Killed a Man

[Intro]<br> Mic Geronimo nigga! What the fuck`s the deal son?<br>What`s goin on, what`s goin on?<br> Ain`t shit nigga<br>Alright<br> On the grind, nigga tryin to get this paper<br> Son whassup with you nigga?<br>Yeah true, ain`t nuttin, ain`t nuttin y`know<br> Ain`t seen you in a minute dunn<br>Yeah, just chillin, y`know? Doin my own shit<br> No doubt, I see you got somethin in the car<br>Yeah yeah, a little somethin, little somethin<br> Aight<br>Bout to light up the dutch and burn it down y`know<br> No doubt my nigga<br>Just doin my thing<br> Do your thing nigga, I`ll see you dawg<br>Aight man<br> One<br>Aight?<br><br>{*gun being cocked*}<br>Yo what`s poppin nigga?<br><br>[Verse One]<br>Yesh, yeah, yeah<br>M.I.C., M.I.C.<br>Now, now, now, now<br>Momma, I just killed a man, shot him to live<br>I know you can`t believe the sentence out the mouth of your kid<br>I know you shocked and my explanation, it don`t explain it<br>And I can see you cryin and riffin at my arraignment<br>I tried to handle it cool, you taught me the rules<br>Told me look up on the floor and find me somethin to use<br>But things you wouldn`t understand momma led to his murder<br>I know you never ever pictured me with drugs and a burner<br>Shoulda heard him, he was tellin me `Nigga you gon` die`<br>I could see the devil dancin in the white of his eyes<br>He despised me, shot his heater, then I shot mine<br>I`d never lie to you momma, I committed a crime<br>And I`m alive though seein he tried to stop my survival<br>Forgive me the things around me done turned me to livin trifle<br>My rivals would love to say they left me dead in the dirt<br>But I could never have you goin through the pain and the hurt<br>I just killed a man<br><br>[Chorus]<br>Seein it was him or me<br>The look on his face, I tried to erase, and now<br> And momma I just killed a man<br>And I took him out of life to death<br>With no remorse, I must confess, and now<br> And momma I just killed a man<br>Then I left him in a pool of blood<br>With murder one, I`m still your son, and now<br> And momma I just killed a man<br>See I`d rather be tried by 12 than held by 6<br>I choose to live, and now, now<br><br>[Verse Two]<br>Momma while I`m speakin to you over the phone<br>I got involved with certain things I know you wouldn`t condone<br>I only did it cause I knew you was destined for somethin better<br>Than workin them two jobs and fightin to stay together<br>I never intended to kill him, seen it as God`s will<br>Only thing gettin me through this is knowin Allah`s real<br>I caught him and stepped back, my barrel was still smokin<br>I said to myself he`s goin, watched him started convulsin<br>My bullets opened his chest up, now I`m just standin there like<br>Things are messed up, and what could I do?<br>Before he died he said the wolves I`m with are comin for you<br>It`s ignorance that had him thinkin there was nothin to lose<br>Now feel me momma, I ain`t wanna, I didn`t I`d be a goner<br>They want me to turn informer and tell `em about the corner<br>I`m never breathin a word, hopin you understand<br>Many hats I got to wear, it`s bein this man<br>I just killed a man<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>[Verse Three]<br>I know you thinkin that it`s messed up, seein your only child<br>inside the system facin 25-to-life and it`s wild<br>Nothin I can do about it, though I wish that I could<br>You never wanted me to end up like the rest in the hood<br>Now feel me momma I done killed but I did it with no intention<br>A minute free of your guidance it got me with no direction<br>I question myself, sayin if I wouldn`t have shot him<br>Could I have lived and could we both have just worked through the problem?<br>But seein things are what they are I just, hold my head<br>Stick my chest out and walk to where my soul`s been led<br>And what you said, it`s just the bed that I made, so I sleep in it<br>Forgive me I`m up to my knees in it<br>And momma I just killed a man<br><br>[Chorus]