Tha Crossroads (D.J. U-Neek’s Mo Thug Remix)
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Tha Crossroads (D.J. U-Neek’s Mo Thug Remix) Lyrics
Bone, Bone, Bone, Bone
Bone, Bone, Bone, Bone, Bone
Now tell me, what ya gonna do
(Now, tell me what...)
When it ain't nowhere to run
When judgment comes for you
When judgment comes for you?
Now tell me, what ya gonna do
(Now, tell me what...)
When it ain't nowhere to hide
When judgment comes for you
'Cause it's gonna come for you?
[Verse 1: Bizzy Bone]
Dead souls, nigga, this for Wally
Eazy, C's Uncle Charlie
Little Boo, but God's got him
And I'm gonna miss everybody
I done rolled with blows like AIDS
Looked at him while he laid and prayed
But destiny played too deep for B to say
Lil' Layzie came to me
Told me if he should decease, "well, then please
Bury me by my Gran Gran
And when you can, come follow me."
God bless you workin' on a plan to Heaven
Follow the Lord all 24/7 days
God is who we praise
Even though the Devil's all up in my face
But He keepin' me safe and in my place
Say grace to the gates we race
Without a chance to face the judge
Then I guess my soul won't budge
Grudge, because there's no mercy for thugs
Ooh, what could I do?
It's all about a family and how we roll
Can I get a witness? Let it unfold
We livin' our lives to eternal our souls, hey-o-ayo
[Bridge: Krayzie Bone]
Pray and we pray and we pray
And we pray and we pray
Every day, every day, every day, every day
And we pray and we pray
And we pray and we pray
Still we lacin'
[Verse 3: Krayzie Bone]
Now follow me, roll stroll
Whether it's Hell or it's Heaven
Come let's go take a visit to the people that's long gone, they rest: Wally, Eazy, Terry, Boo
And still keepin' up with they family
Exactly how many days we got lastin'?
While you laughin' we're passin' passin' away
God, rest our souls
'Cause I know I might meet you up at the crossroads
Y'all know, y'all forever got love from them Bone Thugs, baby
Lil Eazy long gone
Really wish he could come home
But when it's time to die, gotta go, bye bye
All a lil' thug could do was cry, cry
Why'd they kill my dawg?
Damn, man, I miss my Uncle Charles, y'all
And he shouldn't be gone
In front of his home, what they did to Boo was wrong
Oh so wrong, was so wrong
Gotta hold on, gotta stay strong
When the day comes
Better believe Bone got a shoulder you can lean on, lean on
[Bridge: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]
Pray and we pray and we pray
And we pray and we pray
Every day, every day, every day, every day
And we pray and we pray
And we pray and we pray
[Chorus: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
And I'm gonna miss everybody
And I'm gonna miss everybody (long gone, long gone)
And I'm gonna miss everybody (long gone)
And I'm gonna miss everybody (long gone)
And I'm gonna miss everybody (long gone, long gone)
And I'm gonna miss everybody
[Bridge 2: Layzie Bone]
Livin' in a hateful world
Sendin' me (straight to Heaven)
That's how we roll
Livin' in a hateful world
Sendin' me (straight to Heaven)
That's how we roll
Livin' in a hateful world
Sendin' me (straight to Heaven)
That's how we roll
And I asked the good Lord why
He sighed, he told me we live to die
[Verse 5: Krayzie Bone]
What's up with that murder, y'all?
See, my little cousin was hung
Somebody really wrong, anybody wanna test us, dawg?
And Ms. Sleazy set up Eazy to fall
You know while we sinnin'
He intendin' on endin' it when it ends
He comin' again and again and again
Now tell me, what ya gonna do?
[Verse 6: Wish Bone]
Can somebody anybody tell me why, hey
Can somebody anybody tell me why
We die, we die?
I don't wanna die
(Oh so wrong, oh wrong, oh so wrong, oh wrong)
[Chorus: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony]
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
See you at the crossroads, crossroads, crossroads
So you won't be lonely
About
“Tha Crossroads” is a remixed version of the E. 1999 Eternal track “Crossroad”. It was written in remembrance of several people close to the group who died. It is the more famous of the versions.
While the original version “Crossroad” primarily dealt with the death of their friend Wally Laird III, this version was created after the death of close friend and mentor Eazy-E and Wish Bone’s uncle Charles. The original track samples “Bad Ending” from the 1993 Sega game Eternal Champions. This remix instead samples The Isley Brothers' “Make Me Say It Again Girl (Part 1 & 2)”.
This remix was internationally successful. In the US, it debuted at #2 in the US in May 1996, then moved to the top spot the following week – the quickest move to #1 in the US since the Beatles did it in 1964 with “Can’t Buy Me Love”. It held the #1 spot for eight weeks making it the longest-running rap song to hold the top position since Kris Kross' “Jump” in 1992, and was later ranked the #7 song of 1996 by Billboard.
Overseas, it was a top 40 hit in several countries including a #1 peak in New Zealand in June 1996 and a #8 peak in the UK that summer.
The British hip hop group Blazin' Squad released a cover of this song with different lyrics in 2002 as their debut single and it reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart.
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