I have tried in vein. - never had success!
So it seems my life is nothing - but a mess.
I have lost - my only friends.
Now it seems i have to staaart agaaiin. - merry go 'round!
My life's been-goin'-around an' round since '95.
Went from goin' somewhere to-'bout-to-die!
Went from callin' my chick a chicken;
Cause she look like she got poultry around her thighs,
To callin' your piece a chicken
Cause she got no teeth - and she got crow feet - around her eyes!
How hard are y'all? - i got a heart the size of arkansas;
Count to five. - these birds gon' hit the ground and they ain't from out the sky!
Went from havin' an outta-this-world-flow to-doin'-a-video, doin'-the coon dance
To-watchin'-my-good-friend-eminem-winnin'-a "moonman".
I remember cause i-was-in-new york with all-of-my-boys-to-start-shit
Lettin' 'em stay with me, long story short, they-tore-up-my-corporate-apartment!
Went from bein' a kid addicted to basketball
To bein' an ig-no-rent nigga addicted-to-alcohol!
'round and 'round we go is, how this movie would end? the self-proclaimed;
King of my city? not really, just truely-the-king-of-losin'-a-friend.
Who woulda thought this-dude-from-the-park-that's-true-to-his-ark would lose?
Or win just by givin' his thoughts and views?
You will hear that ryan's skilled might even hear ryan kills!
You would never hear ryan steals, here to put the "i" in i'll!
My mind is still - like a merry-go-round spill
Like leavin' only guns to my kids when i'm killed, i-got-an-iron-will!
Intellect of zion; i done went from high on pills
To triumph, to hidin' from bills, to buyin buildin's!
Then i went from writin'-for-dre-to-wonderin'-if-my-head-was-on straight on the sidelines;
Feelin' i forgot about - listenin' to "forgot about dre"! ("forgot about dre"!)
From there i went-to-about a bottle a day
Tellin' who we know! - get outta my face? okay! - i know what kino said about dre.
I look at kino to this day like that was a stupid mistake;
But if it wasn't for him doin' that, - what would i be doin' today?
If it wasn't for ca$his sayin' that he gon' beat my ass, then me
And em pro'ly wouldn't-even-laughin' about us gettin' past it!
If it wasn't for me bein' outcasted
I woulda never been on the underground rappin' with (crooked i: slaughterhoooouuuuse!)