Just a Moment lyrics

[Produced by L.E.S]

[Intro: Quan]
This is just a moment
Dedicated to my mother, my grandmother, my father
All my n*ggas in the pen', all my n*ggas that died in the struggle
Love y'all

[Verse 1: Quan]
Can we please have a moment of silence?
That's for my n*ggas doing years in confinement
And for my soldiers that passed over, no longer living
That couldn't run whenever the reaper came to get 'em
Can we please pour out some liquor?
Symbolizing this, taken time to consider that
Though our thugs ain't here, the love is here
And we gon' rep 'til slugs kill us here
This for my dogs, stuck in the struggle trying to gain
Smoking trauma, sniffing raw while selling cocaine
Trapped in the game, not knowing how to stop and get by
To live it alive, so instead they live it to die
Can we please have a moment of peace?
For every G that fell for his flag in the streets
Blooding and thugging, folking and loc'ing
Cripping and creeping, Latin and King'ing
Or just for poor righteous teaching
[Hook: Quan]
As day comes and night falls
For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
And even though life must go on, we'll still mourn
While wishing y'all were home
As day comes and night falls
For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
And even though life must go on, we'll still mourn
While wishing y'all were home

[Verse 2: Nas]
Yeah, and can we have another moment of silence?
For brothers who died from Black-on-Black violence
From here to the Dark Continent where rebels sell diamonds
To clients all over the world, got little black girls dying
And can we please pour some more liquors?
For Will, Bokeem, Bar, Pappy, my n*ggas
Here's another Warrior Song from Nasty and Quan
It's to him I pass the baton, to carry this on
Street's Disciple, salute to those who's gone with bullets
And I promise through rhyming, Quan gon' rep his life to the fullest
And can we please have a moment of truth?
For soldiers and troops away with helmets and boots
And families back home that pray they make it home safe
Hoping they don't get hit by a stray or missiles
This is just a moment to let you all know that we miss you
Mommy, I'm still here, wishing I was there with you
Let's take a moment
[Hook: Quan]
As day comes and night falls
For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
And even though life must go on, we'll still mourn
While wishing y'all were home
As day comes and night falls
For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
And even though life must go on, we'll still mourn
While wishing y'all were home

[Verse 3: Quan]
And can we please have a moment to mourn?
For Pac, Biggie, and Pun, 'cause through us they live on
Jam Master Jay, Freaky Tah, and Aaliyah
Big L and Left Eye, when we die we hope to see ya
Can we please have a moment for children?
Who got raped and murdered, or trapped in the system
Who never knew their father, never learned to dream
But was guided by drug dealers, killers, and crack fiends
For single mothers that's forced to play mom and dad
Busting her ass to give her kids' sh*t she never had
For my n*ggas in the pen, hoping rhymes'll get 'em signed
So when released, they can say bye to a life of crime
For every mother that held a son in the street, bleeding
Crying a song of sorrow, too dark and deep for speaking
Just a moment, outside the day-to-day struggle
To let the ones we really care about, know that we love 'em
[Hook: Quan]
As day comes and night falls
For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
And even though life must go on, we'll still mourn
While wishing y'all were home
As day comes and night falls
For the rest of our life, we'll miss y'all
And even though life must go on, we'll still mourn
While wishing y'all were home

[Outro: Quan]
Yo
To my baby brother Tech
We know you was little Dex, n*gga
And to Fez, big bro holdin' it down for you, boy – just come home
I love you, my n*gga
I do this for you and me
When I shine, you shine
And most important, to my sister Tia, out there in Iraq
Just know that we got the babies
My nephew, he's gon' be fine
Put my life and my blood on that
We love y'all
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