WITNESS!

Saw Jimmy get clipped right there on Fifth Street

Blood on the pavement where he used to sleep

His mama don't know yet, she cookin' his dinner

While homie layin' cold, ain't no fuckin' winner

Been three days now since they rolled up quick

Two masked dudes with that hollow point click

I was posted on the corner when I heard the pop

Seen his body drop, felt my whole heart stop

Jimmy owed some cash to the wrong damn crew

Thought he could finesse, but they saw right through

Said he had the bread, kept pushin' it back

Now they sent a message, painted the block black

I watched him crawl, try to make it inside

Reached out for help but there ain't no pride

In this shit we live, where the weak get ate

And your best friend's death is just another date

Police came around askin' what I seen (what?)

But snitchin' round here ain't part of the scene

So I told 'em nothin', just shrugged my shoulders

While Jimmy's blood dried on them concrete boulders

His girl called cryin', said he missed their son's game

Now little man grown up without daddy's name

All over some bullshit, some paper and pride

Now families broken on this dead-end side

Keep thinkin' bout his eyes when the bullets flew

The way he looked at me like "what you gon' do?"

But what the fuck I'm posed to do against them straps?

I ain't Superman, just another kid in this trap

His mama still waitin' by the window each night

Hopin' her baby boy gon' be alright

But Jimmy ain't comin' home no more, nah

Just another statistic in this street war

They say don't be a witness to the pain you see

But how you close your eyes to reality?

Every night I hear his voice callin' my name

Wonderin' if I could've changed this fucked up game

Now I walk these blocks with Jimmy on my mind

Knowin' any day my number they could find

'Cause in these streets, once you seen too much

They might silence you with that final touch