[00:16.32]To every girl who ain't never had a daddy  and every boy who ain't never have a mother
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[00:20.28]To that pretty woman lost in the world  who seem to think another man won't love her
[00:24.22]All the homies locked up in the pen  who can never seem to dodge that trouble
[00:28.26]Hold your head up high cause there's better days  hard times I was praying for them better ways
[00:32.29]I don't know a niggas struggle but I know pain
[00:34.22]Cold world but a nigga trying to maintain
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[00:36.78]Still praying for a little change
[00:38.64]Bills due and I can't pay
[00:40.21]Or when your money low when your rent late
[00:42.10]And doc say granny gone after thirty days
[00:44.16]You don't even know the half of my heartache
[00:46.10]Too many I done lost is a heartbreak
[00:48.03]And they wonder why this young nigga goin' hard I done came too far from my boulevard
[00:52.11]Couple war wounds  few battle scars  but I'm still here living gotta thank God
[00:56.14]It's a cold world  it don't love you
[00:58.05]Funny what a little faith and a hope do
[01:00.98]Lord
[01:03.03]And I know my momma praying for me
[01:05.60]And my granny praying for me
[01:07.49]I'm hustling for my family and that's every day and night
[01:11.50]And the day I witnessed my daughter born it was the greatest day of my life  my life
[01:18.50]Yeah take a look in my eyes  look how far a nigga came
[01:22.90]You can search my soul  you understand my pain
[01:27.08]Nigga trust nobody  and that probably never change
[01:31.02]With a little bit of hope  you can reach your dreams
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[01:35.96]For anybody who done ever had a dream  you are just like me
[01:39.78]Still beleving in myself even when them niggas hated and they told me that it could not be
[01:44.41]You's a muhf**kin' lie  motivate a nigga when you see him on the block
[01:47.73]Tell me how it feel when you struggle with the bills  and your momma take pills  and you never seen your pop
[01:51.77]That put a dent right into my childhood
[01:53.68]Still praying that I want to live good
[01:55.74]Selling dope get you hoes and them nice cars
[01:58.36]I'm just thinking if I really should
[01:59.92]Small city young nigga with a mindset
[02:01.80]Ain't never trying to be another convict
[02:03.74]See I can't lose  and I won't quit
[02:05.80]As long as God in my heart then I'm conscious
[02:07.85]Remember when they said I wouldn't be shit
[02:09.78]People doubted that I ever had a gift
[02:11.78]Who the f**k are you to judge me nigga  I will never let them sink my ship
[02:16.53]Through the trials and tribulations  nigga still I stand  thank God in advance
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[02:22.77]And I know my momma praying for me
[02:25.21]And my granny praying for me
[02:27.22]I'm hustling for my family and that's every day and night
[02:31.16]And the day I witnessed my daughter born it was the greatest day of my life  my life
[02:38.19]Yeah take a look in my eyes  look how far a nigga came
[02:42.60]You can search my soul  you understand my pain
[02:46.66]Nigga trust nobody  and that probably never change
[02:50.60]With a little bit of hope  you can reach your dreams
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[02:55.72]Growing up I wanted to be like Jordan
[02:57.63]Even though I couldn't really afford it
[02:59.56]Who's to say I can't be an Obama
[03:01.56]A Tiger Woods worth about a billion dollars
[03:03.56]Everybody wanna sell a little coke
[03:05.50]Cause it's cool to them niggas you know
[03:07.56]Nobody wanna be another judge
[03:09.56]Young niggas only looking for the plug hope
[03:12.49]Watch your momma doing dope
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[03:14.55]Daddy locked in the pen
[03:16.55]And you on your own
[03:18.42]Gotta keep your head up
[03:20.47]When you're tired and fed up
[03:22.53]Better days gon' come
[03:24.47]Better days gon' come
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[03:26.44]And I know my momma praying for me
[03:28.94]And my granny praying for me
[03:30.89]I'm hustling for my family and that's every day and night
[03:34.90]And the day I witnessed my daughter born it was the greatest day of my life  my life
[03:41.83]Yeah take a look in my eyes  look how far a nigga came
[03:46.30]You can search my soul  you understand my pain
[03:50.36]Nigga trust nobody  and that probably never change
[03:54.30]With a little bit of hope  you can reach your dreams