Pain

[Intro]<br>Yeah, feel my pain<br>Filled with pain<br>It`s a struggle everyday<br>Did I walk in the right door?<br>I don`t know<br>Yeah<br><br>I never back down, I do what it takes me<br>Things gettin` shaky, can`t let it break me<br>A lot love us, some hate me<br>Some friends snake me<br>Sometimes the shit just make me<br>Wanna grab the tote and lose it<br>It ain`t just tracks and raps<br>It`s a whole other side to music<br>Things you can`t see on MTV, but it`s here<br>Lord, what`s happened to me?<br>I`m really out there<br>Was this the right door to walk in?<br>Lips movin`, but ain`t nobody talkin`<br>I plead and I cry to the Heaven skies above to show me love<br>Wish that I could backtrack and make it like it was, but I can`t<br><br>1 - When the pain`s in me<br> I wish that it would let me be<br> But where can I run and where do I turn<br> When it`s chasin` me?<br><br>Repeat 1<br><br>I got to deal with the what IS, fuck what IF`s<br>Got to put it down and make it right for my kids<br>How many parties, how many bottles gotta pop?<br>How many more gots to die?<br>When this shit gon` stop?<br>I feel it in my heart, but I plays my part<br>It`s a whole bigger picture so stay true to your art<br>Until I`m hauled off in the car<br>Swear it wasn`t this dark when I got my start<br>Internin`, been chart burnin`, kept learnin`<br>Kept earnin`, and the wheels kept turnin`<br>But after all the hit songs and the fame is gone<br>Your money right, but everything else done gone wrong<br>You`re lonely, a lot of bitches is phony<br>Wanna know me just to tell niggas we homies<br>Whole time bitch schemin` on my Rolley<br>It`s hard to watch everyone you with<br>When you rich, niggas with you try to get you<br>Plenty wanna hit you, I learned it now<br>It was no way out, now it`s no turnin` around<br>Niggas that was with me, I praise `em now<br>A toast to the Red Zone, raise `em now<br><br>Repeat 1<br>Repeat 1<br><br>Silence, all eyes on me<br>But I can see through `em like I knew `em, so I walk to `em<br>Extend my hand, try to talk to `em<br>Stand while others ran and try to understand<br>Two sides of a story, let me tell my side of it<br>It`s evident, it`s there, I can`t hide from it<br>How much for the soul in the window?<br>Most wanna be rich and famous<br>It`s dangerous, you`ll find out in a minute though<br>I love the close ones, sometimes feel like I got no one<br>Those that was there, I know I owe `em<br>Backstabbers, I brush `em off<br>In a room with straight faces, can`t trust `em all<br>Rush and fall, pause, let nature take it`s course<br>Stand firm cuz I serve a higher force<br>And I can scream `til I`m hoarse, hear me Lord<br>See I`m ? like 3 dice, riskin` it all in street life<br><br>At the fork in the road, I made a hard right<br>I put the work in, then escaped the hard life<br>I put it down `til it`s time to lay me down<br>Wanna be free, but a lot of shit weighs me down<br>The light`s dimmin`, who gon` save me now?<br>It`s all good, but it ain`t gravy now<br>We gots to do it for the babies now<br>And bring `em up to correct all the wrong we`ve done<br>And don`t let `em sing the same song we sung<br>Like, killin` each other off one by one<br>And turn `em from slangin` the drugs, into some`in<br>You can make it out the ghetto in more ways than one<br>But for now I`mma pray for better days to come<br><br>Repeat 1<br>Repeat 1