[00:00:02] Cause it was all meant to happen [00:00:05] It was all meant to happen [00:00:09] No wonder why you kept walking my way [00:00:14] Cause it was all meant to happen [00:00:17] It was all meant to happen [00:00:21] No wonder why you kept walking [00:00:24] My mom was 18 waiting for her prom date [00:00:27] Which was my father yes [00:00:28] This night's gonna be beyond great [00:00:29] Two years prior they both created Aaron Yates [00:00:33] So the bond straight with two fine mates [00:00:35] So mom waits [00:00:36] And waits in the upstairs window watching [00:00:38] For my pops and it was shocking [00:00:39] That he never ever came knocking [00:00:41] Just left her [00:00:42] In her prom dress and that's the eve [00:00:44] Where all the stress hit aggressively [00:00:46] She had her first epileptic seizure [00:00:47] And kept having them doctor [00:00:49] Help the sick lady [00:00:50] Medicine with the quickness [00:00:51] Just maybe it'll stop [00:00:52] Member this in 80 I was nine [00:00:54] Asleep and I heard something collapse [00:00:55] Hopped up with nothing but tighty whitie [00:00:57] Saw my mom just fell and slapped the floor [00:01:00] She shaking I'm scared [00:01:01] I ran out the house in my underwear [00:01:02] Help my mama is all [00:01:03] That's coming out my mouth [00:01:05] A neighbor came to help so mama wouldn't die [00:01:08] As a little kid [00:01:09] Watching the ambulance take her away [00:01:10] I'm thinking why [00:01:13] Cause it was all meant to happen [00:01:16] It was all meant to happen [00:01:20] No wonder why you kept walking my way [00:01:26] Cause it was all meant to happen [00:01:28] It was all meant to happen [00:01:32] No wonder why you kept walking [00:01:35] 92 I was 21 [00:01:38] Selling rocks for my auntie was plenty fun [00:01:41] And yes she loaded the house with many guns [00:01:43] She got me a TEC-9 for my birthday [00:01:45] No more tripping from anyone [00:01:47] Is what I'm thinking [00:01:48] Boone's Farm's what I'm drinking [00:01:49] Singing Jodeci loaded we exploded [00:01:51] These chicks I'm binking [00:01:52] Daily nightly the ladies like me [00:01:54] I'm baby Ikie [00:01:55] Maybe slightly I'm crazy might be [00:01:57] Really shady sheisty not like this though [00:01:59] I'm sleeping again [00:01:59] This dude breaks in with a pistol [00:02:01] I heard his bullet whistle [00:02:03] So I had to roll of on this flo [00:02:04] Heard a struggle then my auntie scream [00:02:06] I'm feeling for my piece [00:02:07] Then just my luck my birthday gift that [00:02:09] I got wasn't in my reach [00:02:10] The gunman busted in my room [00:02:12] Looking for something [00:02:12] Found me hiding [00:02:13] Pointed the gun right at my head [00:02:15] My heart was pumping [00:02:16] Then he turned and ran away [00:02:18] Then with a blink of an eye [00:02:19] He was gone I found my auntie shaking [00:02:21] Hiding in the closet [00:02:22] I’m thinking why [00:02:24] Cause it was all meant to happen [00:02:27] It was all meant to happen [00:02:31] No wonder why you kept walking my way [00:02:37] Cause it was all meant to happen [00:02:39] It was all meant to happen [00:02:43] No wonder why you kept walking [00:02:46] Dear Darkness [00:02:47] You've been with me for so long [00:02:49] I never understood [00:02:50] Till now in this slow song [00:02:52] Been in some shaky situations [00:02:53] But life goes on [00:02:55] But still a lot of things [00:02:56] You showed this kid was so wrong [00:02:58] But what's so right [00:02:59] This pain and strife that I go write [00:03:01] People go buy it [00:03:02] They think that my flow's tight [00:03:03] Got a cold mic [00:03:05] They got me a million sold twice [00:03:06] Not a low-life anymore [00:03:07] It’s always sold-out show nights [00:03:10] After K O D you scared me [00:03:12] So I ran from you [00:03:13] Then accepted you on Seepage [00:03:14] Then saw the fans come through [00:03:15] Just when I thought [00:03:16] I took everything I can stand from you [00:03:18] I kept writing and then [00:03:20] We watched the Strangeland come true