[00:18.80] Regardless if I'm chillin' backstage or on tour
[00:20.82] With my homie Young Fly even Al B. Sure
[00:23.04] Never hesitate to call me whenever I'm done
[00:25.48] Cause homie I'm real and I'm always true to my loved ones
[00:27.85] Too many wakes and funerals full of tears
[00:29.75] You say there's something on your mind well here I'm all ears
[00:31.90] 'Cause nobody thinking about the funk that you're choosin' it
[00:34.50] A lot of my homies stuck in the pen for life for losin' it
[00:36.62] Call up your folks you keep thinkin' about home
[00:38.88] Recorder keeps a peep and there's a block on the phone
[00:41.05] And all of this is enough to make a brother's nerves bad
[00:43.42] Reminds me of a situation that I once had
[00:45.62] Spent that spent this endless relentless
[00:47.82] Tremendous women on my jock
[00:49.29] And don't nobody mindin' business
[00:50.68] He say, she say throwin' salt about it
[00:52.85] And chooses to talk about you
[00:53.64] 'Cause there's no one else to talk about
[00:55.02] Talk about the show and the flow and all the clout
[00:57.15] Then be real with yourself and talk about and turned it out
[00:59.50] It's not hard to compete when his name is poppin'
[01:01.48] A scared man can never win that's why I stay clockin'
[01:03.86] Fools be huffin' and puffin
[01:05.48] Don't wanna see me about nothin I'm down
[01:06.85] And if you ever need me fly I'll be around
[01:09.58] Whenever you call me I'll be there
[01:13.82] Whenever you want me I'll be there (I'll be around, you know I love you boy)
[01:18.45] Whenever you need me I'll be there
[01:23.06] I'll be around
[01:28.32] Life ain't based on peaches and cream
[01:30.25] This new generation lost a whole lot of dreams
[01:32.75] Future doctors, producers and mothers
[01:34.93] The list goes on but now we killin' our brothers
[01:36.89] And if we killin' our brothers that means we're killin' our own kind
[01:39.25] These kids is watchin' now it goes to their mind
[01:41.50] Rat tat a tat 'cause you got a gat
[01:43.62] Then they want a gat you livin' like that?
[01:46.14] Moms ain't cookin' she worked the week straight
[01:48.19] If anything she's the one that deserves a hot plate
[01:50.35] The ghetto, the ghetto ain't nothin to dream about
[01:52.73] Tryin' to get out now that's somethin' to think about
[01:54.94] Fools might disagree but I'm a stay sucka free
[01:57.09] Now I'm so black so strong they can't fade me
[01:59.56] Blacks are blacks worst enemy there's still no remedy
[02:02.25] You got me for a grip do you call yourself kin of me?
[02:04.67] Jealousy envy I see it in your eyes
[02:06.73] Tell me what's wrong with seeing a black man rise
[02:08.61] I keep it funky it's pretty hard to miss it now is it explicit
[02:11.51] A message for the mind and the moral of statistics
[02:13.75] So I'm doin' what we call a roll call
[02:15.67] Calling out the ones who won't rap then take a downfall
[02:17.82] I spit the street life and then I go underground
[02:20.03] You silly it's called versatility and I'll be around
[02:23.23] Whenever you call me I'll be there (yeah all you)
[02:27.82] Whenever you want me I'll be there (bustas yeah I was down but I'll be around)
[02:32.47] Whenever you need me I'll be there
[02:36.52] I'll be around
[02:42.03] Things are gettin' crucial you gotta exercise your mind
[02:44.73] Or learn about life before you're left behind
[02:46.78] But how you gonna get it right when you're not doin' right
[02:49.16] When you get mad all you want is a gunfight
[02:51.40] This tension causes a gang of madness
[02:53.64] Now you want funk that results to sadness
[02:55.90] Sadness results to a lot of revenge
[02:57.97] And you're so called friends really ain't you're friends
[03:00.18] So how do you know who you're able to trust
[03:02.59] If you think about the past look what happened to us
[03:04.41] I never trust no one I only trust myself
[03:06.83] Or I would've been a victim like everyone else
[03:09.07] In friendship or hardship whenever you need me
[03:11.47] Just give me a call G I won't deceive thee
[03:13.56] These fools be shakin' best believe they're fakin
[03:16.01] Just tryin' to get a grip of all the money you're making
[03:17.85] This ain't race a mind is a terrible thing to waste
[03:20.52] I drop the rap and J drops the bass
[03:22.47] To the flow cause ain't nobody get with Fo
[03:24.62] I'm a down young brother comin' straight outta Frisco
[03:27.15] Droppin a message out of love to your town
[03:29.59] Love your brothers and sisters and I'll be around
[03:30.64] Whenever you call me I'll be there
[03:34.90] Whenever you want me I'll be there
[03:39.25] Whenever you need me I'll be there
[03:43.87] I'll be around
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