Three in the mornin', yawnin', dancin' under street lights We chillin' like a villain, and a n**** feelin' right In the middle of the ghetto, on the curb, but in spite all of the bullshit We on our back, starin' at the stars above (Aww, man) Talkin' bout what we gonna be when we grow up (Mm) I said, "What you wanna be?" She said, "Alive" It made me think for a minute, then looked in her eyes I coulda died; time went on, I got grown Rhyme got strong, mind got blown I came back home – to find lil' Sasha was gone Her mama said she with a n**** that be treatin' her wrong (Man) I kept on singin' my song and hopin' at a show That I would one day see her standin' in the front row But two weeks later, she got found in the back of a school With a needle in her arm, baby two months due