Late night coolin' with my homies   Drinkin' Hennessey an' cold brew   After smokin' stopped in Oakland   Got the munchies for some soul food      So we stopped to get a bite to eat   At the local barbecue   It's just another borin' Monday   An' there's nothin' else to do      Now as we stepped out of the car   I heard someone behind me fightin'   So I turned to look and find out   What's the cause of this excitement      One brother was a dopefiend   And the other was a dopeman   And the dopeman had a AK   Said he'll spray an' he's not jokin'      Well, it seems to be the dopefiend   Owed the dopeman for his product   And he swore if he did not pay   He would end up gettin' shot up      Now I could not walk away   'Cause I got caught up in the scene   Wonderin' what would happen   To this poor and helpless fiend      Well, my homie Michael Cooley   Said let's go and make our order   What's the use in watchin' two men   Stand out here fight over quarters      Well, I walked inside the diner   And all the dopefiends waved to me   Heard the sound of several gunshots   And I ran outside to see      (What's goin' on?)   Another gunshot rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another siren rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another mother cries   (What's goin' on?)   'Cause another innocent dies   (What's goin' on?)      (What's goin' on?)   Another gunshot rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another siren rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another mother cries   (What's goin' on?)   'Cause another innocent dies   (What's goin' on?)      All the people in the diner   Ran outside to see the big show   It was just another party   For them to see just who they would know      But for me I held concern   I wanted to go see the outcome   Would a mother have a son tonight   Or would she live her life without one?      I made it to the streets   I almost cried right on the spot   Not only had the fiend died   But a small girl had been shot      My heart could take no more   I felt a tear roll down my face   That was daddy's bullet   But she took it in his place      (What's goin' on?)   Another gunshot rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another siren rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another mother cries   (What's goin' on?)   'Cause another innocent dies   (What's goin' on?)      (What's goin' on?)   Another gunshot rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another siren rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another mother cries   (What's goin' on?)   'Cause another innocent dies   (What's goin' on?)      Tried to make way through the crowd   So I could go help the baby   She could barely speak but she whispered   "Mister, can you please save me?"      So I screamed out, "Someone help me"   But I don't think they could hear   And if they did they didn't care   Oh, how I hated everyone there      The baby lie here dyin'   And I wondered what could I do   The cameraman and newspapers   Had come to get their interviews      To them it's just story   And they can't see the tragedy   To them it doesn't matter   'Cause hey, it wasn't their family      I don't think I'll be back   'Cause it'll never be the same here   So I wipe away the tears   And leave the scene the way I came here      Though some people say it's crazy   And the food could have been finer   I'll never forget   Never forget the night at Dopefiend's Diner      (What's goin' on?)   Another gunshot rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another siren rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another mother cries   (What's goin' on?)   'Cause another innocent dies   (What's goin' on?)      (What's goin' on?)   Another gunshot rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another siren rings   (What's goin' on?)   Another mother cries   (What's goin' on?)   'Cause another innocent dies   (What's goin' on?)