See, to live is to suffer, and to survive, well, that's to find meaning in the suffering. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up. I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear *. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up. I gots to get up, get me back on my feet so I can tear *. I've been through mad different phases, like mazes, to find my way. And now I know that happy days are not far away. If I'm strong enough, I'll live long enough to see my kids, doing something more constructive with their time than bids. I know because I've been there, now I'm in there. Sit back and look at what it took for me to get there. First came the ball, the drama with my mama. She got on some fly *, so I split and said that I'ma feed that seed that doesn't need much to succeed. Strapped with mad greed, a heart that doesn't bleed. I'm ready for the world, or at least I thought I was. Bagging when I caught a buzz, I was thinking about how short I was. Going too fast, it wouldn't last, but yo, I couldn't tell. Group homes and institutions prepared my ass for jail. They put me in a situation forcing me to be a man when I was just learning to stand without a helping hand. Damn, was it my fault? Something I did to make a father leave his first kid at seven doing my first bid. Back on the scene at fourteen with a scheme to get more green than I'd ever seen in a dream. And by all means, I will be living high off the hog. And I never gave a * about much but my dog. That's the only dog I'd head off in my last. This another little *, heading nowhere fast. Yo, I'm slipping, I'm falling, I can't get up. Yo, I'm slipping, I'm falling, I can't get up. Yo, I'm slipping, I'm falling, I got to get up. Getting back on my feet so I can tip. Yo, I'm slipping, I'm falling, I can't get up. Yo, I'm slipping, I'm falling, I can't get up. Yo, I'm slipping, I'm falling, I got to get up. Getting back on my feet so I can tip. Damn, that ain't to have. Out it gets worse as I get older, actions become bolder. Heart got cold, chip on my shoulder that I didn't touch. Didn't need to click cause I scared that much. Went deep with the starting for kicks. Catching vicks, throwing bricks, getting by being slick. Used to get high just to get by. Used to have to pull in the morning before I could fly. I ate something, couple of footies made me hate something. After some now I'm ready to take something. Three years later showing signs of stress. Didn't keep my hair cut, I give a how I dress. I'm possessed by the darker side. Living the cruddy life, like this tempered a** with a bloody knife. Wat I make records but I'm grooved up. Slippin', I'm fallen, I can't get up. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallen, I can't get up. Ayo, I'm slippin', I can't get up. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallen, I gots to get up. Gettin' back on my feet so I can tip. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallen, I can't get up. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallen, I can't get up. Ayo, I'm slippin', Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom. Like damn, look how that a** got me. Open like a window, no more endo. Look at a video, say to myself that could've been you. It's on the TV, believe me, it could be done. Something gots to give, gots to change cause now I got a son. I gots to do the right thing for shorty and that means no more getting high drinkin' 40's so I get back lookin' tight, slick again. Fake a** jump back on my a** again. Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel and much respect to all my a**. Kept it real, it's strong. Kept a d*** from doin' wrong. Who they is and it's a joke, it's on. And to my bull, who's stuck with it, I do. All the bulls, you get yours because it's due. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallen, I can't get up. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallen, I can't get up. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallen, I gots to get up. Get back on my feet so I can tear through. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallen, I can't get up. Ayo, I'm slippin', I'm fallen, I gots to get up. Get back on my feet so I can tear through. I can't get up. But I gots to get up. Can't get up. Can't get up. But I gots to get up. Get back on my feet so I can tear through. I can't get up. I got to get up. I gots to get up.