Let's go
And dey say
And dey say
Hold up stop now
Let me get a look at ya
Damn girl
I ain't seen you since prom
Come to think about it
I can't believe its been that long
I heard your man locked down now
How long he gone
Oh dat long
How the hell he get time like that
Three strikes with possession
Aw he ain't comin' back
He left you with two kids
And bills all around
Plus you found out he had
Another chick cross-town
It's always the darkest right
Before the sun rises
And you gotta stay strong
For the kids in their eyes and
Please don't despise and
Go against all brothers and
Have a hatred in your heart
And take it out on another
I hate to sound Tupacish
Now momma
But keep your head up
But you gon' make it I promise
You keep your head up
And that that don't kill you
Only makes you stronger
And the will to succeed will
Only feed the hunger
Fo' real
And dey say
And dey say
I was at the gas station
And a man walked past
With his sign will work for food
Clothes or cash
And he asked if
He could pump my gas
So I let him
Clean the windshield and
Throw out the trash
So I let him
I even asked a brother his name
Where he was from got kids man
And what's their ages
He kinda stuttered for a second
He kinda looked surprised
That anyone would even
Take an interest in his life
He said
Young brother dem the only words
I done heard
In the last year that wasn't no
Or get the f*ck away from here
How could somthin' so simple
As general conversation
Mean much more than general conversation
You could tell life had beaten him down
Like he was in the title fight
And this might be his last round
Sometimes the easiest things
We take for granted
Until they gone
Then realize we even had it
Fo' reel fo' real fo' real
And dey say
And dey say
I used to think that life
Had a plan for me
Until I realized life had
To be planned by me
See that's the key
I only deal with what
I can see 'cause over history
Mystery brought us nothin' but misery
Man more people done died
In the name of the lord
Than in any natural disaster
Disease or gang wars
Before guns there was swords
And they was killin' each other
And what's changed to this day
Still killin' each other
Killin' a brother while another
Mother cries for help
Man we need to help
A brother find them self
Feed em light one two three
Hey that's something every
Brother should see
And that's fo' real
And that's fo' real
And that's fo' real
And dey say
And dey say