[Intro - Timbaland - talking] Oh! You know what? ([Wyclef:] good good good) I go through a lot, since my baby girl's not here Life ain't been the same for me Lately I miss you very much I want you to hear my pain that I go through (go through ...)
[Verse 1 - Timbaland + (Wyclef Jean)] It's been three years (AH!), livin this fast life I think on it, I know one day I won't have life People don't know me over the time B They don't wanna know me, they wanna know my G's Le I quit, things ain't the same no more But I'ma do my thing 'til there ain't no more (yeah) I got a plan, I wonder how far I can go I demand the best for myself, that's all I know I, done seen the world become Products of a revolution that we begun (yeah) Make me wanna split a swisher, I need me one They keep on copying what we done done That's why I say ..
[Break - Timbaland] I know you like my shoes, cause you walk in my shoes And would you be prepared to see (would ya?) A life full of money and a life full of girls But a heart that's really in deep (feel my pain) A lot of people yellin ("we love ya Timbaland") But I know y'all really in need (ooo) I don't know who's in my corner, don't know where is my corner But I gotta grab all these leaves So I must ..
[Chorus - Wyclef Jean] Hey, Timbaland you gotta hold on (hold on) But you got to be strong Though the pain almost over ([Timbaland:] My pain almost over) Look towards the sky, there's only one Jehovah ([Timbaland:] I can't quit yet), you can't quit
You gotta hold on, you got to be strong ([Timbaland:] Uh, my pain almost over) Look towards the sky, there's only one Jehovah
[Verse 2 - Magoo + (Wyclef Jean)] Pain, can't you see the pain in my eyes? The lie behind my cries, don't you sympathize with me You don't have to wonder when I come You label me a bum, you fake it ain't suprisin me (yeah) Funny how Oo got money, people come around Soon as Oo fail, kick 'em to the ground (yeah) Not just neighbors, the whole damn town Own flesh and blood, said I was a clown But as the world turns, my life can too And like a gun kills, a knife can too (yeah) I was stabbed thrice, how 'bout you? Once by my mom, pops the other two Child abuse kid, ward of the state I know it was the past, but I just can't shake How you had a kid, beat me like a slave I was only three, how could I misbehave? I didn't know better, you could teach me first You said fuck that, then you beat me worse It's pain in this verse, hard to go on (yeah) Oo is a man, so I must hold on
[Break - Timbaland] I know you like my shoes, cause you walk in my shoes And would you be prepared to see (would ya?) ([Wyclef:] yeah) A life full of money and a life full of girls But a heart that's really in deep (feel my pain) A lot of people yellin ("we love ya Maganoo") But I know y'all really in need (ooo) I don't know who's in my corner, don't know where is my corner ([Wyclef:] yeah) But I gotta grab all these leaves, uh huh So I must ..
[Chorus - Wyclef Jean] You gotta hold on (hold on) But you got to be strong Though the pain almost over ([Timbaland:] my pain almost over) Look towards the sky, there's only one Jehovah ([Timbaland:] I can't quit yet), can't quit
You gotta hold on (yeah) You got to be strong (yeah) ([Timbaland:] my pain almost over) Yeah, look towards the sky, there's only one Jehovah (yeah)
[Verse 3 - Wyclef Jean] Yeah, yo, I seen Brooklyn turn into Crook-lyn The youngn's they spend their life in central Crook-lyn (yeah) I've seen prom queens, turn into prom fiends Sometime I ask myself what happen to Dr. King's "Dream" (yeah) I've seen