T.I. - The Way You Want It lyrics

(And that's the way that you want it) This how you want it It's like that It's all good I'll be right back That's how you see it That's what it is This how you feel Guess it is what it is After careful consideration I've concluded tribulations Make you great if you're willing to go through it They can hate all they want But in the end whatever god intends to be will be so Put your trust in He and not the hearts of men We often question adversity's purpose stressin' Not recognizin' the blessin' often missin' the message Who'da thought I'd emerge from the ruins and the records Even better than I was before the automatic weapons The lesson I took away made my testimony compellin' Enough to leave an impression on strugglin' adolescents Who nobody invested put forth the effort or took a Second to push it to do their best and promote forward progression Statistically destined to be arrested Shot in a second That hopelessness leads to depression They disguise as aggression Tell the federal felon pressin' to earn his way into heaven Show up or show 'em confessions and opportunities present Potential is mental your destiny is in your possession Ambition and education is first and talent is second You get what you can envision if puttin' me in prison More important than keepin' them out I respect your decision After the back and forth and you constantly asking for more Child support I ask what for and you take me back to court, now I'm in a public tug-o-war for dough I struggle for I owe money for my sons, honey, and nothin' more Do much more than average for my sons that's just ignoring facts You can get off ya a** and work you don't wanna be F-ckin' poor, that's not quite the issue is it? It's that we don't f** no more That's 'sposed to be you who buyin' houses pickin' out the car That's 'sposed to be you in benz's, bentley's, fendi and dior that's Your problem just accept it you and I are never more And forever we never will just try your best to deal I rolled around with you for years and I regret it still And well since you ain't let yourself know You look a mess just let yourself go I guess They say misery love yes, but frankly I'm too blessed To walk around frowning looking all depressed Where your self respect to get yourself in check You disgraced women who work need to put yourself in check I kept it to myself just cause I felt it wasn't fair But now I'm pissed to the point I don't care, so there!