You’re going to be great but I hate to burst your bubble
Before you achieve greatness you’ll get into a lot of trouble
Don’t look at me all dumbfounded
The pain you’re about to go through will change your life
And ultimately keep you grounded
Right now you don’t want to listen to counsel
And you’re doing your hearts’ desire
You’ll soon learn the hard way
That you get burned when you play with fire
In the meantime you’ll shed plenty of tears
You’ll be in and out of that revolving door for over 40 years
You’re young right now so you don’t understand
But I’m the older version of you so I know your plan
I see you spend a lot of time hanging with the fellas
Too bad your minds eye can’t see
That soon you’ll be betrayed by one of them
Because he’s spiteful and he’s jealous
Watch who you hang with is often what they tell us
By the way – very soon you’ll be doing time in a place
Called Fred C. Nelles
You’ll return to the start of the Cocaine Epidemic
You’ll then fall victim to things that are racial and systematic
Eventually that gorilla called crack cocaine
Will jump on your back
A dirty test and another crime will take you off track
Three years later you’ll be released from behind the bricks
Still hanging with the homies and right back in the mix
Slanging dope and trying to do your best
But your continuous criminal activity
Earned you a cell in Y.T.S.
Unwilling to change because you think you’re the boss
Eventually you’ll realize
That crime don’t pay it costs
As the world continuously spins
You’ll learn about the deaths of a lot of your friends
You know – the ones you’ve known since elementary
Your fate will be a little different
You’ll be serving life in the state penitentiary
While you’re doing hard time you’ll get to the point
Where you start to draw the line
Then the moment will come when you decide
That your life of crime is over
You’ll stop doing your own will and call upon the name Jehovah
You’ll start listening to counsel because you’ve learned
From your mistakes
Sometimes in life going through struggles and hardships
Is often what it takes
Now your experience has become your best teacher
And now you know there’s only a few you can call a friend
If there’s one thing we’ve learned from the past
It’s never repeat it again
