[Chorus: N.O. Joe]
(You see now?) Everybody want to go to heaven
But nobody wanna die
(You see now?) Everybody want to go to heaven
(Can you feel this?) But nobody wanna die

[Verse 1: Cōz & N.O. Joe]
I know that I was born with a blindfold on
Understandin' life ain't too damn long
7-3, raised up as a young G
Not by my moms but by the G's that ran the streets
Pray to heavenly god but I wanted to steadily mob and shit
On the turf with my potnas and my chrome and clip
With no direction, what's my protection
I do dirt and then go to Sunday sessions
It's no good but it's lookin' like it's all good
I see brothers makin' money in the hood
And as a youngsta I looked at this
'There's a right and wrong way but which way is the right exit
'Cause I see my moms on a struggle
Seems like I can't get nothin' unless I go out and hustle
What I'm to do? Sit back and stress
Or get a half ounce of that red head sess (Real)
I do what I feel back a couple of grams so I can help with the bills
There's only one life to live, I chose to come up rollin'
When I go I still wanna keep my soul
[Chorus: N.O. Joe]
(Now) Everybody want to go to heaven
But nobody wanna die
(Can you feel this?) Everybody want to go to heaven
But nobody wanna die (Now peep)

[Verse 2: Cōz]
Early 91 standin' 18 years
Ain't nothin' changed still drinkin' forty's and beers
Learned from my peers about the book of life
Got the facts but still I'm a crook on site
Gots to watch for my life I don't want to bite the dust
And have my moms cryin' 'cause I did and fucked up
Mama told me that it would not last
God don't like ugly, stuck with my ass
See yo I'm in the slums though lookin' at the black folk
Seem like the demon got us all by the throat
And one day I'ma face the man
Hopin' that I make it to the promised land
And lookin' back at the things that I did on earth
Now I'm thinkin' about all that nasty dope that I did
As a youth, now the truth gon' hit
Whether a brother get to heaven or get the devil his pitty
I'm far from being righteous but I'm righteous at times
Tryin' to cope, tryna keep my eyes off blind
There's only one creator who created the Cōz
The man upstairs, the man I want to keep my soul
[Chorus: N.O. Joe]
(Now) Everybody want to go to heaven
(Can you feel this?) But nobody wanna die
(You see now?) Everybody want to go to heaven
But nobody wanna die

[Verse 3: Cōz & N.O. Joe]
And brothers from the streets it's the same ol' thang
You wanna get to heaven but continue to bang
See the devil got a hold on all this mess
Kinda got the brothers from the hood possessed
Comin' up do whatever just to make a livin'
But don't want to be the one to be the unforgiv-en
I speak real, because we all know the deal
Our day is comin' up, can't hide behind no shield
Now I see my potna trippin' off the brothers he killed
Tryna get his soul saved before hisself get peeled
Maybe too late, you sold ya soul, you lost ya goal
Ain't no sense to play the good man role
But I still see you bendin' on ya hands and knees
Prayin' to god "help my brother please"
'Cause we all on the freeze of life
Always fuckin' up and can't do nothin' right
"Was it to be like this, be black and po'
Or to be a straight G cookin' boulders of coke"
That's what my potna told me and I felt him, so
Doin' illegal business so his folks can grow
But my potna always told me that god is first
So he tryin' to find himself before he hit that hearse
Got to pay for the sins that you did
But don't understand 'cause all my potna want to do is live
[Chorus: N.O. Joe]
(You see that) Everybody want to go to heaven (Heaven)
But nobody wanna die
(You see now?) Everybody want to go to heaven (Heaven)
But nobody wanna die
(You see now) Everybody want to go to heaven (Heaven)
But nobody wanna die
Everybody want to go to heaven (Heaven)
But nobody wanna die