Ride Out
INTRO
Wounded Friend: (Wounded from multiple gun shots and is panting and breathing heavy); I can’t…I can’t breathe…I…I…can’t…
2-Tone Eternal: (In partial shock and panic); Hey yo! What the fuck? What the fuck!
Wounded Friend: (Coughing); I can’t…I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!
2-Tone Eternal: Yo…call the fuckin’ ambulance! (A passing medical student quickly volunteers to assist and 2-Tone Eternal shouts); Hey! Yo! Yo! Is he aight?
Wounded Friend: (Coughing and in-and-out of consciousness); What the hell? Where the hell am I? This bright…this bright ass light!
2-Tone Eternal: (Calling out hysterically to paramedics); He’s right here! Man! Hurry up! Hurry up! We ain’t got much time! Let’s go!
Wounded Friend: (Repeated coughing and gasping for air); Yo! I hear ya! I ain’t gonna make it! Yeah…(Coughs heavily and takes in last breath…exhales and passes)
CHORUS (2X)
Hard times weighing on me—(I RIDE OUT)
Somebody frontin’ on me—(I RIDE OUT)
Nobody knows him like me—(I RIDE OUT)
Someday we all gon’ meet—(WE RIDE OUT)
VERSE 1
One of my best friends passed can’t take the stress
Hop in my whip strap the seatbelt across my chest
Turning’ the key pray to God that He’ll protect
At seventeen He showed mercy in my car wreck
I hit the streets and see the young G’s reppin’ their sets
Too many casualties occur among the ghetto oppressed
Too many families hurt from the cycle depressed
Need a reprieve so I hit the beat cruising out west
Increase the speed windows down feel a natural breeze
Time slows down I can mentally breathe
An exotic sunset puts my mind at ease
Pink clouds orange sky paint a heavenly scene
What does it mean to live happy in a world so mean?
Why do the good die young like Martin Luther King?
I gotta believe that I’m made from a higher being
‘Cause this energy inside of me is divine healing
CHORUS (2X)
Hard times weighing on me—(I RIDE OUT)
Somebody frontin’ on me—(I RIDE OUT)
Nobody knows him like me—(I RIDE OUT)
Someday we all gon’ meet—(WE RIDE OUT)
VERSE 2
Political prison and a new sun’s risen
Gotta make a decision try to make a better livin’
I’ll be damned if I let this life pass me by
Pushin’ along through the lonely nights sanctified
Give me a call it’s been a long time since we kicked it
I gave you room and board when you got evicted
Even took your children in for a minute
Without a gimmick I showed you love from the beginnin’
Karma is tickin’ got your money up now you’re chillin’
Lavish livin’ said you’d hit me off but you didn’t
Admit it you’re all talk another fake friend omitted
Feelin’ uplifted riding out the past you’re forgiven—Uh!
Now it’s all about the future and the seeds we invest
Leavin’ the past in its tracks no longer feelin’ depressed
Gotta move on stay strong while we breathe in the flesh
Believe in the best seizing up our destiny blessed! Yes!
CHORUS (2X)
Hard times weighing on me—(I RIDE OUT)
Somebody frontin’ on me—(I RIDE OUT)
Nobody knows him like me—(I RIDE OUT)
Someday we all gon’ meet—(WE RIDE OUT)
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2-Tone Eternal: (In partial shock and panic); Hey yo! What the fuck? What the fuck!
Wounded Friend: (Coughing); I can’t…I can’t breathe! I can’t breathe!
2-Tone Eternal: Yo…call the fuckin’ ambulance! (A passing medical student quickly volunteers to assist and 2-Tone Eternal shouts); Hey! Yo! Yo! Is he aight?
Wounded Friend: (Coughing and in-and-out of consciousness); What the hell? Where the hell am I? This bright…this bright ass light!
2-Tone Eternal: (Calling out hysterically to paramedics); He’s right here! Man! Hurry up! Hurry up! We ain’t got much time! Let’s go!
Wounded Friend: (Repeated coughing and gasping for air); Yo! I hear ya! I ain’t gonna make it! Yeah…(Coughs heavily and takes in last breath…exhales and passes)
Somebody frontin’ on me—(I RIDE OUT)
Nobody knows him like me—(I RIDE OUT)
Someday we all gon’ meet—(WE RIDE OUT)
Hop in my whip strap the seatbelt across my chest
Turning’ the key pray to God that He’ll protect
At seventeen He showed mercy in my car wreck
I hit the streets and see the young G’s reppin’ their sets
Too many casualties occur among the ghetto oppressed
Too many families hurt from the cycle depressed
Need a reprieve so I hit the beat cruising out west
Increase the speed windows down feel a natural breeze
Time slows down I can mentally breathe
An exotic sunset puts my mind at ease
Pink clouds orange sky paint a heavenly scene
What does it mean to live happy in a world so mean?
Why do the good die young like Martin Luther King?
I gotta believe that I’m made from a higher being
‘Cause this energy inside of me is divine healing
Somebody frontin’ on me—(I RIDE OUT)
Nobody knows him like me—(I RIDE OUT)
Someday we all gon’ meet—(WE RIDE OUT)
Gotta make a decision try to make a better livin’
I’ll be damned if I let this life pass me by
Pushin’ along through the lonely nights sanctified
Give me a call it’s been a long time since we kicked it
I gave you room and board when you got evicted
Even took your children in for a minute
Without a gimmick I showed you love from the beginnin’
Karma is tickin’ got your money up now you’re chillin’
Lavish livin’ said you’d hit me off but you didn’t
Admit it you’re all talk another fake friend omitted
Feelin’ uplifted riding out the past you’re forgiven—Uh!
Now it’s all about the future and the seeds we invest
Leavin’ the past in its tracks no longer feelin’ depressed
Gotta move on stay strong while we breathe in the flesh
Believe in the best seizing up our destiny blessed! Yes!
Somebody frontin’ on me—(I RIDE OUT)
Nobody knows him like me—(I RIDE OUT)
Someday we all gon’ meet—(WE RIDE OUT)