[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [00:00.00] [00:04.85]I'm just bein' real, you know [00:05.30]I'm like the sun, I'm tryin' to shine on everybody [00:06.26]You know what I'm sayin' [00:06.92]But it's like situation after situation, you know [00:09.43]So I write about it to get it off my chest, you heard [00:10.76] [00:11.43]Dear mama, you wouldn't believe what I'm goin' through [00:15.05]But still I got my head up just like I promised you [00:17.69]Every since you left, your baby boy's been dealin' with [00:20.17]Problem after problem, tell me what am I supposed to do [00:22.71]See, I get lost sometimes, don't understand this place [00:25.73]Look in the mirror sometimes and see a troubled face [00:28.63]And then my tears roll down and hit the sink, Then I [00:31.66]Hold my head up high, hoping the Man upstairs can hear my cry [00:34.09]All these questions deep inside my mind [00:36.36]Like if Jesus loved me, why he leave my side [00:39.16]Mama, I'm still tryin' to get the answer why [00:41.45]You were young, 45, and you had to die [00:43.91]I'm always tryin' to help people out [00:47.84]And it's them same people tryin' to take food out my mouth [00:49.31] [00:50.29](Fo' real tho') Seems like the more money I make [00:52.78](Fo' real tho') The more drama y'all try to create [00:55.54](Fo' real tho') And through I try to move into the positive [00:58.13](Fo' real tho') The more y'all don't wanna let me live [00:59.28] [00:59.75]When will you realize that I don't owe you nothin' [01:03.84]Need to get up off your butt and go get your own somethin' [01:06.49]I'm pullin' on my hair to keep from snappin' off [01:08.95]Fools ride up in my camp and be yappin' off [01:11.91]Somebody out there please pray on what I'm talkin' 'bout [01:14.68]Still young tryin' to figure it out [01:17.39] [01:17.81]Heaven, I need a hug [01:20.08]Is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug [01:22.23]Feelin' like a change of heart [01:24.82]And all I really need is a sign or a word from God [01:28.14]So shower down on me, wet me with your love [01:30.86]I need you to take me and lift me up, oh, yeah [01:38.00] [01:38.94]I gave 13 years of my life to this industry [01:41.58]Hit song or not, I've given all of me [01:44.90]You smile in my face and tell me that you love [01:47.50]But then before you know the truth, you're so quick to judge me [01:50.33]That's alright, go ahead, keep talkin' [01:53.27]Cause I'mma hold my head up high and keep walkin' [01:55.93]And reach for the sky, focus on the plan [01:58.13]Rescue the ghetto with this paper a pen [02:00.99]And this is for the homies that we lost [02:03.22]Yo', we cannot forget y'all, so the hats come off [02:05.41]Pour a little liquor out for the memory [02:09.47]I know y'all up there sittin' on chrome in them pearly streets [02:12.33]Street survivors, be careful, stay alive [02:14.52]I'm prayin' for your families, I hope you pray for mine [02:16.91] [02:17.50](Fo' real tho') Used to be a time you wished me well [02:19.70](Fo' real tho') It hurts to know you wanna see me fail [02:22.63](Fo' real tho') And don't forget I kept you out of [02:25.50]jail [02:25.92](Fo' real tho') Was my arms when you needed to be held [02:28.38] [02:28.72]They turn they backs on you, who was there believin' [02:31.01]Who said your troubles were only for a season [02:33.87]In church together tryin' to pick up all the pieces [02:36.32]And now you betray me, I bind you in the name of Jesus [02:38.90]Somebody please pray on what I'm talkin' 'bout [02:41.42]Still young tryin' to figure it all out [02:44.31] [02:44.85]Heaven, I need a hug [02:46.32]Is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug [02:49.88]Feelin' like a change of heart [02:51.98]And all I really need is a sign or a word from God [02:55.13](Please shower down) [02:55.63]So shower down on me, wet me with your love (Yeah) [02:58.65]I need you to take me and lift me up (Oh...oh...yeah, yeah, yeah) [03:04.39] [03:06.34]Man, I tell you it's enough to make you wanna give it up [03:09.64]Thank God for my fans 'cause through it all they showed love [03:12.22]To my sister and two brothers [03:14.39]Tell me why can't we just try to get along with one another [03:16.99]Instead of hurtin' one another, fightin' one another [03:20.06]Man, I pray to God He'd get my family back together [03:23.13]Let me see what I wanna see, just to blind me [03:25.76]All of these luxuries, wine and dining [03:28.27]And then You push me out in front to get behind me [03:31.07]Then You set me up by blessin' me to bind me [03:34.08]I'm a grown man with kids now, stakes are higher [03:36.58]Gotta go to church now to avoid the fire [03:40.09]Frankly, y'all to keep it real, I'm just tired [03:42.09]Dreams of bein' dead, but the devil is alive [03:44.54] [03:45.01](Fo' real tho') Church folks, you need to stop judgin' [03:47.25](Fo' real tho') Cause you will be the first to be judged [03:49.98](Fo' real tho') And women stop dependin' on us men [03:52.46](Fo' real tho') And start dependin' on the Man above, feel me [03:55.14] [03:55.55]And as for robert, here's what I need to do [03:57.97]Get rid of them clowns and get myself a whole nother crew [04:00.91]Media, do your job [04:02.90]But please just don't make my job so hard [04:06.25]Somebody please pray on what I'm talkin' 'bout [04:09.03]I'm still young tryin' to figure it all out [04:11.29] [04:12.20]Heaven, I need a hug [04:13.89]Is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug [04:17.24]Feelin' like a change of heart [04:19.33]And all I really need is a sign or a word from God [04:22.80]So shower down on me (Shower down on me now), wet me with your love [04:25.72]I need you to take me (Please) and lift me up, yeah, [04:29.55]yeah (Said I'm callin' on heaven) [04:32.08] [04:34.19]Heaven, I need a hug [04:35.79]Is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug [04:39.15]Feelin' like a change of heart [04:42.04]And all I really need is a sign or a word from God [04:44.42]So shower down on me, wet me with your love [04:47.10]I need you to take me and lift me up (Lift me up), yeah, yeah (Heaven I need) [04:48.91] [04:55.29]Heaven, I need a hug (Ooh, yeah, yeah) [04:58.22]Is there anybody out there willin' to embrace a thug [05:01.09]Said I'm Feelin' like a change of heart (Hey) [05:03.43]And all I really need is a sign or a word from God [05:06.59](Ooh, yeah) [05:07.73]So shower down on me (Shower down), wet me with your [05:09.25]love (Take me) [05:10.37]I need you to take me and lift me up, yeah, yeah [05:10.76]