Slippin'

Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh 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 been there Now I'ma there sit back and look At what it took for me to get there First came the (woh) the drama with my Mama She got on some fly shit so I split And said that I'ma be that seed That doesn't need much to succeed Strapped with mad greed And a heart that doesn't bleed I'm ready for the world or at least I thought I was Bagging (uh) when I caught a buzz For 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 - 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 doin my first bid Back on the scene at fourteen with a scheme To get more cream 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 (oh) about much but my dog That's my only, I had offered my last Just another little (c'mon) headed nowhere fast Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh That ain't the half (uh) get's worse as I get older Actions become bolder, heart got colder Chip on my shoulder that I dared a - to touch Didn't need a clique cause I scared a - that much One deep with the pit starting shit for kicks Catching Vicks throwing bricks gettin by being slick Used to get high to get by used to have to In the morning before I get fly Ate something a couple of forties made me hate something I did some - now I'm ready to take something Three years later showing signs of stress Didn't keep my hair cut or give a (c'mon) how I dressed I'm possessed by the darker side living the cruddy life Like this kept a - with a bloody knife Wanna make records but I'm (woh) it up I'm slippin', I'm falling, I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom Like damn look how that rock got him Open like a window No more endo Look at a video Sayin' to myself that could've been yo On the TV Believe me, it could be done Something's got to give Gots to change cause I've got a son I gots to do the right thing for shorty And that means no more gettin' high, drinkin' 40s So I get back looking type slick again Fake niggas jump back on my - again Nothing but love for those that know how it feel And much respect to all my (c'mon) that kept it real Kept a - strong, kept a - from doing wrong Know who they is and this is yo - song And to my boo who stuck with a - through All the bull* you'll get yours because it's due Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up Get me back on my feet so I can tear sh