i'm just bein' real
you know
i'm like the sun
i'm tryin' to shine on everybody
you know what i'm sayin'
but it's like situation after situation
you know
so i write about it to get it off my chest
you heard
dear mama
you wouldn't believe what i'm goin' through
but still i got my head up just like i promised you
every since you left your baby
boy's been dealin'with
problem after problem
tell me what am i supposed to do
see
i get lost sometimes
don't understand this place
look in the mirror sometimes and see a troubled face
and then my tears roll down and hit the sink
then i hold my head up high
i hope the man upstairs can hear my cry
all these questions deep inside my mind
like if jesus loved me
why he leave my side
mama
i'm still tryin' to get the answer why
you were young
45
and you had to die
i'm always tryin' to help people out
and it's them same people tryin' to take food out my mouth
it seems like the more money i make
the more drama y'all try to create
and through i try to move into the positive
the more y'all don't wanna let me live
when will you realize that i don't owe you nothin'
need to get up off your butt and go get your own somethin'
i'm pullin' on my hair to keep from snappin' off
fools ride up in my camp and be actin' off
somebody out there please pray what i'm talkin' 'bout
still young tryin' to figure it out
heaven
i need a hug
is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug
feelin' like a change of heart
and all i really need is a sign or a word from god
so shower down on me
wet me with your love
i need you to take me and lift me up
oh
yeah
i gave 13 years of my life to this industry
hit song or not
i've given all of me
you smile in my face and tell me that you love
but then before you know the truth
you're so quick to judge me
that's alright
go ahead
keep talkin'
cause i'mma hold my head up high and keep walkin'
and reach for the sky
focus on the plan
rescue the kid with his paper a pen
and this is for the homies that we lost
yo'
we cannot forget y'all
so the hats come off
we pour a little liquor out for the memory
i know y'all up there sittin' on chrome in them pearly streets
the street survivors before careful
stay alive
i'm prayin' for your families
i hope you pray for mine
used to be a time you wished me well
it hurts to know you wanna see me fail
and don't forget i kept you out of jail
where's my arms when you needed to be held
they turn they backs on you
who was there believin'
who said your troubles were only for a season
in church together tryin' to pick up all the pieces
and now you betray me
i bind you in the name of jesus
somebody please pray what i'm talkin' 'bout
still young tryin' to figure it all out
heaven
i need a hug
is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug
feelin' like a change of heart
and all i really need is a sign or a word from god
so shower down on me
wet me with your love
i need you to take me and lift me up
man
i tell you it's enough to make you wanna give it up
thank god for my fans cause through it all they show me love
to my sister and to brothers
tell me why can't we just try to get along with one another
and stop hurtin' one another
fightin' one another
man
i pray to god he get my family back together
let me see what wanna see
just to blind me
all of these luxuries
wine and dining
and then you push me out in front to get behind me
then you sat me up by blessin' me to bind me
i'm a grown man with kids now
stakes are high
gotta go to church now to avoid the fight
frankly
y'all to keep it real i'm just tired
have dreams of bein' dead
but the devil is alive
church folks
you need to stop judgin'
or you will be the first to be judged
and women stop dependin' on us men
and start dependin' on the man above
feel me
and as for robert
here's what i need to do
get rid of them clowns and get myself a whole 'nother crew
media
do your job
but please just don't make my job so hard
somebody please pray what i'm talkin' 'bout
i'm still young tryin' to figure it all out
heaven
i need a hug
is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug
feelin' like a change of heart
and all i really need is a sign or a word from god
so shower down on me
wet me with your love
i need you to take me and lift me up
yeah
yeah
heaven
i need a hug
is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug
feelin' like a change of heart
and all i really need is a sign or a word from god
so shower down on me
wet me with your love
i need you to take me and lift me up
yeah
yeah
heaven
i need a hug
is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug
said i'm feelin' like a change of heart
and all i really need is a sign or a word from god
so shower down on me
wet me with your love
i need you to take me and lift me up
yeah
yeah