Born 2 Live - O.C.

Like the dead end kids  we used to play in the streets 
Never worryin about grief  football spelled relief 
Ronnie ? was the coach for us 
see he taught us to play  almost every single day  OK 
Now on Evergreen was Larry and Mike and Lon 
My cousin Boo lived there too just to name a few 
with Sha rone  he's bad to the bone  Boo's little sidekick 
And a badass mouth  he used to feist it on Harmon Street 
with Zach  Leo and Ed 
Me Jody and Boop by June, Rocky and then comes 
Tommy and Cedric, Lamont and Greg, unique in our own right 
At times we'd fight, but that's a-ight 
Still, not realizin we had love, it showed 
when we played, no phony charades against 
one another, now while I write this song 
It's like some are still alive and a couple are gone 

* Chorus * (4X) 
We're born to live, a life to die 
Life's so damn short and I wonder why 

As kids, you're overlookin death 
It didn't seem important or serious, it just seems curious 
It was about, wakin to a bowl of cereal 
Cartoons on Saturday's, karate flicks, and like 
ridin your skateboard, or bicycle 
And went as deep as Killa Joe on the corner drinkin Ripple 
Plus, Puerto Rican kids on the block were cool 
We got along, we all knew right from wrong 
By far, we got a dose that life was hard 
A Spanish we were close with, was killed by a car 
Shocking, Alberto was hit, on the block and 
death was spontaneous, his moms was clockin him 'cross the street 
He just received an award 
for Little League baseball like an hour before, plus 
He didn't even get to see the summer set in 
Dyin all young at the age of seven 
It opened up my eyes small that the flesh was weak 
As a kid, thinkin shit like that was mad deep, peep