BPM:161 

Intro 
Dm                                                     Bb 
  God will never put you in a situation that you can't handle, 
                                         Dm 
But you can definitely put yourself in a situation you can't handle, 
                            Bb 
And some situations lead to death, 
Bb 
Death is a mothafucker...ya dig? 


[Verso 1]

Dm                             Bb 
Old timer want the block back, stop that, 
Bb 
"You been gone too long", the young nigga said, 
Dm                                                 Bb 
Lord knows, whats going through this young nigga's head, 
Bb 
As the old timer stood and grilled him, 
Dm 
Peeled off, shorty looked at his man, 
Bb 
Touched his burner like "I should've killed him", 
Dm 
Shorty in deep, but he don't care, 
    Bb 
But he don't know, these old timers don't play fair, (Nah), 
Dm 
There he go, postin' on his strip again, 
Bb 
Toast on him, niggas with him, posted on his shit again, 
Dm 
(Uh-Oh) He acting like it can't and it won't happen, 
Bb 
Old Timer 'bout to blow dust off that old cabinet, 
 Dm 
(Dust,Dust,Dust...) Where them guns is kept, 
      Bb 
These young niggas better show some respect, (respect), 
      Dm 
"I'll teach 'em a lesson", he said to his self, 
         Bb 
As he proceeded to pull the lead from his shelf, 
Dm 
Now he headed towards Shorty block, forty cocked, 
Bb 
On his zip, on his shit, like he don't care who Shorty wit, 
Dm                                     Bb 
But somebody saw him, before he got to Shorty, 
Bb 
Shorty phone ring, somebody called him, 
Dm                                      Bb 
Somebody warned him, "He's coming, he's coming!", 
Bb 
Shorty replied, "Somebody stall him!", 
Dm 
Then he crept up wit his goons and guns, 
Bb 
Whispered in the Old Timer's ear, death's soon to come. 
 
Dm 
They say hell is hot, 
                Bb 
Well, is heaven cold? 
Bb 
Know one ever knows til you Gone, gone, gone, 
Dm                                              Bb 
And when you gone does your soul drift off to a better place, 
Bb 
Or do you just forever fade, 
 Dm                             Bb 
Away, away, away, away...like a bird when it's headed towards the sky, huh? 
Dm 
Huh, or do you just die, huh (huh)? 
   Bb                                                Dm 
Or do you just perish from the earth and if so, why? Why? 

Dm 
Now that's wrong, (wrong), 
                    Bb                                     Dm 
But the story ain't over it drags on, (aw man whatverse 2 
Dm 
Baddest bitch up on the block, 
Bb 
Probably make a nigga cum as soon as she get up on the cock, 
    Dm 
She fuck with Tony don't she? (don't she), 
   Bb                                         Dm 
Oh he's, not your average drug dealer, fa sho he's, 
Dm 
Being watched by police, feds, 
Bb                                  Dm 
Investigators, oh, can't forget the haters, 
                                           Bb 
Homegirl ain't got a clue what he do for a living, 
Bb 
She just think she got a dude with a pension, 
Dm 
She don't know this dude is a henchman, 
       Bb 
And he moves on dudes with the cruelest intentions, 
Dm 
All she know she got a brand new Benz, 
         Bb                                                 Dm 
And it's big enough for her and all her brand new friends, (Damn), 
Dm 
There she go, all through the street with it 
Bb 
Dude in and outta town, she all through the street with it 
   Dm 
We all know the street talk, we all know the street listen 
Bb 
Next day, she's missing.... 
 N.C. 
(music stops, phone rings twice), 
 N.C. 
(man speaks)"Hello?", 
 N.C. 
(man on phone)"Hey nigga, I got yo bitch. Have a million sent up or she dead!", 
    Dm 
Damn, she in deep shit, and she did nothing! 
Bb 
I bet you she ain't see this coming, but he did, 
Dm 
Cause he did nothing, he ain't pay, (pay), 
Bb 
He told 'em keep that bitch, he okay, 
Dm 
He got a wife and a kid, back home, 
Bb 
And he don't care about the life that she live, (Damn),  happened next?), 
Dm 
They wind up beating her down, 
Bb                                               Dm 
Breathless, he winds up fleeing the town, to the next bitch... 

Hook 
Dm 
They say hell is hot, 
                Bb 
Well, is heaven cold? 
Bb 
Know one ever knows ‘til you Gone, gone, gone, 
Dm                                              Bb 
And when you gone does your soul drift off to a better place, 
Bb 
Or do you just forever fade, 
 Dm                             Bb 
Away, away, away, away...like a bird when it's headed towards the sky, huh? 
Dm 
Huh, or do you just die, huh (huh)? 
   Bb                                                Dm 
Or do you just perish from the earth and if so, why? Why? 


Outro 
    Dm 
And um, I say that to say this, 
  Bb 
A lot of people don't appreciate life until they're gone, 
        Dm                          Bb 
I mean, a lot of situations can be avoided, 
Bb 
You just gotta avoid 'em, ya dig? 
Dm 
These are just a few stories, man... 
              Bb 
There's a lot more where they come from, 
                          Dm 
Just don't be one of them people I'm talking ‘bout, ya know.... 
(Fade out)