[Verse 1]
At my brothers Janazah
Tears stained sunglassses
A Salat with no bows
Pallbearer carry you to the car now
Chilly day, Mosque on 96 and 3rd
New York City way, me and Jay never left my side
Rest like that picture with your pride
Who look just like..
Now the city looks less bright
Brooklyn looking less special
Dont carry the same weight
As when you were on this level
You: work in progress from 40 projects, God bless
An inspiration and a king
They wont know what I mean but this one bout to spring
Protect it with every feather on the wings
So even when it hurts, youll never feel a thing
[Hook]
Said its a cold cold war
Aint nobody wins like the government
In the U.S.S.R
Cause this is all for shares
Nobody cares
Who you think you are
And you can fight it, but theres no defense
For what things are
Baby grab a jacket
Its a cold, cold...
[Verse 2]
Let me clarify the chorus
And what my cold war is
Cause the complexity is enormous
Using one of my greatest losses with eyes like faucets
To reinforce every single word that I talk with
Something about losing things, human beings
That reduces things to their most elementary
Find yourself where you never meant to be
With the energy of memories
Thats the soul force of whats behind killing me
Finding pleasure in the pains
Like finding desert in the rain
Twisted: how this world can drive you masochistic
Question if Im over it
Or if Im numb because Im closureless
Or my closures that we all gotta go and shit
Rendered emotionless but moving at the speed of running over it
Still happy that I opened it
[Hook]
[Verse 3]
In the studio writing these words, one after another
In memorial of my brother
As you listen to the album with
Nothing on the cover
I imagine that he hovers
In the back of his chair
Floating right there in the air
Nodding his head to the music, I slightly lose it
Ask why do I put myself through this
Crack a smile, look up at the file
The waveforms on the screen of me tryna tell you what I mean
But I feel that its all lost, or maybe that its all gotta cross
Happy with his dedicated song
But now hes all gone
But he was never there, cause
He was everywhere, nowhere and down here
Maybe on that judgement day, rise up
Well both open our eyes up, climb up
Hoping God forgives us for our tendencies
Wipes away our cool young histories
[Hook]
[Outro]
Ride around, you know what Im saying
All over the world right? I mean, everywhere
I mean we just disappear and just come back
I feel like we can just put him anywhere
Hed find his way back home, yknowm saying
Another random things that consequence to me
But maybe to you, not much
But with that said, the reason behind me
Why I do what I does, love
Just riding around bumping that, uh
Either Jay or Nas, or me
I used to tell him like yeah you alright
But you aint fucking with my man
It was always like that, so
Drop a little for you, let it bump
This that Esco music, its that Esco music
Bumping with my Esco music, that raw
See you on the other side, As-Salamu Alaykum Explain