| «Busy hanging curtains | 
| Children in the way | 
| Whoaaaa! | 
| That’s what the future holds with me | 
| Don’t you want to stay?» | 
| Back in the days on the boulevard | 
| I use to take small steps cuz the hood was hard | 
| Use to walk down fifth to anoint the street | 
| Use to play rock this funky joint in my sleep | 
| Always wanted low sweats Addidas stripes | 
| Use to chill conversate wit all the thieves at night | 
| I done been thru a lot, dun seen a whole lot | 
| Done cracked many jars and put food in the spot | 
| Seen my grandfather get buried in a box | 
| Dun seen pop cry, seen shots fly | 
| Nigga I came up raw, living wit these stains and scars | 
| My parents separating was hard | 
| I don’t speak on it much, it’s nobody’s bidness | 
| But I don’t eva lose touch, I maintain my pivot | 
| I been thru the scrabbling, lost all gambling | 
| Selling CD’s like I’m poor panhandling | 
| I walk street wit a chip on my shoulder | 
| Cuz I know life’s hard and I can only get older | 
| I remember what a wise men told us: | 
| Fight back like you drunk but think straight like you’re sober | 
| (Sample) Bill Withers — «Don't You Want To Stay» | 
| I wanna know what the future hold? | 
| Will I be subject to numbers? | 
| Will I lose my soul? | 
| Will I lose those who love me as I move the globe? | 
| If I’m gon' on the road will I lose my home? | 
| I made my sacrifices gotta deal wit the devil | 
| On the verge of losing my mind I let it settle | 
| I seen it all thru the eye of a needle | 
| I came across niggas who murdered their own people | 
| I talk to an Angel she told me to be peaceful | 
| There’s a lil man at home and in life he will need you | 
| I’mma break the cycle on the outside looking in | 
| Trying to contain the Beast that rages within | 
| Trying to seize the grieve that races within | 
| Trying to release the pain that cages us in | 
| You ain’t nobody till somebody hates you | 
| And if word gets around it’ll probably make you | 
| Here comes a black cloud they no longer escape you | 
| You had some brighter days so you praying to Jesus | 
| You get one life; | 
| I only wish I could take two | 
| And turn back time and realize what these snakes do | 
| (Sample) Bill Withers — «Don't You Want To Stay» |