I just want everything to be perfect Everything to fit into place House, food on the table and some liquor to chase But my moms still hooked on how cigarettes taste And my dad lost his eye and a bit of his face About a month back cause of cancer Trying to figure how to really deal, no evander This sort of sh** can make you jump off the --- When peeps that don't know you seem to think that you're a wa*ker But I don't harbor no anger to em, my big brothers oversees wonder how he's doing Wish that he could be home with us, he a loner at heart so worry if he's on his own too much And I owe so much to the fam, that im feeling like a failure When I can't even lend a hand on the money front I'm hoping things is on the up and up When my career fingers crossed I don't f** it up But all it takes is one man and one word And the greatest song make it go unheard Lord knows there was better men before that went under the radar I kid you no stories, so I isn't mad at stations who don't play my recordings I'm just f**ing happy that ‘m performing And that you listening to me, right now, you'll see So you should put your hands up, hey It ain't perfect but we be doing okay I'm living proof you could do what you never thought And best believe it's the truth that you hear me talk Bro you should put your hands up, hey It isn't perfect but we be doing okay I'm living proof you could do what you never thought And best believe it's the truth that you hear me talk Where we headed now there isn't no guessing But I'm tired of hearing the same old questions When ya gonna find a real profession I don't need a reminder bro's stop stressing I rather keep messing with this music sh** and hardly make a cent Before I go to David Brent just to pay the rent Because an office cubicle is not suitable when you're the star Like they trying to make you play the bench I ain't content with that, I won't stop to surrender like ----- Ya see the flip side is I need a new Mac pro A lack though---- Could probably ask my girlfriend if she would lend for that But too proud for a hand or a hand out I'm tired of staying this still, I'm trying to stand out Be the man now, that's the plan now From here on guess we'll see out it fans out So you should put your hands up, hey It ain't perfect but we be doing okay I'm living proof you could do what you never thought And best believe it's the truth that you hear me talk Bro you should put your hands up, hey It ain't perfect but we be doing okay I'm living proof you could do what you never thought And best believe it's the truth that you hear me talk I know I walk like I grew up in a war zone I tread lightly, even when a store won't Blow my horn though I don't like to draw no attention to myself How ironic my careers based on getting on the shelf Or a blog or a stage, put my whole life on the page And I hope that some relate to what I say It Sounds so vain when I put it in those terms When asked about the industry I ain't go no words But people press try to ask me how them hoes were Wonder why I wasn't at the club when my bros were On the red carpet showing up with a chauffer And VIP with big bottles of patron were And truth I was at home, chillin on the 360 Knowing if I died them fake dudes wouldn't miss me Everybody's best friends when they getting tipsy But when the free drinks run they seem to jet quickly So you should put your hands up, hey It ain't perfect but we be doing okay I'm living proof you could do what you never thought And best believe it's the truth that you hear me talk Bro you should put your hands up, hey It ain't perfect but we be doing okay I'm living proof you could do what you never thought And best believe it's the truth that you hear me talk