[The Game: Intro]. Edith Sigler. Truely a black rose cracking the concrete. I love you and I miss you so much. [The Game: Chorus]. My love for you is like a angel. Flying through the sky like a bird in the winter. And your love for me is so deep and. Sorta like a black rose cracking the ce-ment. My love for you lives on. Like the memory of Aaliyah singing her last song. And your love for me will never die. Like a black child struggling the ghetto to survive. [The Game: Verse 1]. My heart goes out to the beautiful woman that raised me. Twenty years after the Watts Riots early 80's. Pop's on drugs Mom's couldn't take me in. Had a daughter already said she was too young.. to feed another baby and. Shit got crazy then two years came went. Baby sister on the way we can't even pay the rent. No hot water.. I reminisce. Tears running down my face as I hold my daughter. You spent years by the fire place I was in the garden. Every Sunday at the church Bible study at the quarters. I was hard head back then I was selling crack. When your hard earned money paid for basketball practice. Always at the game on time yelling at the coaches. Wondering why your baby boy's sitting on the pine. Even though life get hard sometimes I keep my head up. And I can make the sun shine in just one rhyme. Walk with me. [The Game: Chorus]. My love for you is like a angel. Flying through the sky like a bird in the winter. And your love for me is so deep and. Sorta like a black rose cracking the ce-ment. My love for you lives on. Like the memory of Aaliyah singing her last song. And your love for me will never die. Like a black child struggling the ghetto to survive. [The Game: Verse 2]. I'm at the lanes in that '57 Lincoln Continental. Peddle to the floor looking for the highway to heaven. Remember when your baby boy was 7?. We had +Good Times+ like I was J.J. and you was Florida Evans. I shoulda listened to the reverend. Now I drown my pain in this 40 ounce and these boring ass records. Disrespecting your house living reckless. Look at me inside your jewlery box 'bout to pawn your necklace. Every night you in the window looking. But what'd you do when your grandson crooked and he too old for whooping. Used to tell me I was smarter than that. Took me down to the Compton swap meet bought my first starter hat. "Pull over wait! A jacket to match. a pair of Levis and number 8 Jordan's with the all black straps!". When you died my soul cracked can i get a soul clap?. I'm walking without a heart can somebody hold that?. [The Game: Chorus]. My love for you is like a angel. Flying through the sky like a bird in the winter. And your love for me is so deep and. Sorta like a black rose cracking the ce-ment. My love for you lives on. Like the memory of Aaliyah singing her last song. And your love for me will never die. Like a black child struggling the ghetto to survive. [The Game: Verse 3]. I got a lotta things i wanna ask the Lord. Like why I can't see my grandmother face no more. And why I cant seem to live without her. And if I pray could he send her back to me one day 'cause heaven too crowded. Everytime I think about it I'm missing your smile. Can barely cope my angel is gone I'm heartbroke. Drowning in my own tears somebody throw me a rope. Or spread my wings so I can fly I'm ready to die. Might cry but I'm still a man might be a man. But I still cry big mama my angel in the sky. If you wanna feel my pain then close your eyes. Hold your breath now that's too close to death. Open your eyes see the light now. And if you love your grandmother like I love mine go tell her right now. I know how this might sound. But my plan is to show you that I understand you are appreciated. [The Game: Chorus]. My love for you is like a angel. Flying through the sky like a bird in the winter. And your love for me is so deep and. Sorta like a black rose cracking the ce-ment. My love for you lives on. Like the memory of Aaliyah singing her last song. And your love for me will never die. Like a black child struggling the ghetto to survive. [Fade Out]