Excuse me, I tell them they're excused What's the word around town, tell me what's the latest news And uh, who them niggas, I tell 'em we them dudes Ain't got time to make excuses bro we steady making moves And I, run the game even when they bend the

You cannot replace them Face it or you'll waste them So get up, so get up and save it Your golden years left you behind Does the truth weigh on your mind? Tell me what did it cost when the moment was lost Is this how you survive? Why, oh why do you have

Just let them know Call it suicide Don't fabricate Just tell them babe It was suicide Don't sugarcoat it It's loving and giving when you take too much If somebody asked how we died One, two, ready

You cannot replace them Face it or you'll waste them So get up, so get up and save it Your golden years left you behind Does the truth weigh on your mind? Tell me what did it cost when the moment was lost Is this how you survive? Why, oh why do you have

You show the lights that stop me turn to stone You shine them when I'm alone And so I tell myself that I'll be strong 'Cause they're calling, calling, calling me home Calling, calling, calling home And dreaming when they're gone (Lights, lights, lights)

Strip it down, down, down Back to you and me like it used to be When it was an old back road with an old school beat Cowboy boots by your little bare feet Let it out, tell me right now Everything I need in them white cotton sheets Dirty dance me slow in

You cannot replace them Face it or you'll waste them So get up, so get up and save it Your golden years left you behind Does the truth weigh on your mind? Tell me what did it cost when the moment was lost Is this how you survive? Why, oh why do you have

Can't be getting mad what, you mad? Can't handle that Wish we could switch up the roles and I could be that Tell you I love you, but when you call, I never get back Would you ask them questions like me, like where you be at? 'Cause I'm out, four in the

They didn't believe me, they didn't believe me Are in a class beyond compare And when I tell them And I certainly am goin' to tell them They'll never believe me, they'll never believe me That from this great big world you've chosen me Got the cutest

Deal wid di youth dem right or else a Riot going start Di profit tell you seh provoke the youths not to wrath When di lion dem a sleep, do no wake them up back Mi sorry fi di sheep, leopard and di bullfrog When di peace it a keep, do no get wi head hot A