This life shit, this life shit is likeIs like bugged the fuck out, son, for realSee, to live is to sufferBut to survive…Well, that's to find meaning in the sufferingAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upI've been through mad different phases like mazes to find my wayAnd now I know that happy days are not far awayIf I'm strong enough I'll live long enough to see my kidsDoin' somethin' more constructive with their time than bidsI know because I been there, now I'm in thereSit back and look at what it took for me to get thereFirst came the bullshit, the drama with my mamaShe got on some fly shit so I split and said that I'maBe that seed that doesn't need much to succeedStrapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleedI'm ready for the world or at least I thought I wasBaggin' niggas when I caught a buzzFor thinkin' about how short I wasGoin' too fast, it wouldn't last, but yo I couldn't tellGroup homes and institutions prepared my ass for jailThey put me in a situation forcin' me to be a manWhen I was just learnin' to stand without a helping handDamn, was it my fault, somethin' I didTo make a father leave his first kid at seven doin' my first bid?Back on the scene at fourteen with a schemeTo get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dreamAnd by all means I will be livin' high off the hogAnd I never gave a fuck about much but my dogThat's my only mothafucka I hit off with my lastJust another lil nigga headed nowhere fastAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upThat ain't the half, shit gets worse as I get olderActions become bolder, heart got colderChip on my shoulder that I dared a nigga to touchDidn't need a clique 'cause I scared a nigga that muchOne deep with the pit startin' shit for kicksCatchin' Vicks, throwin' bricks, gettin' by bein' slickUsed to get high, just to get byUsed to have to puff my L in the morning before I could flyAte somethin', a couple of forties made me hate somethin'I did some coke, now I'm ready to take somethin'Three years later showin' signs of stressDidn't keep my hair cut or give a fuck how I dressedI'm possessed by the darker side, livin' the cruddy lifeShit like this kept a nigga with a bloody knifeWanna make records but I'm fuckin' it upI'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upWasn't long before I hit rock bottomNiggas talkin' shit, was like, "Damn, look how that rock got him!"Open like a window, no more indoLook at a video, sayin' to myself: "That coulda been yoAss on the TV," believe me, it could be doneSomethin's got to give, gots to change 'cause now I've got a sonI gots to do the right thing for shortyAnd that means no more gettin' high, drinkin' 40sSo I get back lookin' type slick againFake niggas jump back on my dick againNothin' but love for those that know how it feelAnd much respect to all my niggas that kept it realKept a nigga strong, kept a nigga from doin' wrongNiggas know who they is and this is your fuckin' songAnd to my boo who stuck with a nigga throughAll the bullshit, you'll get yours because it's dueAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAyo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upSee, this is that shit, this is that shitThat all real niggas can relate toThis is from the heart, babyDon't get it twistedX, baby