yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah lets go (ha-ha-haha-ha) oooh n dey say ooh ooh oooh (ha-ha-haha-ha) oooh n dey say ooh ooh oooh hold up, stop ma, let me get a look you damn girl ain't see you since prom come to think 'bout it can't believe it been that long girl I heard your man locked down now how long you gone oh that long how the hell he get time like that 3 strikes for possesion aww he ain't coming back he left you with two kids and bills all around plus she found out he had another chick 'cross town it's always the darkest before the sunrise and you gotta stay strong for the kids and their eyes and please dont despise and go against all brothers and have a hatered your heart and take it out on another I hate to sound Tupac-ish but mama you keep your head up but your gonna make it I promise you keep your head up and that, that dont kill you only makes you stronger and the will to succeed only feed the hunger for real, for real, for real, (ha-haha-ha-ha) hey ooh n dey say ooh oooh ooh (ha-haha-ha-ha) n dey say ooh oooh ooh I was at the gas station when a man walked passed with a sign will work for food, clothes or cash and he asked if he could pump my gas so I let him clean the windsheild and throw out the trash so i let him hey I even asked the brother his name, where he was from, got kids man and whats there ages he kinda stared for a second he kinnda looked suprised that anyone would even take an intrest in his life he said young brother there the only words I've heard in the last year was a no or get the fuck away from here how could something so simple as general conversation mean much more than general conversation hey you could tell life had beaten him down like he was in the title fight, and this might be his last round sometimes the easiest things we take for granted until their gone and realized we even had it for real, for real, for real (ha-haha-ha-ha) hey ooh n dey say ooh oooh ooh (ha-haha-ha-ha) n dey say ooh oooh ooh I used to think that life had a plan for me until I realized life had to be planned by me see thats the key I only deal with what I can see cuz over history mystery brought us nothing but misery name on people and I and the name of the lord that in any natural disaster, diesease or gang wars before guns there was swords and they was killing each other ain't much changed to this day we still killing each other killing our brothers while another mother cries for help man we need to help a brother find himself feed'em, light 1 2 3 hey theres something every brother should see and thats for real, and thats for real, and thats for real hey ooh ooh ohh n dey say ooh ooh ohh (ha-haha-ha-ha) hey ooh ooh ohh ni dey say ooh ooh ohh (ha-haha-ha-ha)