Versuri 15. All That I Got Is You

What dey gives you blood? Three months man 
Whatchu doin' in here anyway? You oughta be home with your momma 
How old are you boy? Thirteen 
Thirteen? Damn, the bastards must be runnin' outta niggaz to arrest 
 
Yeah, oh yeah, this goes out to all the families 
That went through the struggle 
Yeah, from the heart 
It was from the heart, everything was real 
 
All that I got is you 
And I'm so thankful I made it through 
 
Yo, dwellin' in the past, flashbacks when I was young 
Whoever thought that I'd have a baby girl and three sons 
I'm goin' through this difficult stage, I find it hard to believe 
Why my old Earth had so many seeds 
 
But she's an old woman and due to me, I respect that 
I saw life for what it's really worth and took a step back 
Family ain't family no more, we used to play ball 
Eggs after school, eat grits 'cause we was poor 
 
Grab the pliers for the channel, fix the hanger on the TV 
Rockin' each others pants to school wasn't easy 
We survived winters, snotty nosed with no coats 
We kept it real, but the older brother still had jokes 
 
Sadly, daddy left me at the age of six 
I didn't know nuttin' but mommy neatly packed his shit 
She cried, and grandma held the family down 
I guess mommy wasn't strong enough, she just went down 
 
Check it, fifteen of us in a three bedroom apartment 
Roaches everywhere, cousins and aunts was there 
Four in the bed, two at the foot, two at the head 
I didn't like to sleep with Jon Jon, he peed the bed 
 
Seven o'clock, pluckin' roaches out the cereal box 
Some shared the same spoon, watchin' Saturday cartoons 
Sugar water was our thing, every meal was no thrill 
In the summer, free lunch held us down like steel 
 
And there was days, I had to go to Tex house with a note 
Stating, "Gloria can I borrow some food I'm dead broke" 
So embarrasin', I couldn't stand to knock on they door 
My friends might be laughin', I spent stamps in stores 
 
Mommy, where's the toilet paper, use the newspaper 
Look Ms. Rose gave us a couch, she's the neighbor 
Things was deep, my whole youth was sharper than cleats 
Two brothers with muscular dystrophy, it killed me 
 
But I remember this, mom's would lick her finger tips 
To wipe the cold out my eye before school wit her spit 
Case worker had her runnin' back to face to face 
I caught a case, housin' tried to throw us out of our place 
 
Sometimes I look up at the stars and analyze the sky 
And ask myself was I meant to be here, why? 
Yeah, yo 
 
All that I got is you 
And I'm so thankful I made it through 
 
All that I got is you 
And I'm so thankful I made it through 
 
All that I got is you 
And I'm so thankful I made it through 
 
All that I got is you 
And I'm so thankful I made it through 
 
Word up mommy, I love you 
Word up 
It was all you, word, you brought me in like this 
 
I sit and think about all the times we did without, yeah 
I always said I wouldn't cry when I saw tears in your eyes 
I understand that daddy's not here now 
But some way or somehow, I will always be around, yeah 
 
All things that I did from this to them 
Oh, from drugs to being there 
Being down and out and I love you always 
 
Yeah, you say you see the universe 
Which consists of the sun, moon and star 
And them planets, that exist in my space 
Like man woman and child, you understand? 
 
We got to keep it real, and what reality 
And reality will keep it real with us 
I remember them good ol' days 
Because see, that's the child I was 
 
What made me the man I am today 
See 'cause if you forget where you come from, heheh 
You're never gonna make it where you're goin', aheh 
Because you lost the reality of yourself 
 
So, take one stroll through your mind 
And see what you will find 
And you'll see a whole universe all over again 
And again and again and again and again 
Heheheh, yeah, heheheheh, aha, heheheh