...itand's a new day... ya know what iand'm sayinand'?
A new day brings a new problem to a brother
And all i gots ta say is thank god for my mother
Cause without my mommy dear my life wouldand've been joke
Either locked up playinand' dead and still slanginand' dope but nope
The lord he had a plan for me
And with his help my mother made a man of me
Didnand't blindfold me to the world we was livinand' in
Taught me how to save my little dividends
So when i graduated iand'd have a little school money
But in the sixth grade i wanted to be the school dummy
And flunked outta school with the flag pole
And left my mother dear at home with a sad soul
Because my mother worked the fingers to the bone
Cause we was alone, and me i bought a death home
My real pops he broke out with the style
So i respect my stepdad, for raisinand' another niggaand's child
So now we livinand' comftable
Taught me the game and how to be responsible
But back then i couldnand't see it
I wanted to be a grown man at fourteen so the kidand's leavinand'
And ended up in a big fight
And told me not to come home until i got my shit right
So now iand'm livinand' in my grandmaand's home
My grandmaand's strong, sheand's got nine kids of her own
And keepinand' me ainand't no big deal
But now that iand'm much older i see just how the shit feels
Being kind-hearted, not wantinand' to tell me no
Even though my grandfather just had a stroke
And now the moneyand's low
And pretty soon a brotherand's gonna have ta go
Or either try to find a job so i can help out
Iand'm in the ghetto, i gots ta get myself out
And when i get out i gotta try to pave the way
So my family can have a better place to stay
Iand'm losinand' all hope, a brotherand's fallinand' short
I canand't cope, so now iand'm slanginand' dope
And now my granny knows iand'm doinand' wrong
She just prayinand' for me heavily
Take care of her grandson
And the lord must of heard her prayer
Cause he made me get a grip
And got me on up outta there
I heard my mother say them streets is gonna kill ya
You couldnand't have told me nothinand' back then
But now i feel ya...
Iand'm eighteen, and now iand'm havinand' big fun
My babyand's mother just had my first son
May eleven, i never will forget the day
A starand's born, letand's name him little scarface
My first born and yo iand'm a proud father
I gotta son, i gots ta be my sonand's father
And sellin dope ainand't the way that i can get ahead
But what the hell, i gots ta keep my baby fed
I buy him milk, and pampers tryin ta do my part
And heand's my son, i gots ta try to make him hard
I buy him clothes, and jewellry not the tonka toys
Because the tonka toys will only punk my boy
And i donand't want my son to look at life
Through a replica of reality tryinand' to make it life-like
But yet and still i let my son be a kid
Just give him up the real, exactly like my momma did
So when he gets to be a man heand'll appreciate
The game i gave him way back when he used to roller skate
And now my son is four years old
I really gots ta give the real and try to play the fatherand's role
Because these years heand'll remember most
So itand's all about little marcus and me becominand' close
But i got a buncha obstacles
If it ainand't my line of work itand's the girlies on my popsicle
Now everybodyand's got my baby
Wantinand' to have their hands in my pocket tryin to drive me crazy
andquot;itand's your daughter, donand't she look like you?andquot;
I just canand't tell, why donand't you take it to ma momma do
Because my mother knows the real deal
All these hoochies poppinand' coochie tryinand' to get a free meal
So now we in and outta cope
Tryinand' to get mo money, bragginand' om the child support
Tellinand' her friends that sheand's breakinand' me
Now eveybody knows, that she was just fakinand' g
Come to find out, the girl never had me
Sheand's the babyand's mother but me i ainand't the babyand's daddy
And biological tests can prove
You gotta get up off of me and go after the other dude
But now i finally got a real daughter
No need for the testinand'
I know that iand'm the babyand's father
I heard my daddy say them hoes will try ta kill ya
You couldnand't have told me nothinand' back then
But now i feel ya...
I feel ya...
Now iand'm twenty-two and finally got a grip on life
Itand's nineteen ninety-three, i put away my pocket knife
And got a bigger stick to fight with
Iand'm young and black so my choice ainand't a nightstick
Because we livinand' in a concentration set
And everyday, we face to face with death
I seen my homies go and come
And judgement day is just somethin we canand't run from
So i know my numberand's cominand' up
So i gotta protect myself from suckers who be runninand' up
And even though i hate killinand' off my own kind
I gotta be a man and as a man iand'm a defend mine
My brother corners tryin to keep the neighbourhood at peace
Donand't fight each other, we gots ta stand and fight the beast
So united we stand but we gonna fall quick
Because we always tryin to take another brotherand's shit
And the cops is in the same vote
Just because we cominand' up quick they think we slang dope
They shootinand' ta kill, they gas ainand't sparkinand' goods
They shot my long time partner rudy in cold blood
And now the storyand's all twisted up
And if they gave the cop the chair
I really wouldnand't give a fuck
Because she left my partnerand's family with memories
And after hearinand' this i know you donand't remember me
But yet in still i find it hard for me to stay in touch
I see his parents and then i started breakinand' up
Because i know what you did was wrong
But you wonand't realize until you dead and gone
It ainand't no justifiable homicide, you never gave a warning
You straight up shot him from behind
But all the cryinand' in the world ainand't gonna bring him back
You give a gat to a black he donand't know how to act
But you gotta tell your story to the judge
Not the imitation judge, the judge that everybody loves
And if the man upstairs grants you forgiveness
Then in reality you took care of your business
But regardless i know you wanna kill me
But i ainand't goinand' out like dat
Ya feel me?
...yeah
