You give me food  let me sleep
 I come to you weak
 You give me strength  and that's deep
 Called me a sheep
 And lead me to green pastures
 Only askin' that I keep the focus
 In between the chapters
 You give me the word
 And only axe that I interprete
 And give me the eyes
 If I may recognize the serpent
 You know I aint perfect
 But you'd like me to try
 Unlike the devil who just wants me to lie
 'Til I die
 Lord why is it that
 I go through so much pain?
 All I saw was black
 All I felt was rain
 I come to you because it's you who knows
 Showed me dat everything was black
 Because my eyes were closed
 You gave me the light
 And let me bask in your glory
 So it was only right that
 When you ax for this story
 Put it together
 To do our dogs some good
 Our dogs being
 Brothers and sisters of the hood
 Plenty of times you should help my way
 But I hid
 And I remember once you held me close
 But I slid
 It was somethin' that
 I just had to see
 That you wanted me to see
 So I could be what you wanted me to be
 And I think I've seen it
 'Cuz I don't feel the same
 Matter fact I know I've seen it
 I can feel the change
 It's strange
 But it's got me beatin' down your door
 But I've never known love like this before
 It's a wonderful feelin'
 To get away from the pain
 And up under the ceiling
 I get away from the rain
 And the strain that I feel when I'm here
 Is gone
 I know real, so I wipe away the tear
 It's on
 And I almost lost faith when you
 Took my man
 Monte, Paso, Jay's brother Dan
 And I fear that what I'm sayin'
 Won't be heard until I'm gone
 But it's all good
 'Cuz I really didn't expect to live long
 So if it takes for me to suffer
 For my brother to see the light
 Give me pain 'til I die
 But please Lord, treat him right