WHEN I WUZ YOUNG I USE 2 DREAM ABOUT A PICTURE PERFECT LIFE

WHEN EVERYTHING WAS GOIN WRONG I HAD PLANS 2 DO RIGHT

I WUZ AROUND SEVEN CRYIN MYSELF 2 SLEEP AT NIGHT

THINKIN WHY DONT MY MOMMA WANT ME WHY WUZ I GIVIN LIFE

MY MOMMA GAVE ME 2 MY AUNT & UNCLE

MY AUNT AND UNCLE GAVE ME 2 MY PAW

WHAT LIES BEHIND A PRETTY SMILE ALL YOU SEE FROM ME IS HAPPINESS

A YOUNGSTA NOT EVEN 12 DEALIN WIT DIS STRESS

MY LIFE IS NOWHERE NEAR THE WORST NOT CLOSE BY FAR

MISUNDERSTOOD & MISTREATED SLEEPIN IN CARS

FIGHT IN THE MORNIN & AFTER SCHOOL JUS 2 LET ANOTHA KNO 

U CUDNT WALK THRU SCHOOL BEING KNOWN AS A HOE

BUT DAT WAS THE LEAST OF MY PROBLEMS EVERYONE FIGHTS

WHETHER PROVING HIS MANHOOD OR STANDIN UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS

MY PAW GAVE ME 2 HIS WIFE WHEN THEY WERE NO LONGER 2GETHER

BUT SHE GAVE ME BACK 2 HIM SO I'M FEELIN LIKE WATEVA

CHOOSIN HOES B4 YOUR CHILD YOUR LESS THEN A MAN 

TELLIN ME IMA BURDEN & NOBODY WANTS ME HAS QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE I STAND

THATS NOT EVEN CLOSE 2 ALL MY SCRATHES SCARS & BRUISES N YET HERE I STAND

BUT JUS ASK ANYONE WHO KNOWS ME N THEY'LL TELL YOU IM A HELL OF A MAN