I'm just bein' real, you know
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I'm like the sun, I'm tryin' to shine on everybody
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You know what I'm sayin'
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But it's like situation after situation, you know
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So I write about it to get it off my chest, you heard
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Dear mama, you wouldn't believe what I'm goin' through
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But still I got my head up just like I promised you
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Every since you left your baby, boy's been dealin'with
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Problem after problem, tell me what am I supposed to do
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See, I get lost sometimes, don't understand this place
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Look in the mirror sometimes and see a troubled face
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And then my tears roll down and hit the sink
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Then I hold my head up high, I hope the Man upstairs can hear my cry
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All these questions deep inside my mind
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Like if Jesus loved me, why he leave my side, mama
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I'm still tryin' to get the answer why
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You were young, 45, and you had to die
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I'm always tryin' to help people out
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And it's them same people tryin' to take food out my mouth
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(Fo' real tho') It seems like the more money I make
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(Fo' real tho') The more drama y'all try to create
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(Fo' real tho') And through I try to move into the positive
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(Fo' real tho') The more y'all don't wanna let me live
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When will you realize that I don't owe you nothin'
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Need to get up off your butt and go get your own somethin'
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I'm pullin' on my hair to keep from snappin' off
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Fools ride up in my camp and be actin' off
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Somebody out there please pray what I'm talkin' 'bout
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Still young tryin' to figure it out
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Heaven, I need a hug
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Is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug
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Feelin' like a change of heart
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And all I really need is a sign or a word from God
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So shower down on me, wet me with your love
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I need you to take me and lift me up, oh, yeah
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I gave 13 years of my life to this industry
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Hit song or not, I've given all of me
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You smile in my face and tell me that you love
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But then before you know the truth, you're so quick to judge me
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That's alright, go ahead, keep talkin'
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'Cause I'mma hold my head up high and keep walkin'
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And reach for the sky, focus on the plan
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Rescue the ghetto with his paper a pen
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And this is for the homies that we lost
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Yo', we cannot forget y'all, so the hats come off
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We pour a little liquor out for the memory
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I know y'all up there sittin' on chrome in them pearly streets
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The street survivors before careful, stay alive
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I'm prayin' for your families, I hope you pray for mine
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(Fo' real tho') Used to be a time you wished me well
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(Fo' real tho') It hurts to know you wanna see me fail
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(Fo' real tho') And don't forget I kept you out of jail
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(Fo' real tho') Where's my arms when you needed to be held
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They turn they backs on you, who was there believin'
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Who said your troubles were only for a season
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In church together tryin' to pick up all the pieces
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And now you betray me, I bind you in the name of Jesus
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Somebody please pray what I'm talkin' 'bout
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Still young tryin' to figure it all out
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Heaven, I need a hug
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Is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug
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Feelin' like a change of heart
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And all I really need is a sign or a word from God
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(Please shower down)
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So shower down on me, wet me with your love (Yeah)
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I need you to take me and lift me up (Oh...oh...yeah, yeah, yeah)
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Man, I tell you it's enough to make you wanna give it up
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Thank God for my fans 'cause through it all they show me love
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To my sister and two brothers
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Tell me why can't we just try to get along with one another
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And stop hurtin' one another, fightin' one another
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Man, I pray to God He get my family back together
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Let me see what wanna see, just to blind me
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All of these luxuries, wine and dining
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And then You push me out in front to get behind me
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Then You sat me up by blessin' me to bind me
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I'm a grown man with kids now, stakes are higher
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Gotta go to church now to avoid the fire
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Frankly, y'all to keep it real I'm just tired
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Have dreams of bein' dead, but the devil is alive
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(Fo' real tho') Church folks, you need to stop judgin'
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(Fo' real tho') Or you will be the first to be judged
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(Fo' real tho') And women stop dependin' on us men
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(Fo' real tho') |