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Verse 1

Yeah, this is for anyone who's ever

had a broken dream

Or a fucked up childhood,

never lose hope

Verse 2
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See I was raised by a single mother
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No father figure, little sister,
never had a brother
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Never had another man teach
me how to be one
Yeah, momma had a man,
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but he was never calling me son
And even if he did,
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yo I would never take him serious
Cause people say they love me,
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but it's funny
Cause I don't think they know
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what love really is
Cause love ain't when you hurt a person
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Love ain't avoiding the problem,
you should be getting involved
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Love ain't, when you pick somebody
up by the neck
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Then you grab his head and you
slam it right into the wall
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I was a troubled kid in school,
so I just kept to myself
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Psychologists ordered me medicine,
it never did help
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Cause every time I took it, I was never myself
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I was n't G,
I never had a strap next to my belt
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Just a  regular kid that
never joined the sports team
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And every time I'd tried to talk
to a girl, she'd ignore me
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Started hanging around stupid
kids and broke a few laws
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Had a few problems, painted a few walls
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But one day, something happened
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that changed my life forever
Something that I'll always remember
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I said one day, something happened
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that changed my life forever
Something that I'll always remember,
check
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Verse 3
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I was walking home after school
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with two friends from my class
And then I seen a sketchy
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face walk past
But at the time I didn't think of it much
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Cause around here there's always sketchy cats,
tweakers and such
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So I just kept walking till I got
to King's Drive
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Then seen a bunch of motherfuckers
giving me the stink eye
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They started surrounding
me, stopped me in my place
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And right outside the circle
I seen a familiar face
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A cat that I used to be tight with
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Never had no problems with him
But I guess he's smoking
some nice shit
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He came right towards me
I said, "Fuck it, then fine,
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let's catch a fair one"
Then caught a cheap shot from behind
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I ran, they tripped me and
caught me
They stomped me and kicked me
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Kicks to my face,
punches to my ribs and my kidneys
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Then what happened next,
you just might not believe
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But everybody scattered,
I was trying to breathe
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Students, parents, and teachers,
their watching me bleed
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But nobody did shit,
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I was watching them leave
As I was dying, bleeding,
losing my conscious
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Flashed backs of reminders of things
I've never accomplished
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Everything turned white,
then everything was fine
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No more worries, nothing on my mind
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No pain, no nothing,
I guess it was my time
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Then my whole life flashed
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right in front of my eyes
But all of the sudden I
snapped back to reality
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Took a look around but no ambulance
was surrounding me
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Guess this is how it ends, huh?
I guess this is what my momma meant
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when she said watch your friends, huh?
Guess I should have listened,
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but now it's too late
Taking my last breath getting
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closer to my fate
And right when I felt
I was good with dying
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A voice in my head said, "Don't stop,
keep trying"
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So I got my ass up,
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walked to school and dialed nine one one
True story,
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fuck what you think you could do for me
Fifteen years old, just another victim
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Just another kid that
would end up dead or in prison
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Got to the hospital,
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the doctor said they don't know if I'mma live
Immediate surgery tube through my ribs
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I could barely breathe, I was bleeding out
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That's when I met God,
yeah I can see him now
With a collapsed lung
and two stab wounds
I'm losing blood quick,
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but I ain't going that soon
Everybody left, but I had strength in myself
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I'mma be aight,
that's what I say to myself
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Yeah, and sure enough
I kept on breathing
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Almost paralyzed for the next
three weekends
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Private numbers calling,
death threats to my family
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Even named my little sis,
so how can you be mad at me
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When I told you that I fear for our safety
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Cause no street cred is worth
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my mothers place G
They asked me who it was
and I let em' know
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I ain't ashamed of my choice
and I don't regret it yo
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Cause truth is, I don't follow no one's rules
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I do what I feel's right,
I ain't no one's mule
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The whole thing was recorded
and put up online
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But you should know, if you can't do the time,
don't do the crime
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See I ain't no G, just a man with a passion
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But I always took responsibility
for my actions
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I never hurt a soul in my life,
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I'm a family man
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Always kept my word, so tell me
how bad of a man I am
Cause when it comes down to it,
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all you got is you
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And we all gotta survive,
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do what you gotta do
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Fifteen years old, left in the dust
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The world taught me never to
love and never to trust
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Nah, but now I know my purpose,
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now I know what I'm here for
Now I know what I've been waiting
all these years for
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Fifteen years old, left in the dust
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The world taught me never to
love and never to trust
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Nah, but now I know my purpose,
now I know what I'm here for
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Now I know why I've been waiting
all these years
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Yours truly

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