"end of the road"

its a long way home at the end of the road,ill be pavin my own way,at the top ill be here to stay,so take my name,remember this face,keep the change and have a nice day,and live for the moment not by the past,homie live each day like its your last.

all my life,i couldn't fit in like a bad shoe,i was always to square,to cube,to short,to weird to blue,forget them high skoo hotties now i'm too cool,i guess i came a long way from that young kid,the most popular lame,no friends,no style,no clothes,no ends,just a bed fell asleep and never woke up again,yeah,and my last prayer was don't ever let me end up like the people thats down here cause the one that fear change be the ones that don't care,just look at themselves and see somebody else in the mirror but,u can always pick me out of the crowd loud mouth with my very own style,cause what i kno now is don't ever pretend and live every single day like u wont see it again,gone.

so take my name,remember this face,keep the change and have a nice day,and live for the moment not by the past,homie live each day like its your last.
and if you've only got 24 hours and 1400 minute before your dreams gone then you better go live it,cause everything you love could be taken away so live like its you dying day.

i dedicate this to my teachers that never believed in me and a mother that conceived but ended up leaving me,i just wish that yall could see me smile,this big grins on the t.v now,uh,and i took it from the bottom to the top,from the holes in my socks,ramen noodles in the pot,use to rob em on the block,now they spot me in the drop,middle finger up and that ain't gone stop,i used to take orders and now i make bets,i used to scrub floors and now i sign checks,i used to push carts,now i push songs,yeah,i used to be there now i am so gone,i'm fine myself,found a job myself,established myself then i signed myself,and what i tell myself is you did this by yourself and when i'm on so long i'll be by myself,im gone,

so take my name,remember this face,keep the change and have a nice day,and live for the moment not by the past,homie live each day like its your last.
and if you've only got 24 hours and 1400 minute before your dreams gone then you better go live it,cause everything you love could be taken away so live like its you dying day.

and i wish i could see their faces when they heard your boy spittin,wish i could know what they were thinkin when they heard my first hit,cause i remember them wishin that i wouldn't get big,now i bet they wishin they wouldn't have said that shit,i came out from a dying city brought back life,everything they said i couldn't do i did bout twice,multiply that by the bottles that we popped each night,that equals out to a celebration b-tches more ice,make a toast to the underdogs toast to the team,toast to the fact we this close to the dream,pour one for my exes,used to talk reckless,but now i push benz's and rock rolex's,came from the city and until they come and get me,turn around and see the whole east side still with me,and thats how we livin,ya man don't change,still a kid still cant tell me a god damn thang,

so take my name,remember this face,keep the change and have a nice day,and live for the moment not by the past,homie live each day like its your last.
and if you've only got 24 hours and 1400 minute before your dreams gone then you better go live it,cause everything you love could be taken away so live like its you dying day.

its a long way home at the end of the road,ill be pavin my own way,at the top ill be here to stay,so take my name,remember this face,keep the change and have a nice day,and live for the moment not by the past,homie live each day like its your last.