Now I've seen places and faces And things you ain't never thought about thinking If you ain't peek then you must be drinking And smokin' Pretending that you're lokin' but you're brokin' Let me get you open now Little Timmy got his diploma And little Jimmy got life And Tamikra 'round the corner Just took her first hit off the pipe The other homey shot the other homey And ran away with his money And when the other homies heard about it They thought it was funny But who's the dummy Now you done lost the hustler A down-ass brother got replaced by a busta And though I got love for ya I know I can't trust you 'Cuz my crew is rollin' home and your crew is rollin' dusta And just because of that you act you don't like a brother no more I guess that's just the way it goes I ain't tryin' to preach I believe I can reach But your mind ain't prepared I'll see you when you get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there More temptation and faith I guess we livin' for the day I seen a man get swept off his feet By a bullet and an AK The situation so twisted Everybody gettin lifted I'm just tryin to take care of my kids And handle my business 'Cuz it's way too serious So you gotta pay close attention So you don't get caught sittin' When they come and do all the gettin' Life is a big game so you gotta play it with a big horse Someone's gotta run a little faster 'Cuz we gotta lay the struggle I'd be a fool to surrender When I know I can be a contender And if everybody's a contender Then everybody could be a winner No matter you rag collar Deep down we all brothers And regardless of the time Somebody up there still love us I'm gonna scuff and struggle y'all Breathless and weak I just strived my whole life to make it to the mountain peak Always keep reaching sure to grab on to something I'll be there when you get there When you wit the sound bumpin' I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there You need to loosen up And live a little And if ya got kids let them know how you feelin' For your own sake give a little Oh, you don't want to hear that You busy tryin' to stack And keep up with the Jones's is taking advantage of your own The realist homeys that you've been knowin' for the longest But some ain't missing a good thing until it's gone Could have built an empire If not for the jelousy that you righteous We prefer to keep our eyes shut to describe When it's something wrong and we desire So hold your head up high If your poor and righteous I know time seems right The problems seem endless Put the time to this fairly we gotta put ourselves together And if you feel you're out the game Then you need to get back in it 'Cuz nothing worse than a quitter You gotta face responsibility One day, my brother So gather up your pity and turn it to ambition And put your vehicle and drive and stop by my side I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there As we walk down the road of our destiny And the time comes to choose, what shall it be? The wide and crooked or straight 'n narrow We got one push to give And one life to live Stand up for something or lie down in your game Listen to the song that we sing It's up to you to make it big I guess I'll see you When you see me I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there If you wanna get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there If you wanna get there
Now I've seen places and faces And things you ain't never thought about thinking If you ain't peek then you must be drinking And smokin' Pretending that you're lokin' but you're brokin' Let me get you open now Little Timmy got his diploma And little Jimmy got life And Tamikra 'round the corner Just took her first hit off the pipe The other homey shot the other homey And ran away with his money And when the other homies heard about it They thought it was funny But who's the dummy Now you done lost the hustler A down-ass brother got replaced by a busta And though I got love for ya I know I can't trust you 'Cuz my crew is rollin' home and your crew is rollin' dusta And just because of that you act you don't like a brother no more I guess that's just the way it goes I ain't tryin' to preach I believe I can reach But your mind ain't prepared I'll see you when you get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there More temptation and faith I guess we livin' for the day I seen a man get swept off his feet By a bullet and an AK The situation so twisted Everybody gettin lifted I'm just tryin to take care of my kids And handle my business 'Cuz it's way too serious So you gotta pay close attention So you don't get caught sittin' When they come and do all the gettin' Life is a big game so you gotta play it with a big horse Someone's gotta run a little faster 'Cuz we gotta lay the struggle I'd be a fool to surrender When I know I can be a contender And if everybody's a contender Then everybody could be a winner No matter you rag collar Deep down we all brothers And regardless of the time Somebody up there still love us I'm gonna scuff and struggle y'all Breathless and weak I just strived my whole life to make it to the mountain peak Always keep reaching sure to grab on to something I'll be there when you get there When you wit the sound bumpin' I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there You need to loosen up And live a little And if ya got kids let them know how you feelin' For your own sake give a little Oh, you don't want to hear that You busy tryin' to stack And keep up with the Jones's is taking advantage of your own The realist homeys that you've been knowin' for the longest But some ain't missing a good thing until it's gone Could have built an empire If not for the jelousy that you righteous We prefer to keep our eyes shut to describe When it's something wrong and we desire So hold your head up high If your poor and righteous I know time seems right The problems seem endless Put the time to this fairly we gotta put ourselves together And if you feel you're out the game Then you need to get back in it 'Cuz nothing worse than a quitter You gotta face responsibility One day, my brother So gather up your pity and turn it to ambition And put your vehicle and drive and stop by my side I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there See you when you get there As we walk down the road of our destiny And the time comes to choose, what shall it be? The wide and crooked or straight 'n narrow We got one push to give And one life to live Stand up for something or lie down in your game Listen to the song that we sing It's up to you to make it big I guess I'll see you When you see me I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there If you wanna get there I'll see you when you get there If you ever get there If you wanna get there