9th Wonder - Walk Like A Man lyrics

[Verse 1] Now I used to walk with the gun now I walk like a man And I walk what I talk and I walk, never ran And I never say never but I mean hardly ever And if shootin's the solution then you're not that clever If you don't know sh** then you still know better Human life is so precious it could never be measured Have you ever had it loaded and co*ked back the heat? Plottin' on the next n***a while he walkin' up the street Trigger off safety spacin an opportunity These n***as wanna waste me it ain't nothing new to me Soon as he walked by I was ready to bust But he just posted up like he was waitin' on the bus Now I'm all pumped up with a steroid trigger Cause most of y'all are easy just some paranoid n***as Used to walk with a gun but I never did use it What's the point of holdin' heat if you ain't gonna shoot it? Stupid [Verse 2] It was a late night sunset me and him out Lookin' at the ladies to come up on some trim Everybody wildin' out cause the summer's bout to end He had the Hypnotiq he was mixin' with the Henn Off that mean green laid back with the deep lean on low pro sh** That's how we rolled on the scene Two girls lookin' probably in they late teens But these days you can't tell but I figured what the hell So we yell out: "Hey girl," they yell back Maybe two in the front maybe two in the back But they had this dark tint, couldn't see through the black We roll up on 'em ask 'em "where the party at?" They just start to laugh and I knew it was a trap But I couldn't roll out cause the strip was so packed Now I'm lookin' at this n***a in his *red* and *white* hat Start talkin' that *blood* sh** like we was on some *cuz* sh** My n***a used to bang but we ain't on no thug sh** I tried to dismantle it but you know Los Angeles This n***a kept talkin' so my boy had to handle it He jumped out the lac snatched the dude out his hat I put it in park jumped out to get his back But as I did that, I heard two shots I turned to my right and I see my dude drop Time stopped. Couldn't believe what I seen Was struck by reality when the two girls screamed I saw his k**er stand up he put the gun in his jeans Saw him wince from the pain as the heat burned his waist Then he turned up the block; disappeared without a trace I remember his face but what I remember most Was when I got to my knees and I held my n***a close And asked not to leave us in the name of Christ Jesus But he's gone and all I got left is his blood on my sneakers [Bridge] It was a year to this day that my best friend died For weeks I sat alone in my room and cried And I tried to pretend everything was fine But my soul couldn't rest until vengeance was mine [Verse 3] The day began with me standin' at his grave with his mother His old girlfriend, his two younger brothers We said a few words faces covered with tears On how we missed him so much and we wished he was here Then his girl said a poem put some roses on his stone And we said our goodbyes and they all went home I thought I'd use this time for me and him to be alone I broke out the Hen' poured a little out for him Told him who was gettin' married, who had went to the pen How the homie named his newborn son after him But as the sun went down our talk came to an end So I said a quick prayer..amen And I shook in the lac cross the railroad tracks And I headed up La Brea, saw the homie Isaiah I asked him what he doin' he was way out of bounds He said he had a freak that lived on that side of town But he always kept the heat just in case it went down I clown, then I rolled down my window 'bout to light a ciga- Hey! Is that that n***a... gimme your motherf**ing gun right now Man, drive around the block and post up for a minute I hit you on the chirp, hit the corner n***a bend it Splendid now with vengeance in my grasp I couldn't dream of a better day for me to catch his a** Slippin' while he dip into the ride by himself I slid up behind him in the shadows hella stealth He started to break hisself I said I didn't want a dime Do you remember what you was doin' last year about this time? He looked into my eyes with both shock and surprise I split his face with the Glock right before he could reply He cried as I pressed the heat against his cheek Then I squoze two times for the homie rest in peace [Outro] It was a year to this day that my best friend died For weeks I sat alone in my room and cried And I tried to pretend everything was fine But my soul couldn't rest until vengeance was mine It was a year to this day that my best friend died And for weeks I sat alone in my room and cried And I thought that's what I wanted til the problem was confronted Now I'm haunted by remorse that I wished I hadn't done it