[Intro: Child's voice]
"word up kid!"

[Pre-Verse: DJ Premier]
Yeah L.B., Bryan Moier
I miss you man rest in peace
To Endeara Bishop
Rest in peace little lady
To Claira Stewart
I love you Aunt Ploute
To the coffee boy Arden Franklin
Rest in peace Res
My n***a HeadQCourterz
Head up eyes and ears open
Word is bond!
Jam Master Jay, Big L
Big Lee, Flamboyant for life
Aaliyah, Mad Mark
Boogie down Bronx
P. O., Left Eye

[Verse: Guru]
The emotions that one goes through, over a loss of a loved one
Or friend then, knowing the cost of rebuilding and carrying on
It gets so damn hard in this modern day Babylon
And disease runs rampant, so many men carry arm
So many have a lonely painful road to travel on
Mothers losing sons, improper use of guns
Children go astray because their parents were abusive ones
I used to run with the illest guys
Through the realest eyes
I seen the realest and the illest die
The cycle continues, so many times the good ones
The young ones
So many misunderstood ones
Remembering their faces and voices
And when the wise man said
Life is full of choices
Some get caught up, others are innocent victims
All I know is they were close to us, and that we miss them
[Outro: DJ Premier]
Eazy-E, Big Pun
Lil' Bro, East New York
Dorothy Clark, Sydney Clark Junior, "Rest in peace"
Clarence Elam, Charles Elam
Omar Pitts, DJ Threat
Big Mello, DJ Screw
Aunt Nettie, "Rest in eace"
Uncle Frank, Harold Guy
Poetic, Gravediggaz
Fred Jordan, Ted Demme
G. B. Greg Box, "Rest in peace"
Taheim Campbell
Watch over your big brother
Bumpy Knucks
Yeah!
Harry Stricklin, Merlin Santana "Rest in peace"
Rod Roshodm, Gerald Wichard
Huey Beckam, Marie Clem
Tony Malvow, Paula Crutchfield
Ann Cambell, "Rest in peace"
Reverend Van Johnson, Coach Hoover Wright
Valerie Wilson, Ura Wilson
Jacob Boier, Weldon Irvine, "Rest in peace"
Yeah! Hoover Carden
Korey Stringer, Malik Sealy
Boostin' Kev, Edwin Starr
Nina Simone, Ann Jones "Rest in peace"