[00:11.85]I told the world one day I would pay it back
[00:13.78]Say it on tape, and lay it, record it so that one day I could play it back
[00:17.34]But I don't even know if I believe it when I'm sayin' that
[00:19.84]Doubts startin' to creep in, everyday it's just so grey and black
[00:23.02]Hope, I just need a ray of that, cause no one sees my vision
[00:25.77]When I play it for 'em, they just say it's wack, they don't know what **** is
[00:29.02]And I don't know if I was awake or asleep when I wrote this
[00:31.14]All I know is you came to me when I was at my lowest
[00:34.02]You picked me up, breathed new life in me, I owe my life to you
[00:36.83]But for the life of me, I don't see why you don't see like I do
[00:39.78]But it just dawned on me you lost a son, demons fighting you, it's dark
[00:42.47]Let me turn on the lights and brighten me and enlighten you
[00:45.28]I don't think you realise what you mean to me, not the slightest clue
[00:48.15]Cause me and you were like a crew, I was like your sidekick
[00:50.77]You gon either wanna fight me when I get off this ******' mic
[00:53.59]Or you gon' hug me, but I'm outta options, there's nothin' else I can do cause
[00:56.96]Waiting for the end to come
[01:01.02]Wi*******ng I had strength to stand
[01:06.76]This is not what I had planned
[01:12.15]It's out of my control
[01:19.70]Flying at the speed of light
[01:23.70]Thoughts were spinning in my head
[01:29.07]So many things were left unsaid
[01:34.69]It's hard to let you go
[01:42.82]I know what it takes to move on
[01:48.38]I know how it feels to lie
[01:54.12]All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
[01:59.02]Holding on to what I haven't got
[02:05.47]It hurts when I see you struggle, you come to me with ideas
[02:08.15]You say they're just pieces, so I'm puzzled, cause the *******t I hear is crazy
[02:11.08]But you're either gettin' lazy or you don't believe in you no more
[02:14.33]Seems like your own opinions, not one you can form
[02:16.71]Can't make a decision you keep questionin' yourself
[02:19.08]Second guessin' and it's almost like your beggin' for my help
[02:22.04]Like I'm your leader, you're supposed to ******' be my mentor
[02:24.98]I can endure no more I demand you remember who you are
[02:27.85]It was YOU, who believed in me when everyone was tellin'
[02:29.97]You don't sign me, everyone at the ******' label, let's tell the truth
[02:33.60]You risked your career for me, I know it as well as you
[02:36.41]Nobody wanted to ****** with the white boy, Dre, I'm cryin' in this booth
[02:39.35]You saved my life, now maybe it's my turn to save yours
[02:41.92]But I can never repay you, what you did for me is way more
[02:44.79]But I ain't givin' up faith and you ain't givin' up on me
[02:47.54]Get up Dre I'm dyin', I need you, come back for ******'s sake
[02:50.60]I know what it takes to move on
[02:56.22]I know how it feels to lie
[03:01.91]All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
[03:06.78]Holding on to what I haven't got
[03:12.96]Yo yo what was that when I thought it was done?
[03:15.21]I thought it felt right, but the right was wrong
[03:18.03]All caught up in the eye of the storm
[03:20.84]And trying to figure out what it's like moving on
[03:23.79]And I don't even know what kind of things I said
[03:26.53]My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead
[03:29.31]So picking up the pieces now where to begin
[03:32.18]The hardest part of that is starting again
[03:47.39]All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
[03:52.02]Holding on to what I haven't got
[03:58.39]This is not the end, this is not the beginning
[04:00.27]Just a voice like a riot rocking every remission
[04:02.96]Once you listen to the tone in a violent rhythm
[04:05.64]And all the words sound steady, so nobody forget 'em
[04:08.64]Say yeah with fists flying up in the air
[04:11.40]Like we're holding onto something that's invisible there
[04:14.09]Cuz we're living at the mercy of the painted riviere
[04:16.96]Until we get it, forget it, let it all disappear