[Spoken]

(To all the youth in the world that thinks nobody understands...

Well I understand that)



It's been hard for me

Trying strugglin' in the streets

But where I've been- Is no longer where I'm at

And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at



It's been hard for me

Trying strugglin' in the streets

But where I've been- Is no longer where I'm at

And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at



I grew up as a 70's baby

Brought up in poverty and sin

Makin' jokes at the crazy lady

Never acred how she was dealin' within

I knew all the words to

Micheal Jackson's album as a kid

And when it came to the biggest crusher

No he wasn't my man

At the age of seven years old

A strange thing happened to me

Before I even saw

My life had flashed before me

And I've got the mark to show

And it became a thang of beauty

So I gotta let you know

That my life, that my life



It's been hard for me

Trying strugglin' in the streets

But where I've been- Is no longer where I'm at

And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at



It's been hard for me

Trying strugglin' in the streets

But where I've been- Is no longer where I'm at

And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at



It's been hard for me

Trying strugglin' in the streets

But where I've been- Is no longer where I'm at

And where I'm going- Is not where I'm stoppin' at



Now mama's workin' hard all day

And she said this before she left home

Take care of your little brother

Have the place cleaned when I get home

All these priorities

Me and