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[00:19.17]Late night coolin' with my homies
[00:21.93]Drinkin' Hennessey an' cold brew
[00:24.50]After smokin' stopped in Oakland
[00:27.07]Got the munchies for some soul food
[00:29.65]So we stopped to get a bite to eat
[00:32.32]At the local bar-b-q
[00:34.50]It's just another borin' Monday
[00:36.65]An' there's nothin' else to do
[00:39.31]Now as we stepped out of the car
[00:42.07]I heard someone behind me fightin'
[00:44.31]So I turned to look and find out
[00:46.86]What's the cause of this excitement
[00:49.48]One brother was a dopefiend
[00:52.59]And the other was a dopeman
[00:54.97]And the dopeman had a AK
[00:57.40]Said he'll spray an' he's not jokin'
[01:00.13]Well, it seems to be the dopefiend
[01:02.41]Owed the dopeman for his product
[01:04.72]And he swore if he did not pay
[01:07.18]He would end up gettin' shot up
[01:09.90]Now I could not walk away
[01:12.45]'Cause I got caught up in the scene
[01:14.86]Wonderin' what would happen
[01:17.95]To this poor and helpless fiend
[01:20.75]Well, my homie Michael Cooley
[01:23.08]Said let's go and make our order
[01:25.02]What's the use in watchin' two men
[01:27.02]Stand out here fight over quarters
[01:29.83]Well, I walked inside the diner
[01:32.68]And all the dopefiends waved to me
[01:35.23]Heard the sound of several gunshots
[01:37.90]And I ran outside to see
[01:40.22](What's goin' on?)
[01:41.53]Another gunshot rings
[01:43.48](What's goin' on?)
[01:44.67]Another siren rings
[01:45.65](What's goin' on?)
[01:46.69]Another mother cries
[01:47.83](What's goin' on?)
[01:48.87]'Cause another innocent dies
[01:50.66](What's goin' on?)
[01:51.35](What's goin' on?)
[01:52.13]Another gunshot rings
[01:53.55](What's goin' on?)
[01:54.04]Another siren rings
[01:55.50](What's goin' on?)
[01:56.46]Another mother cries
[01:57.97](What's goin' on?)
[01:58.71]'Cause another innocent dies
[01:59.88](What's goin' on?)
[02:01.25]All the people in the diner
[02:02.81]Ran outside to see the big show
[02:05.43]It was just another party
[02:08.01]For them to see just who they would know
[02:10.48]But for me I held concern
[02:13.00]I wanted to go see the outcome
[02:15.39]Would a mother have a son tonight
[02:18.39]Or would she live her life without one?
[02:21.02]I made it to the streets
[02:23.23]I almost cried right on the spot
[02:25.68]Not only had the fiend died
[02:28.66]But a small girl had been shot
[02:31.04]My heart could take no more
[02:33.41]I felt a tear roll down my face
[02:35.79]That was daddy's bullet
[02:38.72]But she took it in his place
[02:40.99](What's goin' on?)
[02:41.85]Another gunshot rings
[02:43.42](What's goin' on?)
[02:44.31]Another siren rings
[02:45.92](What's goin' on?)
[02:47.29]Another mother cries
[02:48.87](What's goin' on?)
[02:49.55]'Cause another innocent dies
[02:51.34](What's goin' on?)
[02:51.71](What's goin' on?)
[02:52.45]Another gunshot rings
[02:53.90](What's goin' on?)
[02:54.68]Another siren rings
[02:56.06](What's goin' on?)
[02:56.98]Another mother cries
[02:58.54](What's goin' on?)
[02:59.68]'Cause another innocent dies
[03:00.52](What's goin' on?)
[03:01.35]Tried to make way through the crowd
[03:03.76]So I could go help the baby
[03:06.01]She could barely speak but she whispered
[03:08.85]"Mister, can you please save me?"
[03:11.25]So I screamed out, "Someone help me"
[03:14.03]But I don't think they could hear
[03:16.18]And if they did they didn't care
[03:18.84]Oh, how I hated everyone there
[03:22.29]The baby lie here dyin'
[03:24.12]And I wondered what could I do
[03:26.54]The cameraman and newspapers
[03:29.58]Had come to get their interviews
[03:32.25]To them it's just story
[03:33.93]And they can't see the tragedy
[03:36.33]To them it doesn't matter
[03:39.18]'Cause hey, it wasn't their family
[03:42.35]I don't think I'll be back
[03:44.45]'Cause it'll never be the same here
[03:47.17]So I wipe away the tears
[03:49.32]And leave the scene the way I came here
[03:51.81]Though some people say it's crazy
[03:54.31]And the food could have been finer
[03:57.04]I'll never forget
[03:59.26]Never forget the night at Dopefiend's Diner
[04:02.72](What's goin' on?)
[04:04.02]Another gunshot rings
[04:05.03](What's goin' on?)
[04:05.61]Another siren rings
[04:07.17](What's goin' on?)
[04:07.82]Another mother cries
[04:09.53](What's goin' on?)
[04:10.13]'Cause another innocent dies
[04:12.68](What's goin' on?)
[04:12.95](What's goin' on?)
[04:13.59]Another gunshot rings
[04:15.14](What's goin' on?)
[04:15.69]Another siren rings
[04:17.37](What's goin' on?)
[04:18.08]Another mother cries
[04:19.88](What's goin' on?)
[04:20.30]'Cause another innocent dies
[04:22.43](What's goin' on?)
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