[Verse 1 - Get back, call tomorrow, life is borrowed all tears in sorrow and bring it back and that's a fact where would you be at, make sure you're harder to it the game was when the bullshit was brought here our sets are fallin' now they live in we got five bucks or four reproduction of the and gloves you rather see me in a cell, see me make my mail and when the story he tell, he trying to you fail trying to make some money lope but money no man if you have no pen than you have no money in hand we're so dope, dive and steal, but payed for real damn you folks, if you wouldn't choked when you to keep it real cops came back, in the back what you when you couldn't lack now you feel the pressure you didn't count your blessings now gone, you are alone told mama that you was grown one to the neck and to the chest when you ran for your life all now you're gone, now would your die for you, fool
- Coolio] I wanna die right, he doesn't wanna die right no nobody wanna die but somebody's gotta die she wanna die right, they don't wanna die right no nobody wanna die but gotta die tonight
[Verse 2 - Krayzie I've cacker-rouches in my boots nigga we sued them they were in the mud we hold the coffin, it possible they got away running muthafucka in the dust, cought up in the ghetto that makes a to fall, unless he's tall this is reality with society families tored apart but tearing apart was hard stand and askin' where is God, you try to play missunder Lord and the has been said, say rest in peace 'cause my nigga is dead before they to run and make everything go under I'm knock as hard as my mother not gonna wonder I knew it'd be me everyone's coming to see remain in flames what I used to be, is no more R.I.P you know when they're coming to get ya but have them bullets for protection take them who has fallen as a collection but when attack, you gotta go, we're under control we to squeese us we hope many men recover in smoke 'cause we never die in casulties, and we are the of war we are the casulties of war, we are the of war
- Coolio] I don't wanna die right, he wanna die right no nobody die but somebody's gotta die tonight she doesn't wanna die right, they don't wanna die no nobody die but somebody's gotta die tonight
[Verse 3 - I saw them coming from a away I couldn't stay I had to make my getaway, I to find another day that's how it goes when this game we everybody on got a price to pay you better pay to what I say, go to Hell if you don't pray these are hard, walkin' down the Boulevard walkin through a prison yard you never when the bullets fly off the pressure is on your money, boy to fall and your name gotta be stong to make them fools run court oh man your in jail but you cant your crew 'cause those niggas used to be a crew, now they're after you, ooo people seen you used to be a teen but you ran against the Benz, on the scene I guess they sucked out brain , cut you in your jeans lucky you're not what they hate but they up what they see don't you ever go and scream it seperates the boys from men your closest on your seat and that's my dearest friend
[Chorus x2 - I don't wanna die right, he wanna die right no nobody wanna die but somebody's gotta die she doesn't die right, they don't wanna die right no wanna die but somebody's gotta die tonight (We are the of war we are the of war we are the of war)
[Repeat until fade - Bone] We are the of war