Slippin'

written by Earl Simmons, DJ Shok, & Grover Washington JR

"See to live is to suffer/to survive. Well that's to find meaning in the suffering."

I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I gotta get up,
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up.

I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I gotta get up,
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up.

I've been through mad different phases like mazes,
To find my way and now I know,
That happy days are not far away,
If I'm strong enough I'll live long enough to see my kids,
Doing something more constructive with their time than bids.

I know because I been there now I'm in there,
Sit back and look at what it took for me to get there,
First came the bullshit/the drama with my Mama,
She got on some fly shit so I split,
And said that I'm a be that seed,
That doesn't need much to succeed,
Strapped with mad greed and a heart that doesn't bleed.

I'm ready for the world or at least I thought I was,
Bagging Niggaz when I caught a buzz,
Not thinking about how short I was,
Going too fast it wouldn't last but yo I couldn't tell,
Group homes and institutions prepared my ass for jail,
They put me in a situation forcing me to be a Man,
When I was just don't understand without a helping hand.

Damn was it my fault, something I did,
to make a father leave his first kid at 7 doing my first bid?
Back on the scene at 14 with a scheme,
To get more C.R.E.A.M. than I'd ever seen in a dream,
And by all means I will be living high off the hog,
And I never gave a fuck about much but my Dogg,
That's my only motha fucka I had offered my last,
Just another little Nigga headed nowhere fast.

I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I gotta get up,
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up.

I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I gotta get up,
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up.

That ain't the half shit get's worse as I get older,
Actions become bolder heart got colder,
Chip on my shoulder that I dared a Nigga to touch,
Didn't need a click cause I scared a Nigga that much.

One deep went to gids starting shit for kicks,
Catching vicks/throwing bricks/getting by being slick,
Used to get high just to get by,
Used to have to puff Myel in the morning before I get fly,
I ate something a couple of 40's made me hate something,
I did some coke now I'm ready to take something.

3 years later showing signs of stress,
Didn't keep my hair cut or give a fuck how I dressed,
I'm possessed by the darker side living the cruddy life,
Shit like this kept a Nigga with a bloody knife,
Wanna make records but I'm fucking up,
I'm slipping I'm falling and I can't get up.

I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I gotta get up,
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up.

I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I gotta get up,
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up.

Wasn't long before I hit rock bottom,
Niggaz talking shit like damn,
Look how that rock got him,
Open like a window no more Indo,
Look at a video saying to myself,
That could've been your ass on the TV.

Believe me it could be done something's gotta give,
It's got to change cause I've got a Son,
I've got to do the right thing for Shorty,
And that means no more getting high/drinking 40's,
So I get back looking type slick again.

Fake Niggaz jump back on my dick again,
Nothing but love for those that know how it feel,
And much respect to all my Niggaz that kept it real,
Kept a Nigga strong kept a Nigga from doing wrong,
Niggaz know who they is and this is your fucking song,
And to my Boo who stuck with a Nigga too,
All the bullshit you'll get yours because it's due.

I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I gotta get up,
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up.

I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I can't get up,
I'm slipping/falling I gotta get up,
Get me back on my feet so I can tear shit up.

"This is from the heart Baby. Don't get it twisted! Ha!! X baby!!!"