You watch and know
  Unspoken not forgotten
  As one we've grown
    And sometimes soft,
  So soft could penetrate a rock
  You know we
  Got to make it
  See to it, straight through it
  Got to find it, we see in you
  The word on the street is not the same as it
  used to be
  (Will you still know me when I'm gone)
  The word on the street is strong and it surrounds me
  (Will you still hate me if I'm strong)
    And what's in store
  Get into character for
  Allegiance sworn
    A sufface aquisition
  Maybe an allusion, together still
  Our selfish route together
  Not taken by another
  No shoes to fill
  The steps that we're taken are not to be mistaken and
  yah there's fear
  but waken to get up to find maybe it's better
  to spin the gear
  Got to make it, see to it, straight through it
  Got to find it, we see in you
  The word on the street is not the same as it
  used to be
  (Will you still hate me when I'm gone)
  The word on the street is strong and it surrounds me
  (Will you still hate me if I'm strong)
  The word on the street is strong, speaks for
  itself, belongs to no one else
  (WIll you still know me when I'm gone)
  And I'm calling on all of you, we've paid our dues
  (Will you still hate me if I'm strong)