A Prince Among Thieves

[Intro: T-Bone] I tried to be there but you wouldn't let me in Before hustlin', we were friends [Verse 1: Sha/Tru] Damn, what a price to pay Shows the thought you can't take away Now, forever, sleep is where your body lay Restin' in peace is what I hope and pray Shit, what I won't tell your moms As she breakin' down in a brother's arms But she don't know the truth, so I throw on the charms "He started buggin', callin' in to work Captain of the fiends so they called him Kirk After he got caught, he got real berserk Found out he was smokin' from who gave him work I wanted to be the first one to tell you that Your not son only sold but he used crack And this is somethin' that I can't believe Comin' from a Prince Amongst Thieves [Hook: T-Bone] Sometimes I wondered but I didn't understand Just where you were trying to go, only you in the plan I tried to be there but you wouldn't let me in Before hustlin', we were friends [Verse 2: Sha/Tru] I thought it woulda been better if I'd just let him be But he started showin' two faces: one for you, one for me I watched him change, shit was missing, which was strange Leave on the train, get dropped back off in a Range Our friendship taking a back seat to cocaine Lookin' at your mommy, I too can feel your pain Your son, my man, addicted to crack What in the world would have pushed him to do that? A god-fearin' boy is how you raised him Mommy, don't blame yourself, on you, I give praise Raisin' two kids, struggling all alone Taking what life had to offer ya head-on He chose to take the route of a loser A cocaine seller, a cocaine user Reality's sometime hard to believe But who ever thought it woulda happened To the Prince Among Thieves? [Hook: T-Bone] Sometimes I wondered but I didn't understand Just where you were trying to go, only you in the plan I tried to be there but you wouldn't let me in Before hustlin' we were friends There's a place for thugs like me There's a place for thugs There's a place There's a place for thugs like me [Bridge: Prince Paul] What ya wanna do son, how do you feel? Livin' in a life when everything is real What ya wanna do son? Yo, what's the deal, yo? Livin' in a life when everything is right What ya wanna do son, how do you feel? Livin' in a life when everything is real What ya wanna do son? Yo, what's the deal, yo? Yo, what's the deal, yo? Yo, what's the deal? [Verse 3: Sha/Tru] I never thought that losin' you would've left an empty space In my heart, when I pour me out, it ain't going to waste And every time I see your son, I remember your face I'm locatin', minding my way, raising him like he was mine I mean the joy he brings me kinda hard to define Knowin' how tight we was, how shit coulda been You was more like my brother but that fried me in And since you can't now your son has someone to depend on So take this, son, and rest in peace I wish you woulda known how I felt 'fore you was deceased Or gave this shit enough time to get released Every time I hear "Prince," I'ma remember you "Among Thieves," what the fuck I put you through? [Interlude: Sha/Tru] Man, the messed up part about all this is, I gotta live in this screwed-up world without you... [Hook: T-Bone] Sometimes I wondered but I didn't understand Just where you were trying to go, only you in the plan I tried to be there but you wouldn't let me in Before hustlin', we were friends [Outro: T-Bone] It's not my fault that you're gone It's not my fault that you're gone It's not my fault that you're gone, that you're gone It's not my fault that you're gone Six feet under is where you're gone I'm gonna carry my all on my own Six feet under is I'm going We'll be friends again, we'll be friends again, all along I'm gonna meet you one day, I'm gonna meet you one day I'm sorry you're gone, but I gotta...