[00:22.98]I'm sitting here watching my daughter being born
[00:24.80]Feel like I should thank God that nothing went wrong
[00:27.98]Back in my days I was headed straight for the graveyard
[00:30.73]Running from school cause enemies never stay far
[00:33.91]Wear my colors watching colors chasing after my older brothers
[00:37.29]Cause they was always into shit, good thing we had different mothers
[00:40.17]Playing football in the streets with the homies
[00:42.36]And local drug dealers kicking back making money cause the crack fiend
[00:46.67]Was always there so I start selling that cane cause nobody never cared
[00:50.98]Mama at the post office working that late night shift
[00:53.30]Taking care of my sisters cause my daddy wasn't shit
[00:56.73]Sweating over the stove and on a school clothes
[00:59.67]Open the refrigerator like where did the food go?
[01:02.23]Trying to do whatever I can to be a man, hope you understand
[01:05.92]Even when shit goes wrong it's part of God's plan, Amen
[01:08.16]Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Lord my soul to keep
[01:14.85]Wake me up before I'm dead
[01:17.79]Don't bury me with monsters in my head, yeah
[01:22.60]Monsters in my head, with monsters in my head
[01:28.37]Underneath the bed, underneath the bed
[01:30.50]
[01:31.36]Laying here staring at this Doggystyle poster on my wall
[01:34.36]Banging Snoop Dogg spinning this basketball, what the f**k is going on?
[01:38.61]In a nigga head, all of my homies gone to jail, or they end up dead
[01:42.92]Got my first tattoo tear when I was 19, chasing a pipe dreams
[01:46.80]Chrenshaw boulevard chilling, that was the night scene
[01:49.92]And like the movies, niggas act a fool
[01:51.67]When you pushing a beemer, who gives a f**k about a School?
[01:54.61]Mom's seta curfew, but I was breaking all the rules
[01:57.48]Kicked a nigga out the house so I started forming my crew
[02:00.36]Getting a little bigger on my own, in the 12 grade crips scheming on me
[02:04.67]Cause they know my trap self made, trying to get by or getting high
[02:07.67]That's how I survived, be a leader not a follower, that's how them cowards die
[02:13.12]Pay 'em no mind but keep my chrome to the end of time
[02:15.49]Feeling like no nigga can see me I think they're going blind
[02:17.81]Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Lord my soul to keep
[02:24.37]Wake me up before I'm dead
[02:27.25]Don't bury me with monsters in my head, yeah
[02:31.81]Monsters in my head, with monsters in my head
[02:37.37]Underneath the bed, underneath the bed
[02:41.68]Seemed like just yesterday a nigga was only 21
[02:43.63]Showing the little homies how to use a f**king gun
[02:46.75]Now look what I become, nigga was on the run
[02:49.63]From the coptom slums, they right, like father like son
[02:52.62]But I'm missing them days when I couldn't roll up a blunt
[02:55.31]Bust the windows out of cars just to only drive it once
[02:58.18]Yeah them was the days but now a nigga getting paid
[03:01.13]Pouring down rose for my niggas in the grave
[03:04.12]My nigga Big Will and my homie P D
[03:07.25]Feel like yesterday we was just running in the streets
[03:09.88]And I swear to God funny how the time fly
[03:12.44]And the only thing certain is that we all die
[03:15.44]So let your soul fly
[03:16.88]Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray to Lord my soul to keep
[03:22.21]Wake me up before I'm dead
[03:24.95]Don't bury me with monsters in my head, yeah
[03:29.14]Monsters in my head, with monsters in my head
[03:33.95]Underneath the bed, underneath the bed