K-Rino - Keepin' Your Name Alive lyrics

I first saw you when I was fifteen
Spittin’ mean flows at MacGregor Park
A veteran, I was still green to this thing
My jaw dropped until your bars stopped
I stood and watched as you
Rocked the whole crowd
While the bass from all the cars knocked
Always did what you do for the love
On any side of town you went
The people knew who you was
Entertaining was all in your heart
And moved through your blood
Wreckin’ on the streets, the radio
The booth or the club
A hundred years could go by
No one could have yo game
I remember the time that you
Let us wear your chains
Showing up at local rap
Shows and gladly performing
Freestyling at Kids Jam on a Saturday morning
It’s still hard to believe
It’s like your eyes just closed
When I was sixteen years old
I memorized your flows
You was the one who brought the
Whole city of Houston together
Wickett Crickett, we celebrate
Your contributions forever, uh!

I thought this song would be easy to write
I thought the words would come to me
Like a thief in the night
OG, you wouldn’t want us to
Stop or keep everything inside
Now you’re gone so it’s up to
Us to keep your name alive

I thought this song would be easy to write
I thought the words would come to me
Like a thief in the night
OG, you wouldn’t want us to
Stop or keep everything inside
Now you’re gone so it’s up to
Us to keep your name alive

They call me OG
That’s funny though ‘cause you
Was here before me i looked up to you
Plus I remembered everything you told me
About life
About the music biz and what I got to do
Gettin’ the crowd hype at shows
I learned that from watching you
Your impact - nobody won’t touch that
You gave a whole lot to the
Game but never got much back
You never got a plaque but in my view
You stayed at the top
And all the artists that you helped
Who never gave you your props
You worked with the known
The unknown and all in between
Created platforms for rappers to
Perform and be seen
Who else was doin’ that? Nobody
You lived it and breathe
Did it for years and most of the
Time you did it for free
But now you’re gone but not really
‘cause what makes things better
We got enough footage of you to
See and hear you whenever
All the shows that you hosted, so admit it
It’s true it ain’t no secret, in the H
Nobody did it like you, uh!

I thought this song would be easy to write
I thought the words would come to me
Like a thief in the night
OG, you wouldn’t want us to
Stop or keep everything inside
Now you’re gone so it’s up to
Us to keep your name alive

I thought this song would be easy to write
I thought the words would come to me
Like a thief in the night
OG, you wouldn’t want us to
Stop or keep everything inside
Now you’re gone so it’s up to
Us to keep your name alive

A major part of who I am
Today I owe it to you
I’ll keep your name alive because that’s
What you told me to do
All the basketball leagues
All the nights we would hang on the stage
Singing "Where You From?" at Club Boomerang
See it’s a hole in the game now
And it won’t be the same
I’m glad that every time you called me
I made sure that I came
When you told us to stick together
We all understood
You worked hard in the community and
Gave back to the hood
I guess that’s why it hurt me when
The problems came with your health
If I’da had the bread
I woulda paid it all by myself
I felt like we coulda saved ya
If we got it in time
And it’s a shame a lot of
Rappers didn’t offer a dime
But no sense crying about
What can’t be changed, we deal with the fact
That it was God’s will so I’ma
Just accept it as that
It was a blessing just to know ya
Hang out with you and kick it
Rest in power to my big
Brother, OG Wickett Crickett, yeah

I thought this song would be easy to write
I thought the words would come to me
Like a thief in the night
OG, you wouldn’t want us to
Stop or keep everything inside
Now you’re gone so it’s up to
Us to keep your name alive

I thought this song would be easy to write
I thought the words would come to me
Like a thief in the night
OG, you wouldn’t want us to
Stop or keep everything inside
Now you’re gone so it’s up to
Us to keep your name alive