Keepin’ Your Name Alive

[Verse 1]
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!

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 2]
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!

[Chorus]
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

[Verse 3]
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

[Chorus]
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