I greet the Father, on my knees 
With a bowed head and a humbled heart, my conversation is have mercy on me please

I just wanna be happy, will it come to bad 
Fresh out of my mind been 27 years, and every day I've seen is sad 
Even though I've tried till I've cried, I can't even stand 
Feels like I've died a thousand times, but just can't make it man 
Ain't nothing different about me, doing dirt 
Except I've never crept up on a come up, maybe that's why the hustling hurts 
I remember just like it was yesterday, I'm 16 
Can't find no love can't find no peace, I wonder what it means 
Could it be because, I didn't choose the devil all the time 
I became an outcast to the hood, restricted to my rhyme 
Why couldn't I just live my life, without my talent making danger 
Jealousy is now state jail, from friends that turned to strangers 
They hate me, I don't understand why 
I swear I never seen a man cry, till it was my own eye 

I'm 21, and think I finally got a grip on life 
And all bills paid apartment, a step-son and a step-wife 
But without a vehicle, it's kinda hard to get around 
If I got weed I ride for free, if not my partners let me down 
So now I'm loving to be one deep so much, I'm hating people 
Lookin at everybody, even babies like they Satan people 
Nobody understand me, everybody's tripping with me 
Wonder why when I gotta ride, were none of my people flipping with me 
Too many haters, trying to take a player off his game 
Not trying to be ballerific, I'm just trying to have some thangs 
They're just like crabs in a bucket, these people pull me down 
If I didn't have so many obstacles, think where I could be now 
On MTV or BET, or in some magazine 
Instead I'm stressing, hooked on codeine headed to tragedy 
Sometimes I think, it's better just to die 
Because I never seen a man cry, till it was my own eye 

(what's happening now) in the year 2006, ain't nothing chang ed for Ro 
12 albums strong looking for do', but yet I'm still po' 
Now I done had and I done lost, and I done had again 
On the verge of suicide, I deeply wish I had a friend 
But even still a good samaritan, is Z-Ro's way 
And with that Christian attitude, I caught a homeboy case 
I done took too many blows, a punching bag is how I feel 
The deep depression starts to set, sanity's outta here 
I start my mission, trying to find my faith 
CDC number four in name, I'm feeling oh so helpless in this place 
I want revenge, it's heavy on my mind 
But Aunt Sandra say don't fight evil with evil, try to relax and do your time 
I heard a voice, and felt there wasn't no need in acting up 
Realized I wasn't at peace with God, and had to patch it up 
Hopin that blessings, fall out of the sky 
Z-Ro ain't never seen a man cry, until it was his own eye