Now as I walk into the studio to do this with Jig'
I got a phone call from one of my nigs
Said my homeboy, Reek, he just lost one of his kids
And when I heard that, I just broke into tears
And see, in the second hand – you don't really know how this is
But when it hits that close to home, you feel the pain at the crib
So I called mine, and saddened my wife with the bad news
Now we both depressed, counting our blessings, 'cause Brad's two
Praying for young souls to laugh at life through the stars
Loving your kids, just like you was ours
And I'm hurting for you, dawg – but ain't nobody pain is like yours
I just know that Heaven'll open these doors
And ain't no bright side to losing life (Life), but you can view it like this
God's got open hands, homie, he in the midst
Of good company, who loves all and hates not one
And one day, you gon' be with your son
I could've rapped about my hard times on this song
But Heaven knows I would have been wrong
I wouldn'ta been right, it wouldn'ta been love
It wouldn'ta been life, it wouldn'ta been us
This can't be life