Now youÔÇÖve been gone in these streets for like, three weeks now
IÔÇÖm startin to worry myself, so come on back now
DonÔÇÖt want you dealing with a life like me
DonÔÇÖt want you strung out, donÔÇÖt wantto be like me
Only fourteen and youÔÇÖve been with one child now
Pregnant with no shoes is where youÔÇÖll end up now
YouÔÇÖre fourteen, youÔÇÖve got your whole life ahead of you
WhatÔÇÖs that twenty year old man got to do with you
I wish-I made a better life for you
I wish-there was someone you could look up to
I wish-you did what I say not what I do
I wish-youÔÇÖd see the future but I know you
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I know-that you want to be in these streets
I know-you think you gotta hustle to eat
I know-money doesnÔÇÖt matter to me
I just want you home
I know-that youÔÇÖve got to do what you do
I know-whatÔÇÖs that life really doin fo you
I know-thatÔÇÖs no way to live your life
I need you to survive
Little shorty and you want to be a baller now
Want to ride on twenty-fours like a big timer now
The respect of your crew thatÔÇÖs around you
On your way to getting kicked out your high school
Thinking drugs will get you where you need to be
You might get there but only temporarily
Before you get there you might be under about 6 feet
Or behind bars at least five fifty deep
I wish-your daddy was here to help raise you
I wish-you could see that that life ainÔÇÖt gonÔÇÖ save you
I wish-you could meet God and He could change you
I wish-get in your head and rearrange you
I wish-there was someone you could look up to
I wish-you could see thereÔÇÖs another way to get through
I wish-use your mind and that canÔÇÖt stop you
I wish-see the future but I know you
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God has got to hear me
(hear me when I pray)
ItÔÇÖs heavy on my shoulders
(make it go away)
Carrying my babies
Praying for my brothers
Carrying for my sisters, my fathers, my mothers
Hoping that one day soon youÔÇÖll see
All youÔÇÖre meant to be
Come to know the things that are true
And live the life thatÔÇÖs meant for you
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