Slippin'

See, to live is to suffer

But to survive

Well, that's to find meaning in the suffering

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear **** up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear **** up

I've been through mad different phases like mazes to find my way

And now I know that happy days are not far away

If I'm strong enough, I'll live long enough to see my kids

Doin' somethin' more constructive with their time than bids

I know because I been there, now I'm in there

Sit back and look at what it took for me to get there

First came the ****, the drama with my mama

She got on some fly **** so I split and said that I'ma

Be that seed that doesn't need much to succeed

Strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed

I'm ready for the world, or at least I thought I was

Baggin' **** when I caught a buzz for thinkin' about how short I was

Goin' too fast, it wouldn't last, but yo, I couldn't tell

Group homes and institutions prepared my **** for jail

They put me in a situation, forcin' me to be a man

When I was just learnin' to stand without a helping hand

Damn, was it my fault, somethin' I did

To make a father leave his first kid at seven doin' my first bid?

Back on the scene at fourteen with a scheme

To get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream

And by all means, I will be livin' high off the hog

And I never gave a **** about much but my dog

That's my only **** I hit off with my last

Just another lil' **** headed nowhere fast

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear **** up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear **** up

That ain't the half, **** gets worse as I get older

Actions become bolder, heart got colder

Chip on my shoulder that I dared a **** to touch

Didn't need a clique 'cause I scared a **** that much

One deep with the **** startin' **** for kicks

Catchin' vics, throwin' bricks, gettin' by bein' slick

Used to get high just to get by

Used to have to puff my **** in the morning before I could fly

Ate somethin', a couple of forties made me hate somethin'

I did some ****, now I'm ready to take somethin'

Three years later showin' signs of stress

Didn't keep my hair cut or give a **** how I dressed

I'm possessed by the darker side, livin' the cruddy life

**** like this kept a **** with a bloody knife

Wanna make records but I'm **** it up

I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear **** up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear **** up

Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom

**** talkin' ****, was like, "Damn, look how that **** got him"

Open like a window, no more indo

Look at a video, sayin' to myself, "That coulda been your

**** on the TV," believe me, it could be done

Somethin's got to give, gots to change 'cause now I've got a son

I gots to do the right thing for shorty

And that means no more gettin' high, drinkin' 40s

So I get back, lookin' type slick again

Fake **** jump back on my **** again

Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel

And much respect to all my **** that kept it real

Kept a **** strong, kept a **** from doin' wrong

**** know who they is and this is your **** song

And to my boo who stuck with a **** through

All the ****, you'll get yours because it's due

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear **** up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear **** up

Can't get up

I gots to get up

Can't get up (This is for the hood, baby)

Can't get up (Don't get it twisted)

But I gots to get up

Get me back on my feet so I can tear **** up (X, baby)