Joe Budden - For a Reason lyrics

Chorus: Lookin back on the things ive done everything happens for a reason life is somethin u learn from everything happens for a reason i gotta make a confession theres nothin im regretting lifes a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon so dont make me life is something u learn from everything happens for a reason Joey B, you know me B It's the n***a that would tryn' get the blow on GP It's the n***a in the hood on the low G3 It's the n***a some n***az want so does he please Is it 'cause he make the flow look so easy Or do he sit and count up all the dough that he see Or do they wanna prove they OG and use me To get the guns out, sending him to ODB But what I ever did to a n***a? Aside give to a n***a Try to show the big pic to a n***a But I can't conclude how some n***az conclude That the world is too small for them to live with a n***a I don't regret dude trying me, dude keeping that eye on me Then they gotta live with this thing called irony And if I gotta live with the idea reminding me Then they can't live when the iron's on me, yeah! Chorus: Lookin back on the things ive done everything happens for a reason life is somethin u learn from everything happens for a reason i gotta make a confession theres nothin im regretting lifes a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon so dont make me life is something u learn from everything happens for a reason Things just ain't the same for gangstas And so I bear my soul, my pain, my anger I beg to the Lord, keep me far from mo' danger Look I know 'em but can't see 'em, he's a popular stranger If I never got stabbed, wouldn't remember Veronica's wrath Standing in the shower looking at the scab I wouldn't know the hints of a stick-up kid If I ain't have that short stint as a stick-up kid If dude never tried to k** me, I mighta went numb To all the bullsh** that goes on where I'm from And if I never went to jail, wouldn't needed a bail Woulda probly went on to graduate from Yale Woulda been a prosecutor standing in the court of law But then that goes against everything he stands for And if I never met Glo, how would I really know All the sh** that comes with, when you dealing with a ho See it is what it is to be Or it is what it is, at least that's what it is to me And so if I could ever go back in history I wouldn't change sh**, I'd leave it all just to be And if my first album woulda did five when it dropped I'd be chillin, instead of tryna' rise to the top If I could reverse the roles, would I reverse the roles? Would it be worth it to try to reverse the tolls? Chorus: Lookin back on the things ive done everything happens for a reason life is somethin u learn from everything happens for a reason i gotta make a confession theres nothin im regretting lifes a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon so dont make me life is something u learn from everything happens for a reason I got a brother always keeps it real, his name's Guilt Let's me know I can't stand however it is I feel I got a cousin named Pride, n***a acts like a lawyer Gotta a sister named Karma, I be tryna' avoid 'er Gotta ex that's bitter, wants me to be her n***a Hates my girl Self-Pity 'cause I'm always with her But bitter's beef is valid, she don't like shorty 'cause she use me One time she seen 'er verbally abuse me Got a friend that's pa**ive, friends call him Pa**ive He just says whatever hoping that sh** pa**es My Uncle Hindsight wears real thick gla**es Reminds me of where I been and how sh** gets drastic Got a Aunt named Humility, she speaks low mumbles Don't care that I'm a rapper she keeps me so humble In my head I'll debate it, outloud I'll never say it I'm pretty sure it's a good reason we all related