Wanna Be There

Yeah, you see, some men see things the way they are, and say, why?
 I see things that never was and say, why not?
 Just wanna be there, you know? y'all realize, I hold this down
 East New York, Eighty-two, First pumas navy blue
 First wife Kiesha Wilson with love, she was my baby boo
 Crazy crew, paying dues, few of us made it thru
 Front window, Ms. Glady's, that was my favorite view
 Hated school, never went, hookie was better spend
 Right around the time the god rocks smoking dead presidents
 Devilish ever since, seeking for hope, needing some form of nourishment
 It's eighty-eight skin starting to radiate
 Hit on my baby-face mama bear could see that I'm there
 She finally gave me space change of pace moving quicker
 Consuming liquor, humping on some chicks pussy
 Trying to undo her zipper
 Gucci slippers who can diss us? 40 deuce movie pictures
 What other way but poetically can I prove we scriptures?
 Drugs sold 'em, cars rode 'em, guns near my scrotum,
 Got locked, got right out, gave what I owed 'em
 Five when they buried Will killed 'Po killed Phil
 Murdered Donald Jones, shot clip hit Bill
 Prince in prison, damn, Yam still living
 I can see him up in heaven my nigga dance to the rhythm
 God, show me a better way, give me another day
 Open the lane up so I can make these fuckers pay
 Fo sho, I just wanna be there, you know?
 Realize what I'm worth, the work I put in
 And I brought to the table through the years
 I ain't the average, ya heard?
 Respect my gangsta, it's all hustle
 Steal it on 'em, you know?
 Loving da game you gave me, loving my name is AZ
 Never sold millions, but fuck it I'm here to save the babies
 Look how a lady raised me, so would say he crazy
 I'm just a nigga from Brooklyn repping the streets that made me
 Rapping for quite a while, all around, tighter style
 One of the flyest with the brightest smile, try me how?
 Save all the aggra-zations, keep all the confrontations
 I'm sitting contemplating trying to crack the combination
 Move mystique mostly months that I keep cozy
 At time I creeped only this is what the East showed me
 More on to music making trying to renew relations
 Ducking the dudes that's hatin', please don't make me lose my patience
 I put it down for y'all my face surrounds Allah
 My catalogue consists of a hundred thousand bars
 The god, please respect me, ya heard?