Yeah, feel my pain
 Filled with pain
 It's a struggle everyday
 Did I walk in the right door?
 I don't know
 Yeah

 I never back down, I do what it takes me
 Things gettin' shaky, can't let it break me
 A lot love us, some hate me
 Some friends snake me
 Sometimes the shit just make me
 Wanna grab the tote and lose it
 It ain't just tracks and raps
 It's a whole other side to music
 Things you can't see on MTV, but it's here
 Lord, what's happened to me?
 I'm really out there
 Was this the right door to walk in?
 Lips movin', but ain't nobody talkin'
 I plead and I cry to the Heaven skies above to show me love
 Wish that I could backtrack and make it like it was, but I can't

 1 - When the pain's in me
 I wish that it would let me be
 But where can I run and where do I turn
 When it's chasin' me?

 Repeat 1

 I got to deal with the what IS, fuck what IF's
 Got to put it down and make it right for my kids
 How many parties, how many bottles gotta pop?
 How many more gots to die?
 When this shit gon' stop?
 I feel it in my heart, but I plays my part
 It's a whole bigger picture so stay true to your art
 Until I'm hauled off in the car
 Swear it wasn't this dark when I got my start
 Internin', been chart burnin', kept learnin'
 Kept earnin', and the wheels kept turnin'
 But after all the hit songs and the fame is gone
 Your money right, but everything else done gone wrong
 You're lonely, a lot of bitches is phony
 Wanna know me just to tell niggas we homies
 Whole time bitch schemin' on my Rolley
 It's hard to watch everyone you with
 When you rich, niggas with you try to get you
 Plenty wanna hit you, I learned it now
 It was no way out, now it's no turnin' around
 Niggas that was with me, I praise 'em now
 A toast to the Red Zone, raise 'em now

 Repeat 1
 Repeat 1

 Silence, all eyes on me
 But I can see through 'em like I knew 'em, so I walk to 'em
 Extend my hand, try to talk to 'em
 Stand while others ran and try to understand
 Two sides of a story, let me tell my side of it
 It's evident, it's there, I can't hide from it
 How much for the soul in the window?
 Most wanna be rich and famous
 It's dangerous, you'll find out in a minute though
 I love the close ones, sometimes feel like I got no one
 Those that was there, I know I owe 'em
 Backstabbers, I brush 'em off
 In a room with straight faces, can't trust 'em all
 Rush and fall, pause, let nature take it's course
 Stand firm cuz I serve a higher force
 And I can scream 'til I'm hoarse, hear me Lord
 See I'm ? like 3 dice, riskin' it all in street life

 At the fork in the road, I made a hard right
 I put the work in, then escaped the hard life
 I put it down 'til it's time to lay me down
 Wanna be free, but a lot of shit weighs me down
 The light's dimmin', who gon' save me now?
 It's all good, but it ain't gravy now
 We gots to do it for the babies now
 And bring 'em up to correct all the wrong we've done
 And don't let 'em sing the same song we sung
 Like, killin' each other off one by one
 And turn 'em from slangin' the drugs, into some'in
 You can make it out the ghetto in more ways than one
 But for now I'mma pray for better days to come

 Repeat 1
 Repeat 1