Looking for the one out here who has done the most harm
Nobody wants to talk too much as to ring the alarm
Someone had to seen what has taken place on this night
Man this street life is gettin on my nerve making me want to fight
Too many of my young ones are out here getting shot for no reason at all
Yet no one out here in this hood will speak so they don't take a fall
Looking around now after all of the guns have stop blazin
The brotha is over there laying in the street just a gazin
Wonderin to himself I am sure what did I do to deserve this justice
Man its you against the world and no one is gonna love us
You would have thought that you had many more years
Well my man no one stays around for too long when the smoke clears
Does anyone know who could have done this to the man the detective ask
Man everyone around here is afraid to speak because of the past
They have seen what happens to the ones who open up their mouths to speak
The last one that spoke was stripped and beaten to death on this same street
You mean to tell me that no one is gonna say a single word as to what went down
I feel bad for the detective as I too see everyone face point to the ground
I don't know how you want a safer neighborhood when you will not speak
Man I feel ya, but look what they do everyday here on this here street
It seems to me that no one has a plan to get our hoods to be a safe place
Politicians don't come around anymore and we don't even see the mayors face
How can one man make anykind of change without fear for his life
He must come to realize that sometimes you have to lose a life to save a life
I can say that to many of us live everyday in a state of fear for years
So tell me what you gonna do in your hood When The Smoke Clears