[Double K:] Yo… this for our loved ones… this for our loved ones… your family, your friends… and all the ones that you trust… for my mama, for Thes' mama… for my pops and his pops… this for you… uh huh…
[Double K:]
Growing up in the eighties, I been thinking 'bout it lately
Was a lot that I missed, I was a star upon a wish
You know, my pops, he didn't stay around too long
He was hanging in the studio, making them songs
And my mother was young and still sprung on life
I used to watch Different Strokes, I wanted that for Mike
The Jeffersons was a family, I dug it the most
Black folks trying to make it, to y'all, here's a toast
I used to go to school with my Moms on the bus
Downtown, so she can get a degree and feed me
And my sister, man, I can't thank her enough
She used to get high, and she stopped for us
We used to walk to the grocery store
And if my mother didn't have the money, we was at my Grandma's door
God bless her life, and God bless her soul
That old lady showed me love that no one will ever know
Yeah, I wanted Transformers and them fresh turntables
And really didn't understand, when they wasn't able
They had bills to pay, taking nickels from a dime
I just waited for my birthday and Christmastime
Now, those are days that pa** and me and Chris write rhymes
And until my last Swisher, I'mma drop these lines
I love the women in my life, they kept me alive
And now, I gotta keep myself alive…
You see, the things that you lose'll be the things ([Both:] you miss)
And no one can prepare you for the days (like this)
You can have a (lost one), you can lose a (loved one)
Be thankful for what you got, and everybody (have fun!)
The things you lose'll be the things (you miss)
And no one can prepare you for the days (like this)
You can have a (lost one), you can lose a (loved one)
Be thankful for what you got, everybody (have fun!)
[Thes One:] (Check it out…)
I got my music right here, my man right there, my family over there
And everywhere, I know you're out there, I wake up
Blessed with another day to make the whereabouts better, give it up
Higher power, live it up, we grown now
At the table, play the hand that we been dealt
With no choice, you ante up, all your chips up on the felt
And when the only thing that's left is faith
You maintain, the last defense against pain
I wish we could stop the thing eating Grandpa's brain
But all the same who could I blame, and how could I complain?
We made it off the plane on September 10th
July 3rd, I live to pay another month of rent, been getting bent on guilt
The homie disappeared, I hope he's not k**ed
He could never know, how my flow he had helped build
How my dad sacrificed in the field, picking fruit
So his only son could grow up digging loops
Man, it's mad deep, losing sleep for lost souls and brethren
For all my stillborn kin, I live for you, and then some
Eugenio, you know we wouldn't let you go that easily
This family tree's a redwood, the roots are unreasonably tough
As the men in my life, I love you much, thank you
And I ([Rap sample:] represent), everyday I give it up…
'Cause the things you lose could be the things (you miss)
And no one can prepare you for the days (like this)
You can have a (lost one), you can lose a (loved one)
Be thankful for what you got, and everybody (have fun!)
Yo, the things you lose could be the things (you miss)
No one can prepare you for the days (like this)
You can have a (lost one), you can lose a (loved one)
Be thankful for what you got, and everybody (have fun!)
[Rap sample:] Have fun! (repeated and scratched)
Have fun, y'all, have fun, c'mon!
Have fun, y'all, let's have fun!
C'mon, let's have fun, y'all!
We have fun…
[Double K:] Let's have fun!
And everybody, have fun… have fun!
[Rap sample:] We have…
[Rap sample:] …have fun! (repeated and scratched)
[Rap sample:] Represent…
[Rap sample:] As a kid, think-a sh** like that's mad deep…