[prince poetry] Im sitting at the edge of my bed and Im fed Up with negative thoughts running straight through my head Lifes ready and I cant make moves, its hard And I thought it would have been nice to buy papa dukes some shoes Niggas try to get over, pressure on my shoulders Dropped the fat lp in 91 of october Now that Im older and my man pops is gone My focus is stronger, mom pick up your head, gotta move on Do you remember mr. j used to say the beats was fat But when it comes to business, nigga dont play I look beyond all this stress to seek fate Mad homicides, unemployment rates sky high Shorty busting caps, cops caught him out there Daytime drama and his mama didnt care Thats why I should be rapping and packing pistols on the bully But niggas be stressing me and I aint paid in fully So Im dropping something fatter, not for props Were respecting the matter, hops Im fat, check my stats, prince drops data for me and my man pops Rolls-royce and myself are always getting mad harassed by the cops So now Im in the chop shop creating masterpieces So it dont matter money what my funny label releases Thanks to the streets and my peeps that made me And the la-la-lee, la-la-lee We gotta maintain (repeat 8x) [pharoahe monch] Now its been saaaaaaaaaaid, a grown man aint supposed to cry So whyyyyyy, are there tears inside my eyes? I wake up in the morning, get some new problem I just cant solve em Yo, extreme kid, Im telling you man, Im on the brink of ? ? ? Whos that man in the mirror? ha! The pictures getting clearer and clearer, ha! The end is coming nearer and nearer, ha! Take a good look at what you fear, ha! Time marches on and its a new song Its a new morning, its a new dawn Feet dont fail me now, I got to make it to the studio someway somehow But I need a little bit of nourishment first I stop at the store to quench my thirst Why are they watching me buy my juice? Why must they clock my buy my juice? Just give me my change and please put my change in my hand Man would you listen to me if I didnt have a tan? All you have to do is show some decency But you want to bring out the beast in me Papa always told me...be all you can be And maintain, gotta maintain (ad-libs to end)