What are you goin' through? What are you goin' through?
...if you only knew, if only you knew.
What are you goin' through? What are you goin' through?
...if you only knew.
[Nobody can stop me. Damn.]
Nobody can stop me, now. Nobody can stop me, now.
What are you goin' through? What are you goin' through?
...if you only knew.
[Nobody can stop me.]
What are you goin' through? What are you goin' through?
...if you only knew, if you only knew.
Look at my sister sadden when my baby's Mammy like she can't stand me, say
family be the first to turn so pity Annie. Filamina, my Granny, celebrate the
Grammy, damn, who knew no plannin' was so perfect, rollin' my Dam Me, never
forget the Bones. Trippin' on foster homes, sayin' I wasn't manly with a
scarred up soul, why can't my skeletons understand me? What if I said I was
molested? Would you look at me? Peel, but I keep on bailin', and I hope I d don't
go to Hell, stressed out o well. Can I sell my bio? I was born in Ohio, already on
trial, 'cause Pops said I looked too light, but mom 's just white, but I still
got your smile. And look at me now--gotta be proud of myself, ain't nobody else
soundin' so worried about my health. And all the while takin' care of my
kids--how will they live if I ain't hustlin', strugglin', [trustin'] still
keepin' Jesus a part of solution. He gives life in the lungs, breath through
tongue, now here it comes. Now, here it comes; and here we go.
Nobody can stop me, now. Nobody can stop me, now. Nobody can stop me, now.
Nobody can stop me, now. . .
If only you knew . . .
What am I goin' through, goin' through, goin' through?
And my Mama took plenty beatings. Now, in her third damn marriage, and man,
actin' like he cares apparently 'till you perish, but I was always there for
you even though you let me leave. He's beatin' the shit outta me, too--probably
why I got my bodyguards, and I'm in charge, watch me sleep, the pay is meek,
but stay with me, and keep my heart collateral, we'll never break apart. Y'all
didn't see me with Eazy, as a child of god with the underdog, never applaud
once you reminisce through the ball. Movin' in Heaven's movie, y'all, think of
all that fucked-up shit you saw, only if you knew what I was goin' through.
What am I goin' through, goin' through, goin' through? If only you knew . . .
Nobody can stop me, now. Nobody can stop me, now. Nobody can stop me, now.
Nobody can stop me, now. . .
If only you knew . . .
What am I goin' through, goin' through, goin' through?
Flashback to May with the weight of the world can't stop my girl from
steppin', lookin' for affection in wrong places, my lesson to learn, the world
turns, the early bird gets the worm. What if it's rotten while you rushin' for
love and get burned? Five kids that's my only concern. I was a father before I
became a man. Society don't comprehend. Callin me worthless, but I could
purchase what they purchase, but I understand behind closed curtains you workin
on being a man. Death scares me, but Jesus will prepare me, and hopefully
repair me cuz God would want him to, really really, ghetto media see the thug,
wash your sins, then it's true you can be born again.
What am I goin' through, goin' through, goin' through?
Nobody can stop me, now. Nobody can stop me, now. Nobody can stop me, now.
Nobody can stop me, now . . .