Slippin' (Re-recorded / Remastered)

Yeah
See to live is to suffer
But to survive
Well, that's to find meaning in the suffering

Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up (I, I won't let you down)
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet, so I can tear shit up ('cause I got your back, got your back)

Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up (oh, I won't let you down)
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet, so I can tear shit up ('cause I got your back, got your back)

I been through mad different phases like Masons to find my way (uh-huh)
And now I know that happy days are not far away (yeah)
If I'm strong enough, I'll live long enough to see my kids (woo)
Doing something more constructive with they time than bids (c'mon)
I know because I been there, now I'm in there (wooh!)
Sit back and look at what it took for me to get there
First came the bullshit, the drama with my mama (uh, uh, uh)
She got on some fly shit 'til I split

And said that I'ma be that seed that doesn't need much to succeed (yeah)
Strapped with mad greed (yeah) and a heart that doesn't bleed (yeah)
I'm ready for the world, or at least I thought I was
Baggin' niggas when I caught a buzz, for thinking about how short I was (c'mon)
Going too fast it wouldn't last, but yo, I couldn't tell (uh-huh)
Group homes and institutions, prepare my ass for jail
They put me in a situation, forcin' me to be a man
When I was just learnin' to stand without a helpin' hand (damn)

Damn, was it my fault, somethin' I did (what?)
To make a father leave his first kid at seven, doin' my first bid (what?)
Back on the scene at 14 with a scheme
To get more cream than I'd ever seen in a dream
And by all means I will be living high off the hog
And I never gave a fuck about much but my dog
That's my only motherfucker I had offered my last
Just another little nigga, headed nowhere fast

Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up (I, I won't let you down)
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet, so I can tear shit up ('cause I got your back, got your back)

Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up (oh, I won't let you down)
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet, so I can tear shit up ('cause I got your back, got your back)

That ain't the half (uh), shit gets worse as I get older
Actions become bolder (yeah) heart got colder
Chip on my shoulder that I dared a nigga to touch
Didn't need a click 'cause I scared a nigga that much
One deep went to gids startin' shits for kicks
Catchin' vicks, throwin' bricks (uh), gettin' by bein' slick (uh)
Used to get high just to get by
Used to have to puff my L in the morning before I get fly

I ate something, a couple of .40s made me hate somethin' (what?)
I did some, now I'm ready to take something (c'mon)
Three years later, showing signs of stress
Didn't keep my hair cut or give a fuck how I dressed
I'm possessed by the darker side, livin' the cruddy life (what?)
Shit like this kept a nigga with a bloody knife
Wanna make records, but I'm fuckin' up (why?)
I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up

Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up (I, I won't let you down)
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet, so I can tear shit up ('cause I got your back, got your back)

Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up (oh, I won't let you down)
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet, so I can tear shit up ('cause I got your back, got your back)

Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom
Niggas talkin' shit like damn, look how that rock got him (damn)
Open like a window, no more Indo, look at a video
Sayin' to myself that could've been yo' ass on the TV
Believe me it could be done, somethin's got to give
It's got to change 'cause I've got a son
I've got to do the right thing for shorty
And that means no more getting high drinking 40s

So I get back lookin' type slick again
Fake niggas jump back on my dick again
Nothin' but love for those that know how it feel
And much respect to all my niggas that kept it real
Be strong (c'mon), kept a nigga from doin' wrong (what?)
Nigga know who they is and this is yo' fuckin' song (damn)
And to my boo who stuck with a nigga through
All the bullshit, you'll get yours because it's due

Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up (I, I won't let you down)
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet, so I can tear shit up ('cause I got your back, got your back)

Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up (oh, I won't let you down)
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I can't get up
Ayyo, I'm slippin', I'm fallin', I gots to get up
Get me back on my feet, so I can tear shit up ('cause I got your back, got your back)

(I, I won't let you down) see, this is that shit
That all real niggas can relate to ('cause I got your back, got your back)
(Oh, I won't let you down) guts gettin' real, baby
This is from the heart
Don't get it twisted
('Cause I got your back, got your back) X, baby