[Intro: Sample from "My Story" by Z-Ro] Too many problems on my mind Living shife is starting to be a full time grind I'm just trying to live my life But somehow peace is something I'll never find Too many problems on my mind Living shife is starting to be a full time grind I'm not trying to lose my life But if I do, I wanna' meet Jesus Christ [Verse 1: Trae Tha Truth] I never thought that I would have to be back like this But my pain never let me get away I don't wanna' be up under the grave But every time I turn around There ain't another n***a safe where I stay I know I can't get around it, cause it's a part of life And everybody got to go sometimes 80% of my n***as dead, the other 10 locked The last 10, around here crying Lord I feel like this can't be fair to a n***a But I know that I got to make due Too many situations will put a brick wall up on a n***a But either way I got to make it through I know a lot of sh** come my way, but it's ok I know it probably could've been a lot worse I ain't dead, I ain't in a hearse But still I got to deal with the fact that a n***a feeling curse I need to let it out, so I spit it in a verse And it ain't too safe, but it's stuck in my chest Now a days, I don't even wanna' answer my cell phone Cause that's bad news at it's best f** rest, I never ever seen peace Unless it was a piece that I was packing on the block Hard times ain't too far, that's why I stay strapped And pray to God so that he can make it stop Shife ain't the way that a n***a wanna be But circumstance can get a n***a put up in a cross I don't wanna' take another loss But a n***a stress got me looking teary eyed when I floss d**h ain't never been a friend of mine in my life And I bet that n***a know my name I've been fighting with his a** for 24 years And with the way sh** look, ain't nothing gon' change [Hook] [Verse 2: Trae Tha Truth] I got my phone call the day my n***a done got hit with a bid Probably for the things that he did I don't wanna' see my n***a doing time And he said I was all that he had, with his wife and his kids How the f** am I supposed to deal with that? Plus my n***a never did nothing wrong Now I gotta know my n***a locked up in a steel cage With a thought that he never coming home I don't wanna' feel certain sh**, but I know that I got to I never knew why I got to run to a n***a All I ever wanted was a piece of mine Plus I got fate but I feel like it ain't coming to a n***a Every other day, my little boy sick But I'm getting strong every time I see him smile I don't give a f** what them folks telling me bout Nick They can never understand my child, plus Little Gerald ain't mine But I promised to God for them two, I'll put it on the line They the only ones left that remind me of me Long as they live, I give a f** if I'm dying I remember, back when Nicky got that time My n***a Ship helped me to maintain To put up my f**ing n***a who lost his T-Jones I know it's only right for me to go and do the same I gotcha', I ain't finna' let nothing happen to ya' my n***a Just know that ya' gotta stay strong Look at all the bullsh** I go through Probably only one-eight off it make it to a song Something, I put up then I go into a zone With a attitude n***as better leave me alone Ain't too many other ways a n***a understand Unless this man put a hot slug in his dome [Hook] [Verse 3: Trae The Truth] Motherf**ers never understand why I feel like I do Until they start to get it like I do Everybody now a days, think they can take it like I do But never see the sh** I go through, I been a grown man How the f** am I supposed to cope Watching my n***a laying stretched out sh** be so close, I don't know who gonna' be next to go That's why guerrilla stay stressed out I don't wanna' do time in a pen for me k**ing a n***a But I ain't finna' let 'em broke me off Plus Dickey taught me not to ever let a n***a get close So they can never get to f** me off My n***a we do it Ag-town in the street it f**ing me up Cause they fam with the wrath of Trae And every time I spit it out for the hood I be repping the squad, and let 'em know that I be blue over grey I ain't been around much, but I swore my n***as on my mind And I don't wanna' be by myself And I don't know who to trust when I hit the block by myself So I proceed to be by myself, and every time I get sad I'm in the zone all by myself and so I gotta' roll by myself And I don't need no friend no b**h, so I find myself I'm in the cla** all by myself, I'm on they a** all by myself Stress run at me like a relay Plus I never get to win, I really don't wanna' sin But I know if I want to survive and lead back to the dividends I hope God get to hear a n***a cry, as time goes by And I can finally get to ease my mind But for now I gotta' deal with the life that I don't wanna' deal And hope everything'll be fine [Hook]