[Intro]
Made it to '98. '97 was stressful. Haters, so stressful. b**h haters. All kinds of haters. Green haters, purple haters. It's gon' be alright though
[Verse 1]
See it all now
Full clocked and switched
n***as got change cause n***as got grip
All through the nights by myself as I flip
With a gla** of Zip, trying to figure if
What the f** now
n***as low down
n***as hate me cause I got doe now
Wonder who I'm smashing other words, who I f**
What the n***a ride, is that his truck?
Nah it ain't mine, in fact it's a rental
They cutting the roof out my 5, I get it back in mid December
Now they all waiting to k** me like Satan
They hating, they don't feel me
Don't even really
Wanna see me prosper, the Lord knows my gospel
That's why I [?] 'em all, it makes me [?]
n***as need to grow, let n***as blow up
Gon' with that hold up sh**, n***as slow up
When you don't even know me
f** it, you can blow me
Sending out your evil a** forces Wan Kenobi's
All through the fire I felt the flame
Lord knows it's been a strain but the same
I'm still a man
[Hook]
After the pain, after the rain, still a man
After the pain, after the rain, still in the game
[Verse 2]
My grand mama laced me, my grand mama raised me
In the middle of the rain, to a man from a baby
It was all gravy
Coming up when I was young when everything was shady
You shine like the sun
And none could compare
God blessed me with your prayers
Take a long look at life and it ain't fair
When everybody else wasn't there you were there for me
When everybody didn't care you took care of me
How can I pay you back for all the love that you gave?
How can I take the pain and the sickness away?
Get on my knees and pray
The council don't play, where there's a will there's a way
I'm with ya till the grave
All day, you stay on my mind in the midst of the grind
It make me wanna cry sometimes but I
Keep the faith and don't worry 'bout a thang
Cause after all the pain and the rain, I'm still a man
[Hook] {x4}
[Verse 3]
Girl you know I loved ya, there's nothing I wouldn't do
If they took yo life then they take mine too
We made love through the nights when it was hard to get through
You believed I was right when I hardly knew
What the hell was going on
Damn your love was strong
Didn't need no heat to sleep, you kept me warm
You was down like po', my wife [?]
You'll give me yo' doe, while you go broke
I kept you stressed, kept you breathless plus
I'm full of sh** and I'm selfish, I can't help this
I set the bridge on fire and I watched it burn
Through the smoke and the ash my a** still didn't learn
Unconcerned like what?
b**h I gives a f**
Treated love like a ho, had the game twisted up
I guess the thin line was about to break
Cause I love with the bitterness, betrayal and hate
Rachael Scott forgive me for the pain that I caused
Touch your heart and let her know that I didn't mean it all
But I was young, didn't know
Tried to grow to be a man
Alda say you with somebody else baby, I'm still your man
[Hook]