Ay yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upI've been through mad different phases like mazes, to find my wayAnd now I know that happy days are not far awayIf I'm strong enough I'll live long enough to see my kidsDoing something more constructive with their time than bidsI know because I been thereNow I'ma there sit back and lookAt what it took for me to get thereFirst came the bullshit the drama with my MamaShe got on some fly shit so I splitAnd said that I'ma be that seedThat doesn't need much to succeedStrapped with mad greedAnd a heart that doesn't bleedI'm ready for the world or at least I thought I wasBagging niggas when I caught a buzzFor thinking about how short I wasGoing too fast, it wouldn't last but yo I couldn't tellGroup homes and institutions, prepared my ass for jailThey put me in a situation forcing me to be a manWhen I was just learning to stand without a helping handDamn, was it my fault, something I didTo make a father leave his first kid at seven doin my first bidBack on the scene at fourteen with a schemeTo get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dreamAnd by all means I will be living high off the hogAnd I never gave a fuck about much but my dogThat's my only muthafucka I had offered my lastJust another little nigga headed nowhere fastAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upThat ain't the half shit get's worse as I get olderActions become bolder, heart got colderChip on my shoulder that I dared a nigga to touchDidn't need a clique 'cause I scared a nigga that muchOne deep with the pit starting shit for kicksCatching Vicks throwing bricks gettin by being slickUsed to get high to get by used to have to puff my LIn the morning before I get flyAte something a couple of forties made me hate somethingI did some coke now I'm ready to take somethingThree years later showing signs of stressDidn't keep my hair cut or give a fuck how I dressedI'm possessed by the darker side living the cruddy lifeShit like this kept a nigga with a bloody knifeWanna make records but I'm fucking it upI'm slippin', I'm falling, I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upWasn't long before I hit rock bottomNiggas talking shit was like damn look how that rock got himOpen like a windowNo more endoLook at a videoSayin' to myself that could've been yoAss on the TVBelieve me, it could be doneSomething's got to giveGots to change 'cause I've got a sonI gots to do the right thing for shortyAnd that means no more gettin' high, drinkin' 40sSo I get back looking type slick againFake niggas jump back on my dick againNothing but love for those that know how it feelAnd much respect to all my niggas that kept it realKept a nigga strong, kept a nigga from doing wrongNiggas know who they is and this is yo fucking songAnd to my boo who stuck with a nigga throughAll the bullshit you'll get yours because it's dueAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get upAy yo I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get upGet me back on my feet so I can tear shit up