[Intro] Ayo, man, come here Ay, turn off that Xbox, man Nah, you didn't do nothing Just come here, man I got to talk to you, man I got to tell you something Come here, man Check this out, man Yo [Verse 1] Sit down, son, lemme holler at you for a minute Listen up, don't get up till I'm finished So, how you been, man? You good? You met some new friends in your new neighborhood? Not yet, huh? That's a'ight I bet they come around when they see a new bike How's your mother and your little brother? Y'all better be getting along with each other Dang, I ain't see you in a long time So while I'm here I wanna put something on your mind So you stay strong, work hard all day long And know right from wrong I lived my life, now it's your turn So from my mistakes you best learn Put this song on when I'm long gone And through the struggle, stay strong [Hook] Sometimes you feel like giving up And throwing it all away But you got to hold on tight To your dreams And no matter what your going through You got to hold on tight, to ur dreams. dreams (Verse 2) Dreams often get confused with fantasy It's a thin line between genius and insanity So when I say, "say no", I really mean this You don't even wanna know what a fiend is If you do, you can ask me See, you'll never be free running from reality How can I explain? You see, a punk's a man who can't stand pain living in vain So walk tall, don't fall, youngin' Be a gentleman even if your thuggin' Make something out the life that I gave you Pop dukes wasn't always a brave dude But when you came through you saved dude So now I got to repay you with these words I say to you And bestow what I know upon you That's the reason why I'm always on you, so stay focused [Hook] [Bridge] You know, cause what it is is your dreams That's the only you got in your head That's gonna lead you to where you need to be, man So don't ever let nobody change your mind Or make you feel like you doing the wrong thing when you know it's right That's all I'm trying to tell you man If I don't tell you nothing else Listen to that and understand that (Verse 3) The world's so tough, you got to be tougher When your old enough, it only gets rougher It's cold as a mother, got to hold heater You girl laying down with you, you don't need her It's one small thing, I forgot to mention Your homies ain't always got good intentions You gotta be a leader, never follow the herd All you got in this life is your balls and your word [Hook x2]