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