You know the system is devised
to keep you deaf dumb and blind
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Like Scarface said,
them cats are smart
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In order for things to change we
must all play a part
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It's easy for us to blame society
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But now it's way too late,
and we must take responsibility
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To all my brothers in the streets
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I know you feel you gotta hustle
cause your peeps gotta eat
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Makin moves right and exact; don't wanna
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see you layin flat
Don't wanna see ya catch a bullet black
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If we don't build we'll be
destroyed
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That's the challenge we face in this
race of poor and unemployed
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Freud, a philosopher, but I'm a realist
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So philosophize this,
without love we won't exist
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To those who passed out there,
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in the deserts and the jungles
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with pain on their shoulders,
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and heavy bundles
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I pray each one will,
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ascend to new heights and new en lightenment
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And this is why I'm writin it
Yeah... this is in memory of
Verse 8
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* I'm not sure about
all of these names *
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Linnet Grinnich, Cookie Murray
Yeah "Rest in peace"
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Ross, Laverne La- La Eyelif
John Hood "Rest in peace"
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Kevin Fredricks, Donny Charles
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Leslie Clark, and Will Clark
"Rest in peace"
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Tommy Saunders, Princess Di
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Don Clark,
Betty Shabazz "Rest in peace"
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This is in memory of...
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"Rest in peace"
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