Here we go, so pay attention to the Here to preach a lesson to ya Brothers and sisters, nieces and Think that I'm well then f you Cause I'm here to put you up on a crime It'll only a minute of your time, troop So don't be a dummy or a lame Lord finesse is teaching so maintain I'm not trying to diss you or even you But here to you we are all equal And show y'all in fact a better way Than depending on welfare or So finish up school and pass the scholar And show children what the value of a dollar is Cause many children are hard to today they're searching for some type of easy way But there's not, so who's at fault So think about the lesson taught here How many brothers in the you see today Can say that living the legal way? Out of 20, I could say a few of Out of seven I say about two of them Live correct and, respect and Don't was is owned by the next man Or front the role, being harder or Or live the life of a Selling that stuff just to make a fast buck But they don't stand tough in handcuffs So understand and and see, kid You don't wanna a fall like he did Or she did or did, or how others did So sweat the lifestyle of another kid Get yours by and planning So when they fall still be standing Set goal, and know what your quest is Open ears to this positive message
"listen up, up" "we're all in this together" - cut 4x
Now I'll scramble, because a gamble And others, you go out like a candle Like my man who had crazy potential Before he went to the house for the Disturbed, before he had crazy truck If he wasn't scrambling, you could have me He was paid, to all the girls He could have passed for donald grandson He had it took, the fame, the glory Yeah, let's get deep in the Drug dealer tone had everything Lots to own, he had a car with a A cool brother, maxing, He always hung out in front of the But in the drug there's no time for maxing You always others who want some action And so was jealous of tone Cause of the things he owned and how he got He had a few friends, or rather he he did Some hired help, some really naughty kids Blood they shed, will kill dead And fill with lead at the nod of tone's head For tone, everything was great Because him and his would sit and conversate He would chill, and just sit back His friends got unruly, but tone wasn't with Til one day he saw them it He to himself "it wouldn't hurt to experiment" So passed it (inhales) he hit it There you it, tone got addicted Like drug stories, the end sound the same Cause he had went down the drain He lost everything, the money, the The car, to tone, came first The thing was for tone to start that He was getting beamed up like a of star trek The young brother went Forgot his name, yo that's a shame But someone in the street responsibility And checked into a drug facility Now has a chance to get better And clever, and get himself You may not like the way I say this But ain't nothing to play with So don't be pressured by the grown say Be yourself and your own way
"listen up, up" "we're all in this together" - cut 4x