[00:00:02] Hey hey hey hey [00:00:14] Hey hey hey heeey [00:00:19] Ooh ask me my nigga [00:00:20] The only one there that'll be my nigga [00:00:21] And I'm gon' finally be free my nigga [00:00:24] But you don't have to follow me my nigga [00:00:26] Oh yeah it's still love my nigga [00:00:28] And I ain't gon' stop just because my nigga [00:00:30] Daddy Paxson always does my nigga [00:00:32] And always remember what it was my nigga [00:00:35] La da da da la dadadadada [00:00:40] La da da da la dadadadada [00:00:44] La da da da la dadadadada [00:00:48] La da da da la dadadadada [00:00:52] When we were friends the days would begin and end [00:00:54] Went from boys to men we boys 'til then [00:00:56] We know each other real we know each other rules [00:00:58] And we wore each other's clothes and each other's shoes [00:01:01] But in an instance the days become distance [00:01:02] Your path doesn't go in the same direction his went [00:01:05] And can't help but be scared [00:01:07] Of the virtually unknown up ahead (I heard what you said) [00:01:10] But I'll be fine [00:01:11] Whether it is favor or failure it must be mine [00:01:14] Well he can stand still if that's how that man feel [00:01:16] Cuz what can't can't and whatever can will [00:01:18] So I'm walking toward my future with my back to it [00:01:21] Hoping you look up and see me as a reason to do it [00:01:24] When you get grown it's a given [00:01:25] You damn near gotta do the same thing for a living [00:01:27] Ooh ask me my nigga [00:01:29] The only one there that'll be my nigga [00:01:31] And I'm gon' finally be free my nigga [00:01:33] But you don't have to follow me my nigga [00:01:36] Oh yeah it's still love my nigga [00:01:38] And I ain't gon' stop just because my nigga [00:01:40] Daddy Paxson always does my nigga [00:01:42] And always remember what it was my nigga [00:01:45] La da da da la dadadadada [00:01:49] La da da da la dadadadada [00:01:53] La da da da la dadadadada [00:01:58] La da da da la dadadadada [00:02:02] And my cousin I love him like a son cause I was him [00:02:04] And he think his thuggin' pleases me but it doesn't [00:02:06] How could I applause it when I had caused it [00:02:08] But if it's God's plan for him I guess I ain't cost shit [00:02:11] For what I gave him - wasn't so bad I couldn't save him [00:02:13] Either they'll enslave him or a gun'll grave him [00:02:15] I still believe in him but he think I'm leavin him [00:02:17] When I be busy he think I'm bob-n-weavin him [00:02:20] I probably sound like his daddy [00:02:21] But over the phone cause I ain't around - like his daddy [00:02:24] When we talk I wanna hear you be productive [00:02:26] Conversate for hours 'bout something constructive [00:02:28] But it never come up [00:02:30] With all them niggaz round your neck you ain't gon' never come up [00:02:33] Maybe I'm jealous cause you love them more [00:02:35] Can't understand what you love them for [00:02:37] Don't get me wrong you know I love them too [00:02:39] But you know who I always hold above them you [00:02:41] And it ain't nobody business [00:02:43] I'll just make believe that music can miraculously mend this [00:02:45] So I'll be a sound [00:02:47] And then you do your thing to it and we mix it down [00:02:50] And make a song my nigga cause even when I'm away I'll always be around [00:02:55] Ooh ask me my nigga [00:02:57] The only one there that'll be my nigga [00:02:59] And I'm gon' finally be free my nigga [00:03:01] But you don't have to follow me my nigga [00:03:03] Oh yeah it's still love my nigga [00:03:05] And I ain't gon' stop just because my nigga [00:03:07] Daddy Paxson always does my nigga [00:03:09] And always remember what it was my nigga [00:03:12] La da da da la dadadadada