Yeah   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah   Yeah, yeah, let's go      Ohh, N dey say, ohh, oh   Oh, ohh, yeah   Ohh, N dey say, ohh, oh   Oh, ohh      Hold up, stop ma, let me get a look at'cha   Damn girl, I ain't seen you since prom   Come to think about it, can't believe it's been that long   I heard your man locked down now, how long he gone?   Oh, that long? How the hell'd he get time like that   Three strikes with posession, aw, he ain't comin' back   He left you with two kids and bills all around   Plus you found out he had another chick 'cross town      It's always the darkest, ah-right before the sunrisin'   And you gotta stay strong, for the kids in they eyes and   And please don't despise, and go against all brothers   And have a hatred in your heart and take it out on another   I hate to sound Tupac-ish lil' mama, but keep ya head up   But you gon' make it, I promise, you keep your head up   And that that don't kill you only makes you stronger   And the will to succeed'll only feed the hunger, f'real, f'real, f'real   Hey      Ohh, N dey say, ohh, oh   Oh, ohh, yeah, hey   Ohh, N dey say, ohh, oh   Oh, ohh      I was at the gas station when a man walked past   With a sign, "Will work for food, clothes or cash"   And he asked if he could pump my gas, so I let him   Clean the windshield and throw out the trash, so I let him   Hey, I even asked the brother his name   Where he was from, got kids man and what's they ages   He kinda sturred for a second, he kinda looked surprise   That anyone would even take an interest in his life      He said, "Young brother dem the only wurrds   I done hurrd, in the last yurr   That wasn't low or get the fuck away from hurr"   How could somethin' so simple as general conversation   Mean much more than general conversation? Hey   You could tell life had beaten him down   Like he was in a title fight and this might be his last round   Sometimes the easiest things we take for granted   Until they gone, to realize we even had it, f'real, f'real, f'real   Hey      Ohh, N dey say, ohh, oh   Oh, ohh, yeah, hey   Ohh, N dey say, ohh, oh   Oh, ohh      I used to think that life had a plan for me   Until I realized, life meant to be planned by me   See that's the key, I only deal with what I can see   'Cause over history, mystery brought us nuttin but misery   Man mo' people done died, in the name of the Lord   Than in any natural disaster, disease or gang war      Before guns there was swords, and they was killin' each other   Ain't much changed since the days, we still killin' each other   Killin' our brothers while another mother cries for help   Man, we need to help a brother find himself   Feed him, life, ah one two, three   Hey, that's somethin' e'ry brother should see, and that's f'real   And that's f'real, and that's f'real   Hey      Ohh, N dey say, ohh, oh   Oh, ohh, yeah, hey   Ohh, N dey say, ohh, oh   Oh, ohh