I heard you quit rappin', tell me what happened 

Last I heard, you were on tour traveling the map and 

Now your back in the lab, laying tracks in Manhattan 

Some say you probably fell off, washed up, your a has-been 

I started laughing, Please just imagine me slackin' 

Yeah I was on a hiatus, laying up in the cabin 

Reclining, vibing, relaxing, analyzing "The Passion" 

Saw my life flashin and draggin, I noticed time passin 

Felt backed in, my spirit and my flesh kept clashin 

They say the crowd that your with's energy your attractin 

That explains your mindframe adn behavioral patterns 

See it was all about clubs, drugs, thuggin adn gun packin 

Liquor sippin, dro smokin, pimpin and mackin 

The enemies attackin, I'm jabbin', fallin back staggering 

L:ike a blow to the abdomen, I'm gaspin' nearly collapsing 

I heard a voice askin', "Will you stand up and fight or keep crackin and die ashes to ashes 

Dust to dust" enough's enough, I'm going out blastin like an assasin 

Runnin, gunnin, huntin through the dungeons and dragons 

No more lollygaggin, hatin and bashin the man for not having compassion 

When God gave me a talent 

I got orders from teh Captain, I'm tryin to get my ration, not a fraction 

Fro the ice and the cream, me and my team quit Baskin and started Robbin and jackin 

Hard to imagine, starvin for action 

Is it real? I beg your pardon for askin 

Gun, mask and fast car like Tracey Chapman 

Load the gatlings in the Volkswagen, sorry Ms. Jackson 

Survival of the fit, wildlife, shootings and stabbings 

The love of money's a fatal attraction 

I'm all grown up, adn still give my mother contractions 

I aint braggin, it saddens my heart the plight of us black men 

Many phases and stages and cages had me trapped in 

But only God can save me I finally read the caption 

Started reciting verses in church, reading and fasting 

And because I believed, I received life everlasting........