Stop, Look & Listen

[Operator] This is the MCI operator I have a collect call from..DREAMER Who is an inmate in a California State prison To accept charges press 5 now {beep} Your call is being connected Thank you for using MCI [Lil Rob] Sup ese What's up ese... what you know me man? Si mon I'm your best homey and you don't even know me This vato came up and said "hey what's up holmes" I said "you know me?" he said "si mon I'm your best homie You were born in September of 1975 You're already 20 I'm the reason why you're still alive I watch everything you do I've seen everything you've done I kept you out of jail because i told you when to run You packed a gun at the age of 13" This vato knows everything about me but this guy I've never seen So I said "what you mean?" and he said "follow me" I'm going crazy that's exactly what it's gotta be He said "let's fly" so we took to the sky He said "stop, look and listen pay attention Now if you have a question then ask" Oh by the way where you takin me? He said "stop, look and listen and you will see" (Chorus) Listen hear what I'm saying Listen hear what I'm saying Listen hear what I'm saying Listen....(la la la la listen to me) Do you remember this night? Oh yeah homie quite clear 2-27-94 was the year Gunshots is all I hear as we hit up the place We gave those vatos a taste Show 'em not to fuck around but i got shot in the face And it was like damn what am i supposed to do Now i can't die cause that means they got the best of me fool He said "now anyone else would've shook Come with me let's take a closer look" He took me down to the carucha i was ridin' in Who would've thought that a bullet I'd be biting here You shoulda heard all the shit that i was sayin' I wasn't playin' as we were spraying I wanted to see some levas laying Dead in streets of my barrio They wanted to take my life and that ain't right So we had a gunfight Huero and Dreamer backing me up And we had the 12-Gauge Mausberg shells stacking them up And it was like crazy Shoulda been a western flick You've got two kinds of vatos who don't give a shit They came to my neighborhood and got what they got In other words I'm not the only one who got shot leva (fuckin leva) (Chorus) I can't believe that this is happening to me God do you want my life well then take me But if not i need some oxygen They threw me on a fuckin bed and now I'm off again In the life flight helicopter soaring through the sky Knowing I could die but still I won't cry Cause it's like why shed a tear man When everyday I'm wishing that I wasn't here man you catch my drift All you vatos need to take note I got a bullet in my throat and I'm trying not to choke Cause if I do I just might go into a panic And then it just might be the end Not for this Hispanic Fuck no I can't let 'em get the best of me Cause if I die there ain't no way I'm gonna rest in peace Knowin' that those vatos are standin tall Laughin as a Lil' Rob having to take a little fall But i ain't one to go out like a bitch And i ain't that little vato that vato to go snitch It's the barrio's on when I won't break So stop look and listen and you'll find that ain't no thing (Chorus) {Oldie} I am saying the truth (the truth) I am saying the truth (I said it true man) I am saying the truth (la verdad) I am saying the truth (si mon) Ahhhhhhh