I can't make you love me if you don't

You can't make your heart feel something it won't

Here in the dark, in these final hours

I would lay down my heart and I'll feel the power

But you won't, no you won't



[Big Jess]

It's a never-ending saga

Sometimes I feel like “Why bother?”

Trying to survive and keep my head above water

Oh heavenly father, I need some direction

These cats around town carry gats for protection

What's a motherfucker to do?

Cause every time I turn around somebody new try to buck at my crew

I just want to escape this madness I'm faced with

And just take a peek at the next life, I'm about to be replaced with

Turn down the light so I can dim this life

The dark side shining too bright but hard time through strife

It's a constant struggle to just keep on living

Committed so many sins I don't deserve to be forgiven

In my lifetime, I've seen the worse

I'm trying to quench my soul but I'm dying of thirst

I'm trying to reach my goals but it ain't that easy

I'm reaching out to the lord and asking him to teach me and lead me

Into the right direction, towards changing correction

Away from mental infection and away from deception

And make that spiritual connection, get my shit together

Use my faith to shelter me from this stormy weather



And I can't make you love me any more or any less

And I can't make you relate to the problems I manifest

I can't make you understand the reasons for my stress

All I can do is promise that I'll try to do my best



Cause I can't make you love me



[Big Jess]

I want to be more than you average Joe

An emcee with an above average flow

I want to see some major cabbage yo

If I had the dough, maybe life wouldn't be so savage yo

I'm feenin' in taking my lady's' hand in marriage yo

I want to live life like not so much a tragedy

But just have the opportunity to live lavishly

I want to flow at a show, filled to capacity

And not have these stereotypical fuckers laugh-at-me

I want the chance to be able to live happily

And gradually become closer to both sides of our family

Yo I don't want to be just another casualty

And see my people a victim of a tragic fatality

I want you to see the best there is to see in me

And even when you don't trust in the world, you still believe in me

I want the world to see how these women murdered me

Brought the hurt to me and scarred me with this insecurity

I want my girl to see that she means the world to me

She came to me and said “you are my state of emergency”

Yo she's like the doctor, perform surgery

Filled my heart with love, passion, honesty & purity

She showed me what a real woman suppose to be

Don't you ever go away cause I'll die if you weren't close to me

She's more precious than the money or the cabbage

And she loves me for me...and you know what?

That's really all that matter