WTF IS RAN TALK'N ABOUT? PT.1

THATS EASILY A 1000 GOONZ ON YA HEAD... TRY ME!

WHERE U GON SLEEP? YA MANS WILL TAKE YA LIFE FOR COUPLE DOLLARS! (AND WHATS A COUPLE DOLLARS TO HUSTLER?)

GET YA ASS CLEANED UP... FOR SHOE MONEY! (ITS A RECESSION)

THESE BOYZ HUNGRY... THEY STARVING! WHEN I ROLL THRU THE HOOD, NIGGAS LOOKING LIKE DOG TIED 2 A TREE... WITH THEY FOOD 10 FEET IN FRONT OF'M

THEY WILL BREAK THEY OWN NECK TO GET THE BOWL! (THINK ABOUT IT)

HUNGRY N HUMBLE DONT MIX!

PREDATOR & PREY DONT MIX!

THE GAME IS REAL... THIS AINT TV! NOOOOO! AINT NO SECOND TAKES.. ONE MISTAKE COULD COST YOUR LIFE!

U SEEN WHAT HAPPEN TO THE HUSTLERS BEFORE YOU? (DIDNT YOU)

IF SO... DID U LEARN ANYTHING? (I DID)

THESE BOYZ ARE DYING & KILLING EVERYDAY... IN EVERY HOOD IN EVERY CITY!

WHEN I GO O.T. I FUX WIT THE HOOD! (I MAY SLEEP IN A 4 STAR SUITE) BUT WHEN I AWAKE I GO TO THE HOOD... IN EVERY CITY!

I CONNECT WIT THE HUSTLERS OUTTA TOWN... THEY PLAY THE GAME THE SAME EVERYWHERE!

THE OLD SAYING GOES.... "THE GAME DONT CHANGE... ONLY THE PLAYERS"

WHY DONT THE GAME CHANGE? WHY DO ALL THE PLAYERS PLAY THE SAME?

THE GAME HAS BEEN PLAYED EVERY WAY POSSIBLE... YET SOMEHOW EVERY PLAYER THINK THEY ARE THE 1ST TO DO IT!

C'MON HUSTLER...

C'MON GANGSTER...

C'MON KILLER...

C'MON PIMPIN...

IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE GAME!

THERE IS ANOTHER OLD SAYING THAT SAYS... "THE GAME WAS MEANT TO BE SOLD NOT TOLD"

SO WHAT HAPPEN TO THOSE THAT CANT PAY FOR IT?

THE ANSWER IS... THEY ARE FOOD! LOL! FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM... I KNOW IT'S HARSH BUT ITS TRUE!

LETS SAY... "GAME" WAS GIVEN AWAY FOR FREE, AND KNOWN BY EVERYONE... WHO WOULD IT WORK ON?

IF WE ALL KNEW HOW TO MAKE GASOLINE... WHO WOULD PAY FOR IT?

NOT ME.... THATS FOR DAMN SURE!

WE ALL SEEN WHAT HAPPEN TO HIP HOP AFTER EVERYONE STARTED TO DOWNLOAD MUSIC FOR FREE ON THEIR COMPUTERS! LOL!

I BE DAMNED IF EVERY KID IN THE HOOD DONT HAVE THE SAME DREAM!

AND I CANT KNOCK'M B'CUZ I HAD THE SAME DREAM! (THE GAME GOTTA CHANGE MAN)

I WAS IN BENTON HARBOR... AND THE SHORTY'S DOWN THERE WAS HUNGRY! THEY READY TO DO ANYTHING FOR A DOLLAR! (THE GAME GOTTA CHANGE)

TODAY I SAW A KID "BLESS" HIS SPRING WATER... BUT DIDNT PRAY OVER HIS FOOD! (THE GAME GOTTA CHANGE)

BUT WHOSE WILLING TO CHANGE IT? BEING THAT IT IS SO PROFITABLE?

CANARY YELLOW CHELLO "BRICK MONEY"

THIS IS THE FIRST MUSIC VIDEO I SHOT... I FILMED THIS VIDEO IN ONE TAKE AND EDITED IT IN 15-30 MINS. MAX!

HUGE SHOUTS TO MONEY MAYWEATHER AKA P.B. AKA THE BEST TO EVER DO IT!

THE LOVE... IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT! THE HATE IS A WASTE! IF U A HATER KEEP TRYING, BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY YOUR STOPPING THE LOVE! THE LOVE IS TOO STRONG! OVER THE YEARS I HEARD ALOT OF HATEFUL THINGS SAID ABOUT "P B"

"HE DON'T CARE ABOUT THE HOOD"  "HE DON'T GIVE BACK" "HE DON'T REP GUNRULE" ETC.

THESE ARE ALL LIES! (REAL TALK) HE DOES CARE, HE DOES REP, AND HE ALWAYS GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.  MAYOR HEARTWELL SHOULD GIVE (PB) HIM THE KEY TO THE CITY!

SO IF YOU ARE STILL HATING... GOOD LUCK!

PLUS... I WON ALOT OF $ BETTING ON THIS GUY... HOW COULD U HATE THAT

A EMAIL FROM MY BROTHER GQ'

had dream last night that you were dying when I woke up I asked God was the dream from him. He said yes. I asked what was it that was the cause, cancer?, lung cancer?- what was that that I saw (?)and God replied conspiracy: Satan has conspired against him for his life. Seek the LORD while He may be found call upon him while He is near! This was some dream-I wept uncontrollably and could hardly talk when Dana was wondering what was going on. Be very watchful of your actions. Not just "street relate" but in your endeavors & pursuits especially anything that has to do with pursuits of music. I know this is not something you want to hear, who would want to but know that I love you & GOD loves you and I apologize on behalf of the every Christian and every Church that you came in contact with that may have given you a bad impression even if it was me. God is good and really worth living for. The book of Isaiah says "Come let us reason together though your sins be as (red as) scarlet I will make them white as snow."

~Quari 7/20/07

WHO SNITCH'D ON KENNETH CARTER?

 

RATTIN IS AT A ALL TIME HIGH, SOMETHINGS WE WILL NEVER FIND OUT ABOUT!

BUT MOST THINGS COME TO THE LIGHT! 

SO IF YOU WAS THINKING YOU COULD SNITCH AND GET AWAY WITH IT...THINK AGAIN!

*THIS IS A REAL COURT APPEAL DOCUMENT* 

(BEFORE YOU CALL SOMEONE A RAT YOU MUST HAVE PROOF!) 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, UNPUBLISHED March 6, 2003 v No. 232862 Kent Circuit Court KENNETH CARTER, JR., a/k/a FRED JOHNSON, a/k/a/ WILLIE KADO, LC No. 00-008812-FCDefendant-Appellant. Before: Meter, P.J., and Neff and Donofrio, JJ.PER CURIAM. 

Defendant appeals by right from his conviction by a jury of first-degree premeditated murder, MCL 750.316, assault with intent to commit murder, MCL 750.83, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, MCL 750.227b. The trial court sentenced him to concurrent terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the first-degree murder conviction and twenty to forty years' imprisonment for the assault conviction, to be served consecutively to a two-year term for the felony-firearm conviction. We affirm. Defendant's convictions arose from a shooting incident that occurred during the earlymorning hours of November 1, 1999. Ruben Vance died from a single gunshot wound to his head. Jamar McDonald, the other victim, was not injured during the assault. 

Defendant first argues that the prosecutor presented insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that he was the person who shot several times at the Monte Carlo automobile, in which the two victims were seated. Defendant argues that there was evidence thatDamien Baker, the driver of the white Grand Am from which the shots were fired, could have committed the shootings. Defendant also argues that all of the witnesses who placed him at the shooting scene or identified him as the shooter were unbelievable because they either testified pursuant to plea agreements or testified contrary to earlier statements or testimony. In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, we "must view the evidence in a light mostfavorable to the prosecution and determine whether a rational trier of fact could find that the essential elements of the crime were proved beyond a reasonable doubt." People v Hoffman, 225 Mich App 103, 111; 570 NW2d 146 (1997), citing People v Wolfe, 440 Mich 508, 515; 489 NW2d 748 (1992), amended 441 Mich 1201 (1992). All conflicts with regard to the evidence must be resolved in favor of the prosecution. People v Terry, 224 Mich App 447, 452; 569
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-2- NW2d 641 (1997). Further, this Court should not interfere with the jury's role of determiningthe weight of the evidence or the credibility of witnesses. Id.; Wolfe, supra at 514-515. The evidence presented, viewed in the light most favorable to the prosecution, was sufficient to establish defendant's identity as the shooter. DeYoka Freeman testified that duringthe early morning hours of November 1, 1999, he saw defendant in the passenger seat of a white Grand Am in the parking lot of the Amoco Station on Division and Hall Streets in Grand Rapids. Freeman testified that he observed the Grand Am exit the parking lot of the station and subsequently return, after which numerous gunshots erupted from the Grand Am. Kevin Buchanan, who was with Freeman, confirmed that defendant was in the passenger seat of the Grand Am at the time of the shooting. Additionally, Buchanan specifically identified defendant as the person who shot at the Monte Carlo from the passenger side of the Grand Am. Baker also identified defendant as the shooter. 

McDonald, the driver of the Monte Carlo, conceded that the driver of the Grand Am could have been the shooter, but he testified that he believed that the passenger did the shooting and that he saw a gun hanging out of the passenger window. Sheila Williams testified that she saw defendant in the passenger seat of the white Grand Am shortlybefore the shooting. Moreover, Thomas Birge, Baker's father, testified that when Baker and defendant arrived at Birge's house in the early morning hours of November 1, 1999, defendant handed an empty gun to Birge, which Birge reloaded using forty-caliber ammunition later seizedby the police. The ammunition used by the shooter at the gas station was forty-caliber ammunition. Ira Miller testified that when he asked defendant about the shooting, defendant said he "popped the ni---r, it's done and over with, you know what I'm sayin', f--k it." A crime scene technician concluded that the evidence supported the prosecution's theory that the passenger of the Grand Am was the shooter, assuming that at the time of the shooting, the passenger side of the Grand Am was closer to the Monte Carlo than the driver's side of the Grand Am. 

Evidence at trial supported that the passenger side of the Grand Am was closer to the Monte Carlo. The above evidence, if believed, was sufficient to support defendant's convictions. Although many of the witnesses testified in exchange for plea deals or otherwise had credibilityissues, it was the role of the jury to determine credibility. Wolfe, supra at 514-515; Terry, supra at 452. We will not interfere with the jury's role in that regard. We therefore reject defendant's argument that the evidence was insufficient to support his identity as the shooter. Next, defendant argues that the trial court abused its discretion when it admitted into evidence a photograph of defendant's brother. Defendant was carrying the photograph at the time of his arrest. It depicted his brother, Quentin Carter, dressed as a gangster and holding amachine gun. Defendant argues that the photograph was irrelevant and, even if minimallyrelevant, the probative value of the photograph was substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice. Defendant objected to the admission of the photograph only on the ground that it should be excluded under MRE 403. He never argued that the photograph was irrelevant. An objection on one ground is insufficient to preserve an appellate challenge on another ground. People v Canter, 197 Mich App 550, 563; 496 NW2d 336 (1992). We review the unpreserved allegation that the evidence was irrelevant for plain error. People v Carines, 460 Mich 750, 763-764; 597 NW2d 130 (1999).
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-3- In a murder case, motive is generally relevant to show the intent necessary to provemurder. People v Herndon, 246 Mich App 371, 412-413; 633 NW2d 376 (2001). The intent to murder is also an essential element of the crime of assault with intent to commit murder. People v McRunels, 237 Mich App 168, 181; 603 NW2d 95 (1999). Circumstantial evidence and reasonable inferences drawn from that evidence may constitute satisfactory proof of thatelement. Id. In this case, the prosecutor offered evidence that defendant's motive for the shooting was revenge for the killing of his brother. There was evidence that the Lafayette gangand the Wealthy Street gang did not like each other. Defendant grew up on Lafayette and knew his brother was killed by Terrance Williams, a member of the Wealthy Street gang. Defendant was badly affected by his brother's death. There was also evidence that Vance lived on WealthyStreet and that the case against Williams for Quentin Carter's murder was dismissed. Theprosecutor used the photograph to support the offered motive, that defendant shot at the victims as an act of revenge for the killing of his brother, whom defendant cherished and whose picturehe carried with him. The evidence was relevant because it tended to prove motive. We thus can discern no plain error in the admission of the photograph as relevant evidence. 

In addition, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting the evidence over defendant's objection based on MRE 403. MRE 403 provides that evidence may be excluded "if its probative value is outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence." Moreover, [t]he decision whether to admit evidence is within the discretion of thetrial court and will not be disturbed on appeal absent a clear abuse of discretion. An abuse of discretion is found only if an unprejudiced person, considering the facts on which the trial court acted, would say that there was no excuse for the ruling made. A decision on a close evidentiary question ordinarily cannot be an abuse of discretion. [People v Aldrich, 246 Mich App 101, 113; 631 NW2d 67 (2001) (citations omitted).]The photograph at issue was described by the prosecutor at trial as a "fantasy" photograph. It depicted defendant's brother in a staged, gangster-like pose. The photograph was clearly not a picture of defendant's brother engaged in gang or criminal activity. Further, thephotograph did not portray defendant or reflect on his character or activities. Moreover, defendant does not argue that the photograph confused the issues, misled the jury, or caused undue delay. Under the circumstances, we cannot find an abuse of discretion in the trial court's ruling on this evidentiary question. Moreover, even if the trial court had erred in admitting thephotograph, we would nonetheless find no basis for reversal under the harmless error standard from People v Lukity, 460 Mich 484, 495-496; 596 NW2d 607 (1999). Next, defendant argues that the trial court erred by failing to give the standard cautionaryinstruction on accomplice testimony. Defendant neither requested the instruction nor objected to 
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-4- its omission. Thus, the issue is not preserved. People v Lee, 243 Mich App 163, 183; 622 NW2d 71 (2000).1In People v McCoy, 392 Mich 231, 240; 220 NW2d 456 (1974), the Court ruled that error requiring reversal may be found if a trial court fails to give a cautionary instruction on accomplice testimony, even in the absence of a request for such an instruction, if the case is closely drawn. A case is closely drawn if a determination of the defendant's guilt essentiallycomes down to a credibility contest between the defendant and his accomplice. People v Perry,218 Mich App 520, 529; 554 NW2d 362 (1996). In People v Reed, 453 Mich 685, 692; 556 NW2d 858 (1996), the Court clarified that the McCoy rule "does not require automatic reversal when a case is 'closely drawn' and a judge fails to give such an instruction sua sponte." The Reed Court stated: Rather, McCoy states that such a failure to instruct may be error requiringreversal. This Court has never established standards for evaluating when the failure to instruct sua sponte requires reversal. In People v Atkins, 397 Mich 163; 243 NW2d 292 (1976), for example, we declined to extend McCoy to a case involving an addict-informer. One of the reasons was that defense counsel had thoroughly explored the addict-informer's motivation to lie on cross-examination. Id. at 168, 171-172. Clearly, it would make little sense to require a judge to caution a jury sua sponte on a witness' motivation to lie when defense counsel has thoroughly explored the witness' motivations. Rather, McCoy stands for the proposition that a judge should give a cautionary instruction on accomplice testimony sua sponte when potential problems with an accomplice's credibilityhave not been plainly presented to the jury. 

[Reed, supra at 692-693 (emphasis in original).] In this case, the problems with Baker's testimony were thoroughly explored by defense counsel and were presented to the jury. Defense counsel extensively cross-examined both Baker and Detective Mark Groen about Baker's motivations for testifying and about inconsistencies between Baker's trial testimony and his original statement to the police. In addition, this is not a case where defendant's guilt was closely drawn. It was not a credibility contest between defendant and Baker because other witnesses testified that defendant was in the passenger seat of the Grand Am, and evidence other than Baker's testimony identified the passenger as the shooter. Moreover, Buchanan expressly identified defendant as the shooter. Therefore, the trial court's failure to sua sponte give the standard cautionary instruction on accomplice testimony did not amount to plain error. Moreover, even if a plain error were apparent, defendant cannot 1We note that defendant raised the instructional issue in his post-trial motion for a new trial. Weconclude, however, that this was insufficient to preserve the issue. In Carines, supra at 761-762, the Court noted that litigants are encouraged to seek a fair and accurate trial the first time around and that trial is the best time to address a defendant's constitutional and nonconstitutional concerns. The Carines Court treated the defendant's allegation of instructional error as unpreserved because the defendant failed to object to the instructions at trial. Id. at 761. Here, because defendant did not raise the instant issue at trial, it is unpreserved

IF YOU CAN'T FIND A STYLE/SWAG... FEEL FREE TO USE MINES! (NOW YOU HAVE PERMISSION)

FOR  WHILE NOW... I BEEN SILENT ON THIS "TABOO" SUBJECT!
WHY YOU ASK? WELL I GUESS MY ANSWER WOULD BE... FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY & HIP HOP (WHAT?)
LET ME EXPLAIN... SINCE I DROPPED MY 1ST MIXTAPE IN 05... A LOT OF THESE RAPPERS STYLE'S HAS CHANGED!
THEY CHANGED THEIR STYLE...TO MY STYLE! (REAL TALK) I GUESS THEY THINK I'M STUPID OR DEAF. BUT MY IQ IS HIGHER THAN A SNOOP DOGG! LOL!
IF YOU GO BACK AND DO THE HISTORY ON GUNRULE HIP HOP YOULL SEE IM TELLIN THE TRUTH... I DROPPED A JOINT CALLED "STAY DOWN" FT. AKON ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, THE CONCEPT & PURPOSE OF THE SONG WAS TO TAKE THE LISTENER BACK IN THE PAST (I WAS TALKING ABOUT HUSTLERS,STREET GANGS AND MEMORIES OF THE PAST)
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN THESE RAPPERS WANNA TAKE YA BACK IN THE DAY... AND ZONE ON THE PAST! LOL! (SUCKA'ZZZ) C'MON WHERE IS ALL THE ORIGINALITY? (BITTERS) I'M NOT SAYING I'M THE 1ST RAPPER IN THE WORLD TO DO THIS... BUT I KNOW WHEN I'M BEING COPIED!
WHAT ELSE WILL YOU BITE? YOU ALREADY STOLE MY SWAG... NOW YOU WANT MY FLO? (DAMN HOMEY)
I COULD GO ON... AND NAME EVERY LINE Y'ALL TOOK AND SWITCHED IT AROUND... EVERY CONCEPT & CHORUS YOU ALTERED TO BE YOURS! (BUT IT WOULD TAKE ALL MORNING)
THE WEIRD THING IS... I'M KINDA USE TO THE MASSES STEALING MY IDEAS! THE TRUTH IS I ENJOY HEARING & SEEING THESE SUCKAAAZ DO THEIR BEST "RANRU" IMPERSONATIONS! LOL!

LONG LIVE LATAVIA

"My name is Latavia Johnson. I would have been 23 today. I was murdered in my homE.
 GRAND RAPIDS -- Chills went through Rochelle Johnson's heart last week when she heard an 8-year-old boy had been hit by a bullet while eating a bedtime snack in his Southeast Side home.
"I thought, 'Oh Lord, another baby dead,'" Johnson said.

Fortunately, Rogelio Villarreal survived Thursday's gunfire, but the boy is afraid to return to his Prospect Avenue home.
Rochelle Johnson, left, with daughter, Nonteria, cries after returning for the first time to the scene where, in 1993, her daughter, Latavia, 8, was killed when someone fired a shot into their house.

For Johnson, it triggered memories of her own tragedy. She still grieves over the 1993 slaying of her 8-year-old daughter, Latavia Johnson, killed by a shotgun blast that came through the family's bathroom window. That night, the mother of seven left her home at 1150 Ionia Ave. SW and never returned.

"We left everything in the house and started over," Johnson recalled.

That was 15 years ago. On Monday, she returned to the murder site with her twin sister, Raynell Johnson, her daughter, Nonteria Johnson, and her youngest grandchild.

Rochelle Johnson said she still worries because police have not found her daughter's killer.

"They tell me it's a matter of time, but a mother never forgets," Johnson said, tears sliding down her cheeks. "I couldn't speak on it, couldn't talk about it for so long. I lived at Pine Rest."

Latavia's then-9-year-old sister, Nonteria, was home the night of the Dec. 16 shooting. The family was gathering Christmas decorations when the gun blast came through the window and struck Latavia as she was going to the refrigerator for a glass of milk.

Nonteria, who now has a 6-month-old girl of her own, wonders what her sister would have achieved.

"I wonder if she would have had kids and gone to college," Nonteria Johnson said.

Rochelle's twin sister, Raynell, was baby-sitting the children at the time of the shooting while their mother took another sibling to the hospital. The aunt remembers kicking in a door, hustling the children into a closet and diving under a bed.

It was a bloody stretch in the city's history. Latavia's death was the 28th homicide of a record 34 murders in 1993.

"We worked thousands of hours on that," Grand Rapids Police Chief Kevin Belk said of Latavia's homicide case. "It's been worked on by a number of detectives to the point where we thought we'd have promising leads, and they never came together to obtain a warrant for anyone."

Rumors swirled about the second-grader's killing, with some saying the violence was meant for one of Latavia's siblings, or it was a revenge killing, or even a hit placed on the Johnson home because someone there knew about another murder.

But nothing concrete ever came from the rumors.

With no arrests, Rochelle Johnson fears her daughter will be forgotten.

But Belk disputes that.

"It's been a high priority for us," the chief said. "It's an old case, but we don't forget about them."

Neither does Latavia's family.

Every March 27, on Latavia's birthday, the family gathers at the Grand River with 50 to 100 balloons. Inside each is a message on a piece of paper. The message is the same; only the age changes.
 


Tears roll down Rochelle Johnson's face as she returns to the scene where her daughter, Latavia, was killed.

BAR BY BAR BREAKDOWN: "DAY DREAMIN" BY RANRU

                                             

THIS SONG WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN & RECORDED BY LUPE FIASCO TITLE "DAYDREAM".  I REMIXED IT... AND TITLED IT "DAY DREAMIN" (REALLY NOT A BIG DIFFERENCE IN TITLE SELECTION) BUT THE SONG CONTENT IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.

IN THIS BLOG I WILL BREAK DOWN & DECIPHER THE LYRICS OF THE SONG, SO THAT YOU CAN GET FURTHER UNDERSTANDING OF THE SONG MEANING AND THE WRITERS STATE OF MIND!

1ST VERSE: 

IN THE BEGINNING OF THE SONG I RECORDED A INTRO (OF SORTS). IN THIS "INTRO" I MENTION A FEW NAMES "TAVY" (BOY) & "KIWA" (GIRL) BOTH ARE MY CHILDREN.

THE POINT OF THE INTRO IS TO SET THE SCENE TO THE STORY.  I TRIED TO PAINT A PICTURE OF A FATHER... WAKING HIS CHILDREN UP FOR SCHOOL. LIKE MOST PARENTS DO SO IN THE BEGINNING YOU GET THIS IDEA OF A NORMAL GUY, DOING NORMAL THINGS (I HOPE).

(AND THEN THE VERSE STARTS) 

I FELL ASLEEP AT THE STOP LIGHT SIPPING THAT PROMETHAZINE/ 

SMOKING THAT DOE DOE AND DOZED INTO A DAYDREAM/ -THIS IS IN FACT A TRUE STORY (DUH) I REALLY DID FALL ASLEEP BEHIND THE WHEEL ON KALAMAZOO & HALL (@ THE STOP LIGHT IN FRONT OF DES PARTY STORE) 

MY BROTHER (DIGI) BET ME I COULDN'T HOLD THE WEED SMOKE IN FOR 60 SEC... ALL I REMEMBER WAS HORNS BLOWING FORM THE OTHER CARS BEHIND ME.  AND WAKING UP BEHIND THE WHEEL @ AT THE STOP LIGHT.

A SCENE OUT OF A MOVIE, IT SEEMED LIKE/ 

ITS BEEN SO LONG SINCE I DREAMED RIGHT/

I SEEN LIFE... DISAPPEAR RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES/

SO IT'S A DREAM COME TRUE JUST TO BE ALIVE/ - A FEW WEEKS PRIOR TO THE STOP LIGHT INCIDENT, I WITNESS A SHOOTING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD (ON JEFFERSON ST.) THE VICTIM WAS SHOT IN HIS CAR A FEW HOUSES AWAY FROM MY PORCH.

HE EVENTUALLY CRASHED & DIED A BLOCK AWAY FROM MY HOUSE. EVERYBODY ON THE BLOCK RAN TO THE SCENE OF THE CRASH TO SEE... (HIM DIE I GUESS?). ONCE I MADE IT TO SCENE MYSELF I TOOK A LOOK THRU THE PASSENGER WINDOW.  WHAT I SAW MADE ME APPRECIATE EVERYDAY GOD HAS GIVEN ME ON THIS EARTH!

DIANE CRIED A POOL THE DAY DOC DIED/ 

I TRIED TO HOLD MY TEARS (KEYWORD) I TRIED/ - "DIANE" (MY AUNT)  IS DOC'S MOTHER.. DOC (MY COUSIN) WAS KILLED BY 3 CORRECTION OFFICERS IN PRISON.  I NEVER SAW MY AUNT CRY, UNTIL THAT DAY.  I TRIED WITH EVERYTHING I HAD IN ME NOT TO CRY MYSELF... BUT EVENTUALLY I BROKE DOWN! (I STILL DO... SOMETIMES)

I MIGHT LOSE MY LIFE EVERY TIME I RIDE/ 

BUT I SET ALL THAT ASIDE (KEYWORD) I RIDE/ - GROWING UP I WAS HEAVILY INVOLVED IN GANG ACTIVITY, SO I STAYED IN TROUBLE ALOT. MY MOM USED TO TELL ME AS KID "YOU DO DIRT, U GET DIRT" WHAT THAT MEANS IS... WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.

I LEARNED THEN... IF YOUR INVOLVED IN GANGS & COMMITTING CRIMES  ETC. YOU CAN EASILY MURDER SOMEONE OR BE MURDERED! (AND KNOWING THIS) I STILL CONTINUED TO LIVE THE SAME LIFESTYLE! (GO FIGURE)

INSIDE YA BEDS WHEN U SLEEP AT NIGHT/

COZY UNDER YA COMFORTER CLOSE TO YA WIFE/

I'LL BE JUST COMING IN WHEN THE SUN SHED LIGHT/

I LAY DOWN GO TO SLEEP, I BEEN UP ALL NIGHT/... SO I DAY DREAM! -DURING THAT PERIOD OF MY LIFE I WAS PULLING "ALL NIGHTERS" ON THE BLOCK TRYING TO GET RIGHT. I USUALLY CAME IN ABOUT 6am-8am AT THOSE HOURS MOST PEOPLE WOULD BE IN THEIR BEDS SLEEP WITH THEIR LOVED ONES.  THE SUN WOULD BE HIGH IN THE SKY AND I WOULD JUST BE GETTING IN FROM THE CORNER.

EVERYDAY I WENT TO SLEEP IT WOULD LITERALLY BE DAY TIME, SO NATURALLY MOST OF MY DREAMS TOOK PLACE DURING THE  DAY TIME... SO I WOULD "DAY DREAM" (GET IT?)

2ND VERSE:

I FELL ASLEEP IN THE MOVIES MATINEE 1ST SCENE/ 

POPPING THEM VOLUMES AND SLIP INTO A DAYDREAM/ - WOW... THIS BAR IS SAD, BUT TRUE! I WENT THRU A PILL POPPING STAGE IN 2002-05' (velum's, vicodin, seroquel etc) MOSTLY DOWNERS.  I WAS FRESH OUT OF REHAB & ON PROBATION! I COULDN'T SMOKE WEED, SO I DRANK ALCOHOL & POP PILLS ALL DAY. 

 I LEARNED IN THE REHAB, THAT YOU HAVE TO OCCUPY YOUR TIME WITH SOME KIND OF POSITIVE ACTIVITY SO YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T THINK ABOUT USING! (YEAH RIGHT) SO I WOULD GO TO THE MOVIE THEATER  AS SOON AS THEY OPEN THE DOORS MOST TIMES (THE MATINEE).  WELL THIS TIME I WENT TO THE MOVIES AFTER POPPING 3 VELUM'S... (BAD IDEA) I FELL ASLEEP DURING THE PREVIEWS! LOL!

THE DAY SEEMED TO GO BY BLOWING THE TIME/

DURING THE SLOW TIMES, I CLOSED BOTH OF MY EYES/ - THIS BARS SEEMS PRETTY SELF-EXPLANATORY RIGHT? (WRONG)

IN THIS LINE WHEN I SAY "THE DAY SEEMED TO GO BY BLOWING THE TIME" I'M ACTUALLY REFERRING TO "FATHER TIME" WHICH IS A NICK NAME FOR GRAND DADDY PURP (A HIGH POTENT STRAIN OF MARIJUANA).  IN THE NEXT LINE I SAY "DURING THE SLOW TIMES, I CLOSED BOTH OF MY EYES" WHAT I MEANT BY THAT WAS... WHEN I DIDN'T HAVE ANY DRUGS TO DO (THE SLOW TIMES) I WENT TO SLEEP TO KEEP MY MIND OFF OF GETTING HIGH!

I DAYDREAMED THRU SCHOOL, MOST OF THE TIME/

IN MY OWN MIND I THOUGHT THE WORLD WAS MINES/ - WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY  SCHOOL I DID A LOT OF DAYDREAMING... AT MY DESK, ON THE SCHOOL BUS, DURING RECESS, EVEN DURING LUNCH TIME.  I MOSTLY DREAMT OF BECOMING A RICH & FAMOUS RAP ARTIST! BUT I WOULD ALSO DREAM ABOUT BEING SCARFACE (AL PACINO NOT BRAD JORDAN).

EVEN THOUGH HE DIED AT THE END... I STILL IDOLIZED HIS STRUGGLE & RISE TO THE TOP.  AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE ENDING WAS MY FAVORITE PART... WHEN HIS BODY FLIPPED OVER THE FOYER AND LANDED NEXT TO THE STATUE THAT READ "THE WORLD IS YOURS" C'MON! (U HAD TO FEEL THAT) LOL!

I THINK THE REST OF THE SONG PRETTY MUCH EXPLAINS ITSELF! (WHUDAYA THINK?) IF NOT LEMME KNOW AND I WILL EXPLAIN THE LAST FEW BARS!

I USTA' THINK...

I USTA' THINK GETTING HIGH BEFORE SCHOOL WAS COOL!

I USTA' THINK BEING A GANGSTER OR HUSTLER WAS THE BEST OCCUPATION IN THE WORLD!

I USTA' THINK BEING REAL... MEANT BEING POOR!

I USTA' THINK DRESSING NICE...MEANT BEING SOFT!

I USTA' THINK BEING SMART...WAS DUMB!

I USTA' THINK SPEAKING PROPER WAS ACTING "WHITE"

I USTA' THINK ALOT OF THINGS... I COULD GO ON ALL DAY!

WHEN I WAS 13 IT WAS COOL TO DIE YOUNG! ME AND MY FRIENDS THOUGHT IT WAS GANGSTER TO NEVER SEE 18 (yrs old) AND ALOT OF THEM ARE DEAD OR LOCKED UP RIGHT NOW AS A RESULT OF TRYING TO LIVE THAT THOUGHT OUT.

IT'S CRAZY HOW OUR THOUGHTS BECOME US! HOW ARE LIVES ARE LIVED THROUGH OUR THOUGHTS OR A BELIEFS WE HAD THEN OR HAVE NOW. (U FOLLOW ME?)
FOR EXAMPLE: MY COUSIN JASON GREW UP "RICH" HE HAD EVERYTHING A KID COULD WANT AND MORE. BOTH PARENTS, MONEY & A BIG HOUSE. (WITH A BASKETBALL RIM AND FUCKING POND IN HIS BACKYARD!) ON TOP OF ALL THAT THIS KID WAS SMART, ATHELETIC AND FLY! WE WAS TOTAL OPPOSITES...WELL MAYBE I WAS A LIL FLY'R THEN HIM (LOL!) BUT REAL TALK MY TWO JOB, ONE PARENT, SMALL APT UP-BRINGING WAS NO MATCH! (I'M STILL TRYING TO LIVE LIKE HE WAS THEN... NOW!)

THE POINT IM TRYING TO MAKE IS... ALL JASON WANTED TO DO WAS BE LIKE ME! HE WANTED TO BE... "POOR" (I GUESS?) HE THOUGHT LIVING IN THE HOOD WAS COOL. (BUT I KNEW, LIVING IN THE HOOD JUST MEANT YOU WAS POOR!) JASON WANTED TO SALE DRUGS, CARRY GUNS AND GANG BANG. AND EVENTUALLY HE DID. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT... JASON IS NOW DOING 15YRS IN M.D.O.C FOR MURDER!

AND ALL HE TALKS ABOUT IS HIS MONEY, FOOTBALL/BASKETBALL TROPHIES, PERFECT PARENTS & HIS BIG HOUSE! (WITH A FUCKING POND IN THE BACKYARD! LOL!)

I'M JUST SAYING, I USTA THINK...