[00:00:13] You ain't gon believe this but you used to fit right here [00:00:19] I'd hold you up and say to your mother [00:00:21] This kids gonna be the best kid in the World [00:00:24] This kids gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew [00:00:28] And you grew up good and wonderful it was great [00:00:33] Just watching everyday was like a privilage [00:00:36] Than the time comes for you to be your own man and take on the World [00:00:41] And you did but somewhere along the lines you changed you stopped being you [00:00:48] Shout to all my fans glad I can inspire y'all [00:00:51] Got a couple haters still trying to acquire more [00:00:54] You're praying to a higher power hoping I should fall [00:00:57] But even my writers block ends in a fire wall [00:01:00] Everybody acts reckless judging by they past efforts [00:01:03] If they ran sh*t why it won't show up in they track records [00:01:06] How can the critics ever hear me and say I'm a suffer [00:01:09] How when they play with words and I make em' play with each other [00:01:13] Choppers over the booth ready for prime time [00:01:15] Come one with his thoughts intertwine with his mind [00:01:18] Go toe to toe blow for blow or do it rhyme for rhyme [00:01:22] Be competitive coke heads and go line for line [00:01:24] Honestly that crap of yours you should raffle off [00:01:27] With me they getting Genius Bars without the Apple store [00:01:30] Under the microscope I rebut' the scrutiny [00:01:33] If I'm to be compared it's only to who I used to be [00:01:36] Take a closer look at rappers and you might discover [00:01:39] This faggots talking Boxing avoid the Mike Buffers [00:01:42] Now you the type to cuff her me I get tired of her [00:01:45] See you the type to get hype to hug her but won't try to f**k her [00:01:48] No pencil thin b**ches me that ain't the style he dates [00:01:51] Might sit on her face and leave the imprint of a smiley face [00:01:54] Introduce the newcomers to my habitat [00:01:57] The calms before the storm this the debris from the aftermath [00:02:00] Let me tell you something here right now [00:02:02] The World ain't all sunshine and rainbows [00:02:05] It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are [00:02:09] It will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it [00:02:14] You nore nobody is gonna hit as hard as life [00:02:17] But it ain't about how hard you hit [00:02:20] It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward [00:02:24] Let me change pace the alternate route is a long one [00:02:28] But you'll ultimately end up in the same place [00:02:30] So I tell aspiring artists "think beyond greater" [00:02:33] I know some niggas with platinum plaques and bronze paper [00:02:37] But better living should be earned never fed or giving [00:02:39] So I traded my recognition instead for a vision [00:02:42] They always told me that I'd end up dead or in prison [00:02:45] Who ever thought that same dude getting head while he whipping [00:02:48] At the chick would hang up on give em' the dial tone [00:02:51] Now buying wild homes straight cash without loans [00:02:54] I always managed to do better when his doubts shown [00:02:57] I'll teach you how to turn them diamonds into milestones [00:03:00] Class is in session and look who's come to tutor [00:03:03] They passing the fake off as real like Brian Pumpers jeweler [00:03:06] Where I'm from niggas with fear getting slumped by shooters [00:03:09] But my equal to dumping rugers is being done by computers [00:03:12] I'm getting bread every verse like the lotto [00:03:15] Give them substance but they treat every word like it's a hollow [00:03:18] My niggas off parole I'm tryna give them something pure to follow [00:03:21] Cause he ain't have a pot to piss in just a urine bottle [00:03:24] I come from where so many people where raised with neglect [00:03:26] Cops trying to meet they quote thirsty to make an arrest [00:03:30] All my wrong doings did was put my faith to a test [00:03:33] Which made me much stronger guess my mistakes were correct