Pop!

I grew up in the city of El Monte, where every day I’d see a dead body

Soon the temptation got me, but I learned hanging with those “bros” would cost me

I was eighteen, with the same dream, and started to steal green

One day I walked into the pool hall acting tough and mean, sipping lean

Had my forty five on my side so I wouldn’t be kar bambaw kaun daoy mteay dead

I walked in and felt an ounce of dread, because I was in a war with the south and the west

 

Mama worked all night, to try to treat me right, and try to get me outta fights

When I helped her pay the bills she cried, cuz’ she knew it was blood money

She didn’t love the crimes, didn’t love the guys, like she didn’t recognize

I got fast money, stole lunch money, met another kid from some other country, his name was Jeffrey

He joined the gang

We started hanging out, without being the with the gang, we didn’t plan to bang

We didn’t want to shoot, we didn’t want to be in the group

But they found us and kept me in, but kicked him out because of our deadly sin

 

When I walked inside of the hall, full of pride, hiding behind a wall, with a mask so I thought I stood tall

Started to stall, started to recall, I cried, thought about my mamas eyes

I knew she knew what I was doing, but she had no was stopping, just losing

She didn’t want me shooting, but I started looting and abusing, it was confusing

But then, the door opened, for a short moment it was quiet, I didn’t think it was an opponent

They came to me with ski masks, kicked me down, hit me with their knees and, and knocked my head quickly down

They punched me in the face, in the one place, in my nose so the blood would race

Broke my nose, broke my soul, stabbed me in the leg with a piece of glass from the window

I was laying down, broken, until the man in the middle had spoken

I recognized his voice immediately, I took my mask off quickly

He stood there, shook, he couldn’t go back cuz he if he did, he life would be took

It was Jeffrey, and the last thing I heard was “I’m sorry”, then a pop! then it all went black and static.