[00:01.15]I speak on behalf of the people
[00:03.68]Hope
[00:05.69]Faith
[00:07.29]We all got a story, this is me
[00:11.46]Okay, please forgive me father all the sinning I done did
[00:15.30]All the dirt I had to do
[00:17.01]All the trouble I've been in
[00:18.57]Went through trials and tribulations every day to make some ends
[00:21.80]I'm a walkin' testimony still I stand yet again
[00:25.06]You don't know shit that I been through all this pain ain't that the truth
[00:28.20]So much tears that I done cried feeling like I ain't got shit to lose
[00:31.45]Why my granny passed away why my daughter didn't stay
[00:34.57]Wish they both was here today oh Lord in Jesus name
[00:37.76]I done been through hell and back momma dodgin' heart attacks
[00:41.03]Ain't no A/C in the house just a broken thermostat
[00:44.21]Bill collectors on my line please don't fuckin' call me back
[00:47.35]Got me stressin' about this shit ain't no way I could relax
[00:50.51]I was only eighteen ain't no money comin' fast
[00:53.73]Had no choice but turn to God take some trouble off her back
[00:57.00]Everything just goin' wrong feel like nothin' goin' right
[01:00.21]I just seen my homie Dale and he die within the night
[01:03.38]Boy these streets ain't nothin' nice had to make way out the hood
[01:06.59]Don't nobody give a damn had to make sure we was good
[01:09.70]Just like that before you knew it I had got my record deal
[01:13.04]When you make it from the bottom just imagine how it feel
[01:16.08]Lord knows them niggas hate everybody had a doubt
[01:19.39]Who this nigga think he is that little black boy from the south
[01:22.55]They was laughin' at me then ain't no laughin' at me now
[01:25.80]And for those who don't believe ask em now who run the town
[01:28.91]Ain't no way I'm givin' up ain't no way I'm givin' in
[01:32.18]I done lost it all before can't go through this shit again no (no)
[01:36.75]Lord forgive me for what I'm about to do
[01:40.16]Forgive me for my sins
[01:42.44]for the known
[01:44.53]for the unknown
[01:46.16]Amen
[01:47.51]Let me get it back to legit to quit porsche got two percented tint
[01:51.36]Bitch I made so many hits look how quickly they forget
[01:54.55]Go ahead and count me out you can talk behind my back
[01:57.72]Don't give a fuck about what you say so you think my music wack
[02:00.99]That ain't what my banker said couple million wired in
[02:04.19]Hope I see a hundred more that's before retirement
[02:07.38]Motivation on you hoes ain't no waitin' on the dough
[02:10.62]Heard they prayin' that I fail tell them Ace will never fold
[02:13.77]I'm a walkin' testimony and I mean just what I say
[02:17.03]Looked my daughter in her eyes right before she passed away
[02:20.20]Watched them doctors pull the plug don't wanna live another day
[02:23.44]This was all in God's fate could not be no other way
[02:26.54]How I did it, I kept my faith
[02:29.36]They tried to break me but there ain't no way
[02:32.54]I kept my focus whipped up the potion
[02:35.83]And when you make it out the struggle you the chosen
[02:38.84]I seen the light oh glory glory trials and tribulations my life is a story
[02:45.46]And everything I did to make it made me who I am today
[02:49.04]We the Best is in my blood ain't no father around to thank
[02:52.21]I'm a lion in this field and my heart is made of steel
[02:55.42]Catch me speedin' to the top hollerin' God take the wheel
[02:58.52]Have mercy
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[03:02.02]And even though we all are not perfect
[03:04.91]Forgive me
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