I Know

Now you've been gone in these streets for like, three weeks nowI'm startin to worry myself, so come on back nowDon't want you dealing with a life like meDon't want you strung out, don't want to be like meOnly fourteen and you've been with one child nowPregnant with no shoes is where you'll end up nowYou're fourteen, you've got your whole life ahead of youWhat's that twenty year old man got to do with youI wish-I made a better life for youI wish-there was someone you could look up toI wish-you did what I say not what I doI wish-you'd see the future but I know youChorusI know-that you want to be in these streetsI know-you think you gotta hustle to eatI know-money doesn't matter to meI just want you homeI know-that you've got to do what you doI know-what's that life really doin fo youI know-that's no way to live your lifeI need you to surviveLittle shorty and you want to be a baller nowWant to ride on twenty-fours like a big timer nowThe respect of your crew that's around youOn your way to getting kicked out your high schoolThinking drugs will get you where you need to beYou might get there but only temporarilyBefore you get there you might be under about 6 feetOr behind bars at least five fifty deepI wish-your daddy was here to help raise youI wish-you could see that that life ain't gon' save youI wish-you could meet God and He could change youI wish-get in your head and rearrangeI wish-there was someone you could look up toI wish-you could see there's another way to get throughI wish-use your mind and that can't stop youI wish-see the future but I know youChorusGod has got to hear me(hear me when I pray)It's heavy on my shoulders(make it go away)Carrying my babiesPraying for my brothersCarrying for my sisters, my fathers, my mothersHoping that one day soon you'll seeAll you're meant to beCome to know the things that are trueAnd live the life that's meant for youChorus