[Intro]
Ay....hey....
8-0-tre in the building baby....
[Verse: 2Ru3]
I remember when I was looking back on my life and feeling that it was in shambles
Feeling as if life was a challenge, that I just couldn't handle
No matter how many times a brother try
Felt as if inside that a brother was remaining in a state where he was living physically, but he spiritually died
And sometimes I always wondered inside why
Did it seem that as if no matter how many times
That I was always known to be real and genuine
For whatever reason people with me continually
Kept on tripping and flipping my lyrics, flipping my words
Making it seem that them I wanted to hurt
And try to discourage others, but only I want to help uplift ya
Encourage ya
No matter what it is that you dealing with
Yo true emotions please on the real don't be concealing 'em
Let it out and let 'em fly
Let the world know how it is on the real you really be feeling inside
And if you be, feeling as if
You trusting in God
And He let you down, well pimpin' listen to this
Go head and let him know you feel, but make sure that you do it in a sense of respect
Don't be cussing and doing blasphemous thangs
Cause you don't wanna be livin' in a really, blasphemous way
But all I'm trying to say is you need to keep Him on your team (team)
And I know you prolly be feeling as if there is h-o-p-e
To continually be having cause any hope that you ever had and ever did imagine it's all gone
Cause it seems that life done treated and dealt you a hand that so cold and so dirty now
Got you feeling as if whatever words of encouragement
That somebody ever tried to be giving you was nothing but that run around
And had you feeling as if you was really wishing there was some (gun around)
So you could click it, get it and load it up and co*k it
Put it up to your brain mane, let it go bang-bang mane and (pop)
Then your body be dropping 6 feet deep in the ground
Nobody knowing now what the, pain that you feel
Ain't nobody understanding why it is that he took his life pimp
Some people thinking, aw (aw), he must've been growing up kind of bad (bad)
Must've been one of them kids who had a very bad dad
Or a bad momma
Whatever the problem
They prolly thinkin' different things that have nothing to do with your constant aggravation inside
Especially if you a man trying to get some grands in your hand right now
Cause when you look in your child's eyes, you be like, aw I wanna feed my son (son) feed my daughter (daughter)
Whatever the situation it don't matter, the fact still remains partner (partner)
You feeling as if you lesser then a man
Cause you got lesser than a grand in your hand
And it isn't to be stunting and fronting on other brothers, but simply to show (show)
Yo son and yo daughter, how it's really supposed to go (go)
Cause you don't want 'em to be livin' the life you used to have
And sometimes you look in they eyes, you be feeling as if they thinkin' in they mind man......
This is what it means that you is my dad (you is my dad)...
Ay