Nothing Without You

There's a war going on outside no one is safe from

Her silhouette when she blocks the sun

And her hair when she wakes up and it's not done

And her laugh as she passes you makes you numb

That's my girl outside in the lobby

Slinging my product when I'm fulfilling my hobby

She was there before the Cadillac

And she was there before the offer from Battle Axe

And she was happy in my busted out Tercel

It kinda makes me wonder why I rap so well

I can't tell if she's helping me or hurting me

Cause every time I hurt her it's like a murder me

And that's why I sing

I can gain the world and make some money

But it's nothing without you, it's nothing without you really

See I can change the world and still be a dummy

Cause it's nothing without you, it's nothing without you really

See I can gain the world and make some money but it's

She got a nigga vacuuming the house

Washing the car with one side of her blouse

A house negro, doing the chores

Just to make her happy when she comes home bored

From UCLA, I brighten up her day

The way I wear my Kangol make her say hey

Erick Sermon, life I'm learning

Slowly burning, cooked from turning like

Rotisserie, it's so cute to see

You walk in the door like (this story)

It's the return of the half-elf

Third freak, third geek on my top shelf

So easy to see yet easy to forget

You collect dust while I hunt for the check girl

And I regret it cause

I can gain the world and make some money

But it's nothing without you, it's nothing without you really

See I can change the world and still be a dummy

Cause it's nothing without you, it's nothing without you really

See I can gain the world and make some money but it's

You met me in my mom's womb

I met you in Inglewood in my bedroom alone

Listening to music, lost in my holocaust

With the fuse lit, caught in the molotov

We used to talk when I was a kid

I used to sing the songs that you trapped in my head

Alone, but I'm all grown up now

A poem, lost in a grown up child

But you were there when I cried in my sleep

When I heard my mom's voice weep

And you were there in the dark nights

When I knew I had no one to call but had to fall on my own knees

But now, some of the times I pretend

That I don't know you in front of my friends

And it's some kinda wonderful again and again

Leave you in the back seat to the weekend

But I still hear you in my head like when I was a kid

That's when I placed over the lid

I can gain the world and make some money

But it's nothing without you, it's nothing without you really

See I can change the world and still be a dummy

Cause it's nothing without you, it's nothing without you really

See I can gain the world and make some money but it's