[Hook: Tree] (Lo) Lord don't let me die a man Lord don't let me die a man (x3) [Verse 1: Tree] While I'm out in Harlem My Louis' scuff my Prada Kept with white b**hes who bottom 50 for the the bottle 50 for a bottle Cost you 30 in Chicago Or 20 in Milwaukee (sh**) I started with them [?] So I'm always in the hood somewhere When I relate to the bottom And I swore to keep it ghetto Like I'm f**ing without condoms Like I'm serving in them buildings Send my b**h to go get me dimes I'm so different, I'm Obama But the drama, baby mama (mama) [Hook: Tree] (Lo) Lord don't let me die a man Lord don't let me die a man (x3) [Verse 2: Tree] I was looking out the window Hustling with them big folks My brother's no Nintendo I just want to be down He don't want me to be close I wanted to be one He told me 'no, Tree, no' Guess that's where we G-O I separate, and now I'm C-O Ain't you proud of me now? Love your brother tried to be old Now [?] my only brother I speak to And he answer Damn, they tell me Suge got cancer Damn, Suge got cancer [Hook: Tree] (Lo) Lord don't let me die a man Lord don't let me die a man (x3) [Verse 3: Tree] (Tree) I ain't never been afraid to leave It seems I've been too scared to live (Damn, damn) The arguments and everything f** a deal if I can make you healthy, keep you here Blood brother, brother of mine Gave me my one and only tattoo back in '89 Sold me my first whip, [?] was an 89 Left me like life, must've phoned you about 80 times Like old times [Hook: Tree] (Lo) Lord don't let me die a man Lord don't let me die a man (x3) [Verse 4: Tree] Darryl said to Carson 'Won't you n***as visit?' Homies seen you in the streets and said you n***as living When we was young and dumb you couldn't tell us apart Got to sticking n***as up all the way up north Now a n***a independent and you won't show your heart Show me love, love your blood I got a year to go, I could get out You owe me cuz Blood cousin, no cousin of mine Whether we on the hill -Lord don't let me die a man- or we in the ground [Hook: Tree] (Lo) Lord don't let me die a man Lord don't let me die a man (x3) [Outro] Baby. baby Baby, baby