Intro: (Court Audio from E.i.’s prison sentencing)

-Chorus-

“Hold my head up high tears I’ve cried

All the things I been through

Not a day goes by in my life

I’m thankful for my issues

This is for my Day Ones hold me down when I really didn’t have nun

Down bad and I’m plotting bout to take sum

Feel my pain you don’t know where I dun came from

yea, yea, yea

Verse 1

“All my pain it had a purpose

I couldn’t see it I was way too busy hurting

I try to hid it but it lurk beneath the surface

Deep inside I swore that I was worthless even gave up searching, yea

All that depression it had me sick

That rage is building in my heart that means I’m quick to flip

I gave up on myself and didn’t even know I quit

settled for the less cuz I was clinging to the counterfeit

Path to destruction and act like it was nothing

Hang with my dawg older cousins they introduced me to thuggin

Got addicted to hustling and the squad I was running with

So the street life I’m loving it I got caught up in luxury”

-Chorus-

“Hold my head up high tears I’ve cried

All the things I been through

Not a day goes by in my life

I’m thankful for my issues

This is for my Day Ones hold me down when I really didn’t have nun

Down bad and I’m plotting bout to take sum

Feel my pain you don’t know where I dun came from

yea, yea, yea

Verse 2

“All the consequences came half my life in the prison system resulting from the game, yea listen

I was fiendin for the fame tried to find my identity in what other people think

I abandoned my children I know I badly had damaged them

Worst of my failures hope one day feel like a man again

Claim to be real but then act fake like a mannequin

personal problem but it affects the whole family man

Hard to just sleep at night

Guilt be tearing me up inside

Hope one day I will get this right

Before I throw away my whole life

-Chorus-

“Hold my head up high tears I’ve cried

All the things I been through

Not a day goes by in my life

I’m thankful for my issues

This is for my Day Ones hold me down when I really didn’t have nun

Down bad and I’m plotting bout to take sum

Feel my pain you don’t know where I dun came from

yea, yea, yea

Verse 3

I found my peace inside of tragedy

When it all fell apart and everyone abandoned me, yea

I guess it took a couple causalities

wake me up and get my attention to see what’s happening

You know the feeling you can’t take back what you just committed

You wake up and you 30 not a dream this is what you liven

You start to realize there’s a problem and its time to deal with

Its time to bring it to the Savior let Him start the healing

I know the feeling of relentless pain drive you insane

But there is purpose for the madness let me just explain

It drives you to your potential and forces you to change

So won’t you bring out to Jesus let Him break off those chains”

Outro: (E.i. talking on a prison phone call)

“This is…THE INCARCERATION”