Grover Washington, Jr. - Slippin' lyrics

[Intro] This life sh**, this life sh**, is like, is like Bugged the f** out son, for real See to live is to suffer but to survive Well, that's to find meaning in the suffering [Hook ] Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh** up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh** up [Verse 1] I've been through mad different phases like mazes, to find my way And now I know that happy days are not far away If I'm strong enough I'll live long enough to see my kids Doing something more constructive with their time than bids I know because I been there Now I'ma there sit back and look At what it took for me to get there First came the bullsh** the drama with my Mama She got on some fly sh** so I split And said that I'ma be that seed That doesn't need much to succeed Strapped with mad greed And a heart that doesn't bleed I'm ready for the world or at least I thought I was Bagging n***as when I caught a buzz For thinking about how short I was Going too fast, it wouldn't last but yo I couldn't tell Group homes and institutions, prepared my a** for jail They put me in a situation forcing me to be a man When I was just learning to stand without a helping hand Damn, was it my fault, something I did To make a father leave his first kid at seven doin my first bid Back on the scene at fourteen with a scheme To get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream And by all means I will be living high off the hog And I never gave a f** about much but my dog That's my only muthaf**a I had offered my last Just another little n***a headed nowhere fast [Hook] Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh** up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh** up [Verse 2] That ain't the half sh** get's worse as I get older Actions become bolder, heart got colder Chip on my shoulder that I dared a n***a to touch Didn't need a clique cause I scared a n***a that much One deep with the pit starting sh** for kicks Catching Vicks throwing bricks gettin by being slick Used to get high to get by used to have to puff my L In the morning before I get fly Ate something a couple of forties made me hate something I did some coke now I'm ready to take something Three years later showing signs of stress Didn't keep my hair cut or give a f** how I dressed I'm possessed by the darker side living the cruddy life sh** like this kept a n***a with a bloody knife Wanna make records but I'm f**ing it up I'm slippin', I'm falling, I can't get up [Hook] Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh** up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh** up [Verse 3] Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom n***as talking sh** was like damn look how that rock got him Open like a window No more endo Look at a video Sayin' to myself that could've been yo Ass on the TV Believe me, it could be done Something's got to give Gots to change cause I've got a son I gots to do the right thing for shorty And that means no more gettin' high, drinkin' 40s So I get back looking type slick again Fake n***as jump back on my dick again Nothing but love for those that know how it feel And much respect to all my n***as that kept it real Kept a n***a strong, kept a n***a from doing wrong n***as know who they is and this is yo f**ing song And to my boo who stuck with a n***a through All the bullsh** you'll get yours because it's due [Hook] Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh** up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh** up [Outro] See this is that sh**, this is that sh** That all real n***as can relate to This is from the heart baby Don't get it twisted X baby