You tell me that there's love here But to me it's blatant Nothin' but all the blood here I'm dealin with Satan Plus with all the hatin' It's hard to keep peace (uh huh) Thou shall not steal But I will to eat I tried doin' good, but Good's not too good for me Misunderstood Why you chose the hood for me Me I'm aiight I just had to work hard at it Went to grama for answers She told me that god had it So now here I am Confused and full of questions Am I born to lose Or is this just a lesson And who it's goin' choose When it gets turned around And will it be Layin' in my own blood And on the ground My child I've watched you grow up And I've been there (uh huh) Even at those times You least suspected it I was there And look at what I've given you A talent to rhyme I may not come when you call But I'm always on time Somebody's knockin' Should I let em in Lord we're just startin But where will it end Somebody's knockin' Should I let em in Lord we're just startin But where will it end But when the funds are low The guns'll blow Lookin' for that one that owe Make em run that dough No! Put down the guns And write a new rhyme You'll get it all in due time You'll do fine Just have faith Cuz you mine (uh huh) And when you shine It's goin' be a sight to behold So don't fight to be old Or lose sight when it's cold See that light down the road It's goin' guide you there Two sets of footprints I was right beside you there But what about them times I Only saw one Those were the times that I was Under the gun It was then I carried you my son Led you to safety It just wasn't your time to face me (uh huh) Ayo a few of them times I thought you would erase me But all you did was embrace me Prepared me for the worst Offered me eternal light And scared me with the hearse And the curse Turned to grace When the hurt Turned to faith No more runnin' (uh huh) And slidin' in the dirt Cuz I'm safe Somebody's knockin' Should I let em in Lord we're just startin But where will it end Somebody's knockin' Should I let em in So if I'm yo' man I'm in yo' hand Wus yo' plan Never had a friend Cuz you couldn't trust your man Learned to stand before I crawled Things were twisted! And if you showed me anything at all Then I missed it Looked the wrong way (uh huh) I've done some wrong things (true) Kept a bad attitude But that's what wrong brings And now you mean to tell me that After all this time It was you that kept the dog from goin' out of his mind It was you that breathed life Into my lungs when I was born And it was you that let me know What was right From what was wrong And it was you that let me do What I knew what could be done And it was you that gave me a good wifE And a beautiful son And It's been you speakin' to me Inside my mind And it's been you who has forgiven Time after time It was you who opened my eyes So I could see And it was you who shined yo' Light on me