RIP Maurice
Channel: J2MTR
Date: 30/12/2011

(1st Verse)It was Thanksgiving Eve, off the scene of gym covenants/feelin' real good from the workout, straight buffin' it//daughter's with her mom, so I'm solo with no company/hit the liquor store so I can sip for the fuck of it/icehouse 32 and a pack of the lights/hit my homie up, I got beer, lets pound some tonight//showered up, talkin' to my girl when it all went bad/
my homeboy Flash hit me up, babe let me call you back//what I read next, I couldn't take in and fathom, see/"Maurice passed away last night, what a tragedy"//Had to be a sick joke, but I couldn't stomach It/Went to his page and saw this joke wasn't funny kid//Condolences flooded his drought presence/Feeling so confused, at the same time, my doubt leveraged//
Pourin' out my brew for you, hesitant, still is shocking/Couldn't say no more, so my tears did the talking//

(2nd Verse) 16 years deep homie, back in 1996/Is when I first kicked it with ya, at that time were slightly kids//Hitting adolescent age as renegades survivin' it/Going to the same High School with ya all high as shit//Ha,Tokin' up was our afterschool activity/Drinkin' in the ditch was our fix sippin' gradually//Your tha mac daddy, pullin ladies wherever, We Partied with the OG's and us getting arrested//remember getting jacked at gunpoint, beaten down, surprised/could have died, but you Chris and I made it out alive//ratified your lifestyle, trained away to fight back/up in Iraq, so I prayed you make it right back//in one piece, and for the peace, you did a second term/this world's gone to Hell, but you refused to just let it burn//I represent the sublime truth/I'm Proud to be American because of veteran's just like you/

(3rd Verse) I find it hard to stay strong, wishin' this was make believe, Can't imagine how ur parents and your brother feel, it's aching me//Asking God for answers, and this is what he says to me/"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"//(Philippians 4:13)A great passage you complied with/Whether you were home or away on assignment//Homeboy always puttin' in work/And I'm grateful for those times you & your family took me to church//it hurts as I put this in words, irrefutable/the same pain we all engaged in at your funeral//truth is, you'd rather have us smiling from ur memories/ur in a better place now with Ryan up in Heaven, G//eternal paradise, this sudden paradigm shift/made me reevaluate my life to survive it/and cherish it, though at times I will cry, yo/I'll keep ur memories alive and celebrate your life bro//