[chorus]

yo, either you a part of the problem

or part of the solution

what's your contribution to life

so many people complain, always talk about change yo

but what's your contribution to life

either you with or ain't with it, if it ain't broke don't fix it

yo what's your contribution to life

either you give or you take, make moves and you wait yo

but what's your contribution to life



*your about to witness three of the most common

tales of man, woman and human, the difference between the three

is that there is not difference, just other outcomes

listen and witness the common tales*



aye yo my momma and a nigga for life

love carousel, cuss yell and fight

seven nights a week, no respect when they speak

disrespect between the sheets, the ends don't meet

no rice beans or meat

my momma was the bread winner plus

she had to cook his dinner

my daddy was a full time sinner

poppa was a stoner stay gone till November

off of that, gawk?, that made ?emack

like the devil done took his soul and ain't given it back

remember that, when you play for the bless

speedy victory for the poor and the press

I cant stand the stress, its test and time press

up against my momma and daddy chest, I try and rest

with no stretch of the mind, I cant find no piece

of mind within this family of mine, yo



[marc 7even]

she got chips and you don't, that's bottom line

that's just the way love goes, *hmmm* lets rewind

you really ain't paid, you clockin minimum wage

now basically you a slave, your wife studies for days

no money for much, just movies and such

the way your two hands clutch, you know its love not lust

now she's sick of the bus, and using you as a crutch

and on top of this stuff, she graduates in a month

damn, her new job got her clocking the dough

now she's buying new clothes, and taken you to the show

you feeling like you the ho, not knowing which way to go

and ultimately you know, you ain't feeling her so

you need to get up, get out and get something

your job ain't nothing, all these years you've just been frontin

thats the way she played ya, the talked in rager went back

to your days of...[chali 2na voices over marc 7even]



[chali 2na]

she always said I'm out husslin for food, kitchen indeed

while this nigga spend his ends on booze, bitches and weed

I thought that we'd agree, with two kids to feed

that you would slow your own, but instead of switchin your seed

you slapped me, you cant attack me thinkin I'm be happy

in fact its a packing and we rapidly

after we witness, no love between parents

the father type that was once on the sence vanished

supreme bamish the couples that match these

producin generations of kids with latched keys

her daughter learned from momma

how to reject men, her sons attracts women

that don't respect men, and then

one parental provided can be the plan

but no woman can truly teach a boy to be a man

that's why I'm always telling these many pals of mine

the most that you can spend on any child is time



*look we dont have all the answers, we're victims also

to the same situations, but man, plans and the lord plans

and the lord is the best of planners,

so what's your contribution to life*



[chorus]

what's your contribution to life