[Intro] Hey.... Hey.....(laughs)..ay... (come on)...8-0-tre in the building baby.... [Verse] I remember when I was looking back on my life and feeling that it was in shambles Feeling as if life was a challenge that I just couldn't handle No matter how many times a brother tried Felt as if inside that a brother was remaining in a state where he was living physically but he spiritually died And sometimes I always wondered inside why Did it seem that as if no matter how many times That I was always known to be real and be genuine Forever whatever reason people with me continually kept on tripping And flipping my lyrics, flipping my words Making it seem that them I wanted to hurt And try to discourage others but only I want to uplift you Encourage you No matter what it is that you dealing with Your true emotions please on the real don't be concealing 'em Let it out and let 'em fly Let the world know how it is on the real you really be feeling inside And if you be feeling as if, you trusted in God and He let you down Well pimpin' listen to this go 'head and let him know how you feel But make sure you do it in a sense of respect, don't be cussin and doing blasphemous things Cause you don't really want to be living in a blasphemous way All I'm trying to say, is you need to keep Him on your team And I know you prolly be feeling as if there is no h-o-p-e To continually be having cause any hope that you ever had And ever did imagine is all gone Cause it seems that life done treated you and dealt you a hand that's so cold and so dirty now Got you feeling as if whatever words of encouragement That somebody ever tried to be giving you was nothing but that run around And had you feeling as if you was really wishing there was some gun around So you could get it click it and load it up and pop it Put it up to your brain man, let it go bang bang man and pop And your body be dropping 6 feet deep in the ground Nobody knowing now What ill pain you did feel Ain't nobody understanding why it is that he took his life pimp Some people thinking, aw, he must've been growing up kinda bad Must've been one of them kids who had a very bad dad Or bad mama Whatever the problem They prolly thinking different things that have nothing to do with your constant aggravation inside Especially if you a man, trying to get some grands in your hand right now Cause when you look in your child's eyes you like, aw I want to feed my son feed my daughter Whatever the situation it don't matter the fact still remains partner You feeling as if you lesser than a man Cause you got lesser than a grand in your hand And isn't to be stuntin' and frontin' on other brothers, but simply to show Your son and your daughter, how it's really supposed to go Cause you don't want 'em to be living the life you used to have And sometimes you look in their eyes you feeling as if they thinking in their mind, man This is what means, you is my dad (my dad, my dad) ay.... [Outro] You know, you know, you know You know, you know, you know (hey) You know, you know, you know (hey)