Yeah, yeah, let's switch the flow up a little You ever lost somebody, a member of your party Your daddy maybe mommy, for them there was no copy Just know that we all asleep, pray to the lord my Soul will keep Life is a dream no need to weep, God's gonna wake us up from sleep Every night we die, we practice for d**h Every time we sleep we say goodbye But I, still can't get over the fact That my best friend's awake and not comin back So as the tears.. {tears roll from my eyes} Uhh, uhh, I never got a chance to say {Goodbye!!!} Trouble MC, Scott LaRock, Paul Sea, Doctor Rock Mastadon, Trouble T-Roy, Aaliyah, Cowboy Sugar Shaft, Eazy-E.. {got to say goodbye} Yeah.. bring the love back, bring the love back When you wake up, then you'll know, what was up You won't live, so corrupt, only love, you'll take up All the chasin and rushin impatience and fussin The racin for somethin the hatin and frontin is makin you NOTHIN So, die before you die so when you die you don't die You got to die before you die so when you die you don't die You got to die to all the world, all the guys and the girls You got to die to lovin money and them diamonds and pearls So as the tears.. (tears roll from my eyes} I never got a chance to say to y'all {Goodbye!!!} Prince Messiah, Bigga B, Freaky Tah, B.I.G. Big Pun, Mercury, June Bug, Buffy Tupac, Darryl C.. {got to say goodbye} Bring the love back, bring the love back, uhh, hip-hop So remember when they die, they have only woke up It's our wants and our needs that be chokin us up {And I want and I need and I want and I need..} Yo, there was a time when hip-hop was on our mind It wasn't about no crime, just reality rhymes If you battled me fine, but in the end we reclined with a bottle of wine, MC's the ORIGINAL kind but {Why did you stray..} hip-hop {Why did you stray..} hip-hop {Why did you stray..} hip-hop! {Why did you stray....} bring the love back {Why did you stray..} bring the love back {Why did you stray..} {Why did you stray..} {Why did you stray..} rise up y'all {Why did you stray..} remember where you came from {Why did you stray..} bring the love back {Why did you stray..}