My Life

'Ight, yeah
I'll hol' at y'all tomorrow, man
'Ight, I'll talk to you
Get home safe
Crazy kids, aha, yeah
Today was a good day, word

See I done been discriminated against
Talked about by my friends
Played a fool by women
And had a daddy with no feelings
I lived in ghettos with my momma
Used the stove to heat our water
And had to share clothes with my brothers
Three of us, one bed, one cover oh

And those were the happiest days of my life
If it ain't rough, it ain't right
Street lights are coming on, better get home
Better get home
Those were the happiest days of my life
If it ain't rough, it ain't right
While we're reminiscing Christopher Reeves
You're still Superman to me

You're still Superman
You're still Superman
You're still Superman to me

See I done been mistreated and discouraged
Felt like I was worthless
Lonely, scared and nervous
In a world without no purpose
Cried out to God, "I didn't deserve this"
But He said, "In time I would
See it's the bad times that make the good times
Feel so good"

And those were the happiest days of my life
If it ain't rough, it ain't right
Street lights are coming on, better get home
Better get home
Those were the happiest days of my life
If it ain't rough, it ain't right
While we're reminiscing Christopher Reeves

You're still Superman to me
I said, "You're still Superman to me"
Nobody is gonna take your place
'Cause you're still
'Cause you're still Superman to me (let's go)

Yo, I done changed dirty diapers, cooked food with lighters
Shot so much game, chicks nicknamed me "Sniper"
Famous ghostwriter, bank account retired
Too many zeros poppy still illegal
Chain look like nickels mixed with icicles
Stretching from the neck area to the genitals

I got a parrot on my shoulder that talk for me
And he don't say shit but, "Nigga back off of me"
Yeah, I'm a hood nigga, but I'm still a good nigga
Bought a couple kids new bikes, just 'cause I could nigga
And I ain't one who be lookin' for thanks
I just ball 'cause I like the Yanks

Wow
Ten years and some odd months in the joint, and I'm-I'm-I'm finally home
I feel good, I'm lookin' good, you know I'm sayin'?
Things is different, relationships is different
A lot of my friends is dead, a lot of my friends that's alive
Ain't really alive 'cause they doin' the same old thing they was doin', aha, ten years ago
But yo, I was on to bigger and better things, went on to New York, you know I'm sayin'?
I wasn't just talkin' about it, I was bein' about it

I wasn't just tryin' to be a better hustler, a better father, a better friend, a better cousin
I was tryna be a better person and I found just like in the joint
When you tryna do positive things, positive results gotta follow, they gotta follow
So for the last cut on the album I thought, I'd give it to y'all
And tell my brothers in the joint whose strivin' to do the same thing
That is it possible, man, life is possible, ha
Come on, y'all, for the last cut, let's do this right