Rain

Take a picture, they say it will last long

I paint it vividly, a dude with a mask on

Ski mask on, trying to take something to scratch his ass on

Got a couple kids back home, it's hard cause he

Can't get a job so no honest living on his toes

But he collect no dough when he pass go

An honest Joe just stopped at the corner store

For a bottle to ease his pain away when his woman say

She leaving and taking the kids on some Will Smith

Find a guy with some money she can be happy with

She ain't real happy here

Two bedroom, four people, plus the noise from rain here

How many times them boys done came here

With a warrant chasing someone that they claims here

Open the freezer door, the whole fridge might fall over

Plus there's roaches all over

Start to wonder what they eating to stay alive

Say goodbye to daddy on the exit, the baby cries

Closes eyes, the pain he feeling like part of him just died

Remembering his momma saying, "Don't fail"

Now he's like, "Momma, I tried"

Good father, but he couldn't provide

A perfect picture he just couldn't supply, he wasn't surprised

Never thought that he could survive

In this fast-paced market or this game called life

What's the purpose of being broke?

You ain't got what you looking for, but you know where to go

He got his gun cocked now and you know what it's for

Back to the ski mask, now get on the floor

Desperate times cause you to do desperate things

But when you out of your mind, don't expect to think

Can't expect the plan to be sure-proof

Sergeant asked, "You want to die?" He replied, "I sure do"

Officer, I got nothing to lose

I'm not a nut, they not loose, there's just nothing to screw

Give up without a bang bang? I refuse

I lost it all by following rules, trying to be a man

Instead of being one by any means

This whole time I come to find that I'm my own enemy

And God, wherever you sending me

I can't be mad cause right now, ain't no defending me