Key: D minor
Verse 1
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His name was Rasool
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Carmel completed boy from the 22
Rough on the outside
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But on the inside he was cool
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Rasool was a king
But also a fool
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Back on the block again with
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the same crew
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Tariq from the west side
Little John form the avenue
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Always seen um bout a quarter
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to two
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Shaking hands with everybody
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But at the same time sharing the blues
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And oh how he passed it on
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Shaking hands till what was in
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his pockets was gone
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He'd be outside in the cold with
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his bubble goose on
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But inside
I knew he wasn't warm
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Around 10: 30 on that dreary night
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His bowaz said they were hungry
they were hungry
Wanted to get a bite
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But they didn't send a runner
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Rasool knew it wasn't right
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But he stayed anyway
to get the chain he liked
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And oh how the shots
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rang in the streets
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Hitting everybody in
the surrounding vicinity
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Children of the children
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One young father to be
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And Rasool lay dead in
my north Philly Street
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At fifteen years old
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It was the first death I'd seen
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But the game ain't designed
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for no kind of winning
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And oh this is a friend
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of Rasool
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Telling you to think about what you do
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and who you call your crew
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The very choices you make
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May make a Rasool out of you
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Now you don't want that do
Outro 1
you?
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ChordsFm Db Bbm Eb
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