Key: F minor
Verse 1
See, to live is to suffer
But to survive
Well, that's to find meaning
in the suffering
Verse 2
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet
Verse 3
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet
Verse 4
Em
C
I've been through mad different phases like mazes,
to find my way
And now I know that happy
If I'm strong enough I'll live long
enough to see my kids
with their time than bids
Em
C
I know because I been there
Now I'm in there,
Em
sit back and look at what it took for me to get there
First came the bullshit
the drama with my Mama
She got on some fly shit, so I split
C
Em
And said that I'ma be that seed that
Strapped with mad greed and a heart
I'm ready for the world or
at least I thought I was
Baggin' niggas when I caught a buzz
Em
C
Goin' too fast, it wouldn't last but yo,
I couldn't tell
Group homes and institutions
They put me in a situation,
forcin' me to be a man
without a helpin' hand
Em
C
Damn, was it my fault?
Something I did?
To make a father leave his first kid,
Back on the scene at fourteen
with a scheme
ever seen in a dream
Em
C
And by all means I will
be livin' high off the hog
And I never gave a fuck
about much but my dog
hit off with my last
Just another little nigga
Verse 5
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
C
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
Verse 6
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet
Verse 7
Chip on my shoulder that I
dared a nigga to touch
I scared a nigga that much
Em
C
One deep with the pit,
startin' shit for kicks
Catchin' vics, throwin' bricks,
Used to get high just to get by
Used to have to puff my L in the
I did some coke now I'm ready
Three years later showing
signs of stress
a fuck how I dressed
Em
C
I'm pos sessed by the darker side,
livin' the cruddy life
Shit like this kept a nigga
Wanna make records but
I'm fuckin' it up
I can't get up
Verse 8
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
so I can tear shit up
Verse 9
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
Verse 10
can tear shit up
Em
C
Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom
Niggas talkin' shit, was like "Damn,
Open like a window, no more indo
say to myself "that could've been yo
Em
C
Ass on the TV",
believe me, it could be done
Somethin' gots to give,
I gots to do the right thing for shorty
drinkin' 40s
Em
C
So I get back lookin' type slick again
Fake niggas jump back on my dick again
that know how it feel
And much respect to all
Em
C
Kept a nigga strong,
kept a nigga from doin' wrong
Niggas know who they is and this
And to my boo who stuck
with a nigga through
All the bullshit,
Verse 11
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
C
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up
Verse 12
Em
C
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I can't get up
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin',
I gots to get up
C
Em
C
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit
Em
up
Outro 1
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