[Z-Ro] Give me a pad and a pen, and I'll let the lesson begin The only way to survive my life, is straight up living in sin Keep on getting in where you fitting in, but in case you get stuck Better keep your piece off safety, you got these niggaz fucked up No matter how many times I get on my knees, and pray it don't change Ducking bullets and the woman I love, keep playing games with my brain Our relationship's faded, I tried to save it But now she living with a nigga, named David Lord could you please have mercy, on this soul of mine And release the blanket cause at night, it gets so cold sometimes Tried to go from a life of crime, but see my hustle was hot Keep a razor blade, to chop up all my twenties and dimes on the spot Oh yeah I came up in the church, Z-Ro know right from wrong But I gotta hustle to keep on eating, because my feddy ain't postponed A nigga like me forget the job, so how the fuck can I rest Sometimes I wonder if a nigga's really blessed, cause I'm still here [Hook] I've been waiting patiently I wonder if a nigga's really blessed, cause I'm still here Niggaz steady hating me I wonder if a nigga's really blessed, cause I'm still here I've been waiting patiently I wonder if a nigga's really blessed, cause I'm still here Why do you forsaken me I wonder if a nigga's really blessed [Z-Ro] Now it's 1999, the new millennium is upon us HPD got new technology, they gon get us if they want us Under surveillance 24-7 up in this game, you could never tell Laws can't see now one of them OZ's But a stitch'll provide the blind with braille Letters to read indeed they wanna see me, in a pine box You can tell I'm not having that, of the moment I let my nine cock Release it cause I'm furious, refuse to let 'em capture me Can't I get a little bit of rest, because I know them hoes are after me I signed a major deal, you can see my video on TV Fuck capping, I'd rather kick it with Shadow, Boo-B and DP Cause they never refuse my company, when I show up at the do' Sometimes a place where everybody knows my name, is where I wanna go Tell me do you know what they call me, cause you act like you ain't heard of me But you better be ready to die, if somebody sent you here to murder me 22, with a motherfucking beer belly Some say I'm an OG already, because I'm still here [Hook] [Z-Ro] I wonder if my niggaz, really love me sometimes Would they give a fuck about Z-Ro, if I couldn't rhyme It's just a thought in my mind, I'm so tired of working my muscle I just came here to preach, and give a fuck about a hustle Nigga don't get me wrong, I've been known to bleed blocks Living on every local corner, on a first name basis with these cops I've been locked up so many times, depressed and in jail Ain't got no free world partnas, that'll make my bail I can see it in the sky, it must be destiny for me to be insane Feel the expression on my face, can't you tell I'm in pain I try to repent cause that's a privilege, that was given to me But when I talk to God, it seem like he don't listen to me Cause I'll be fiending for mercy, no matter how many times I whine I never get it when I want it, but it's right on time I can see the world again, from foggy weather to clear But I still wonder if a nigga's really blessed, cause I'm still here [Hook] [talking] Damn it, as I looked I saw the door standing open, in Heaven And the same voice I had heard before That sounded like a mighty ? glass Spoke to me and said, come up here And I will show you what must happen In the future, but for right now I'm still here