Tearz

[Intro Skit: RZA]

Boy, where your shit?

Fuck, where your shit? (Fuck that)

Give me your shit, nigga

I'ma blast you, I'ma blast you

What?

Oh shit, yo, is that the God?

Is that the God?

Yo, the god's got shot, man

Move back

Don't touch him

Don't touch him, man

No, no, no

What's fucking happening?

(Call the ambulance)

"It's always the good ones that have to die"

[Chorus]

After laughter comes tears

[Pre-Verse: RZA]

Yo, check it, yo, yo

[Verse 1: RZA]

Check the script, me and the gods gettin' ripped

Blunts in the dip, forty dogs in my lip

Had a box, "Boom-boom" the bass would blast

We was laughin' at all the girls that passed

Conversation, brothers had began to discuss

(Ayo, Ra, remember that kid you bust?)

Aw yeah, he ran, but he didn't get far

'Cause I dropped him, heh heh heh heh heh ha

Not knowin' exactly what lied ahead

My little brother, my mother sent him out for bread

Get the Wonder, it's a hot day in the summer

Didn't expect to come across a crazy gunner

"Hey, Shorty, check it, run the bag and the dough!"

But he was brave, looked him in the eye, and said, "No!"

Money splattered him, BOW! Then he snatched the bag

Hit his pockets, then he jetted up the Ave

Girls screamin', the noise up and down the block

(Hey, Rakeem!) What? (Your little brother got shot!)

I ran frantically, then I dropped down to his feet

I saw the blood all over the hot concrete

I picked him up, then I held him by his head

His eyes shut, that's when I knew he was…

Aw, man! How do I say goodbye?

It's always the good ones that have to die

Memories in the corner of my mind

Flashbacks of us laughin' all the time

I taught him all about the bees and birds

But I wish I had a chance to sing these three words

[Chorus]

After laughter comes tears

[Verse 2: Ghostface Killah]

Me and my man, my ace Big Moe from the shelter

'Bout to hit skins from this girl named Thelma

Now, Thelma had a rep that was higher than her neck

Every girl from Shaolin dissed her respect

We was stimmy, you know how it is when you're blitzed

Three o'clock in the mornin', somethin' got to give

Moe said he'll go first, I said I'll take next

Here, take this raincoat and practice safe sex!

He seemed to ignore, I said, "B, for real!

She's not even worth it to go raw deal."

A man's gonna do what a man's gonna do

He got butt-naked and stuck the Power U

Twenty minutes went by, Moe, I'm out without a doubt

I'm not pumpin' up, I am airin' out

Ayo, he came out laughin' with glory

I'm surprised he's still livin' to tell his story

But he carried on with the same old stuff

With Stephanie, like a Whammy, he pressed his luck

Moe tried to be down with O.P.P

Ain't nothin' wrong, but he got caught with the HIV

Now no life to live, doc says two more years

So after the laughter I guess comes the tears

[Chorus]

After laughter comes tears