I can’t make you love me if you don’tnYou can’t make your heart feel something it won’tnHere in the dark, in these final hoursnI would lay down my heart and I’ll feel the powernBut you won’t, no you won’tnnIt’s a never-ending saganSometimes I feel like “Why bother?”nTrying to survive and keep my head above waternOh heavenly father, I need some directionnThese cats around town carry gats for protectionnWhat’s a motherfucker to do?nCause every time I turn around somebody new try to buck at my crewnI just want to escape this madness I’m faced withnAnd just take a peek at the next life, I’m about to be replaced withnTurn down the light so I can dim this lifenThe dark side shining too bright but hard time through strifenIt’s a constant struggle to just keep on livingnCommitted so many sins I don’t deserve to be forgivennIn my lifetime, I’ve seen the worsenI’m trying to quench my soul but I’m dying of thirstnI’m trying to reach my goals but it ain’t that easynI’m reaching out to the lord and asking him to teach me and lead menInto the right direction, towards changing correctionnAway from mental infection and away from deceptionnAnd make that spiritual connection, get my shit togethernUse my faith to shelter me from this stormy weathernnAnd I can't make you love me any more or any lessnAnd I can't make you relate to the problems I manifestnI can't make you understand the reasons for my stressnAll I can do is promise that I'll try to do my bestnn'Cause I can't make you love me...nnI want to be more than you average JoenAn emcee with an above average flownI want to see some major cabbage yonIf I had the dough, maybe life wouldn't be so savage yonI'm feindin' in taking my lady’s' hand in marriage yonI want to live life like not so much a tragedynBut just have the opportunity to live lavishlynI want to flow at a show, filled to capacitynAnd not have these stereotypical fuckers laugh-at-menI want the chance to be able to live happilynAnd gradually become closer to both sides of our familynYo I don’t want to be just another casualtynAnd see my people a victim of a tragic fatalitynI want you to see the best there is to see in menAnd even when you don’t trust in the world, you still believe in menI want the world to see how these women murdered menBrought the hurt to me and scarred me with this insecuritynI want my girl to see that she means the world to menShe came to me and said “You're my state of emergency”nYo she’s like the doctor, perform surgerynFilled my heart with love, passion, honesty & puritynShe showed me what a real woman suppose to benDon’t you ever go away cause I’ll die if you weren’t close to menShe’s more precious than the money or the cabbagenAnd she loves me for me... And you know what?nThat’s really all that matters...