...It's a new day... ya know what I'm sayin'?

A new day brings a new problem to a brother

and all I gots ta say is thank god for my mother

cause without my mommy dear my life would've been joke

either locked up playin' dead and still slangin' dope but nope

The lord he had a plan for me

and with his help my mother made a man of me

didn't blindfold me to the world we was livin' in

taught me how to save my little dividends

so when I graduated I'd have a little school money

but in the sixth grade I wanted to be the school dummy

and flunked outta school with the flag pole

and left my mother dear at home with a sad soul

because my mother worked the fingers to the bone

cause we was alone, and me I bought a death home

My real pops he broke out with the style

so I respect my stepdad, for raisin' another nigga's child

So now we livin' comftable

taught me the game and how to be responsible

But back then I couldn't see it

I wanted to be a grown man at fourteen so the kid's leavin'

and ended up in a big fight

and told me not to come home until I got my shit right

So now I'm livin' in my grandma's home

my grandma's strong, she's got nine kids of her own

and keepin' me ain't no big deal

but now that I'm much older I see just how the shit feels

being kind-hearted, not wantin' to tell me no

even though my grandfather just had a stroke

and now the money's low

and pretty soon a brother's gonna have ta go

or either try to find a job so I can help out

I'm in the ghetto, I gots ta get myself out

and when I get out I gotta try to pave the way

so my family can have a better place to stay

I'm losin' all hope