Didn't See It

Man
 Now that I think about it
 I done been through a lot of things in my life
 I say
 France
 Italy
 Brasil
 Japan
 Still won't hold my heart like the place that it began
 Rio
 Tokyo
 Pari
 & Rome
 Been all around the world
 But the best trip's home
 That this place could get worse
 And at the tender age of 16
 My mom would give birth
 That my pops wouldn't be there
 But he was 18 when I arrived
 Fuck he care?
 With 3 uncles
 And 3 aunts
 Too many people
 To be waiting on a check every month
 About how we never had heat
 Or how I used to have to carry water
 From down the street
 We'd put our faith in the preacher man
 Even tho
 Granny got more faith than the preacher man
 My teachers would say don't speak to him
 Now we Making now damn money than the teacher can
 I say
 France
 Italy
 Brasil
 Japan
 Still won't hold my heart like the place that it began
 Rio
 Tokyo
 Pari
 & Rome
 Been all around the world
 But the best trip's home
 I say
 From the days of eating pork & beans
 & Sitting on a porch that leans
 I didn't see it
 From the days of pissy mattresses
 And sitting mad on punishment
 I didn't see it
 From the days of playing stick up kid
 And surviving all the shit we did
 I didn't see it
 From the days of college campuses
 To spitting for acknowledgment
 I didn't see it
 That this place could get worse
 And at the tender age of 20
 My sons mom would give birth
 The birth of a second king
 I gotta step up
 I gotta give'em everything
 Yeah fuck it I got it
 This is simple
 This is easy
 Any problems
 I'll solve'em
 Gotta get back to this college
 This is simple
 And you need it
 For the refunds and the knowledge
 But that aint how it went
 Shit changed in '04
 And been that way ever since
 My son just left on the first
 And I get'em every summer
 But it could be worse
 I say
 France
 Italy
 Brasil
 Japan
 Still won't hold my heart like the place that it began
 Rio
 Tokyo
 Pari
 & Rome
 Been all around the world
 But the best trip's home
 From the days of eating pork & beans
 & Sitting on a porch that leans
 I didn't see it
 From the days of pissy mattresses
 And sitting mad on punishment
 I didn't see it
 From the days of playing stick up kid
 And surviving all the shit we did
 I didn't see it
 From the days of college campuses
 To spitting for acknowledgment
 I didn't see it
 Until I saw that I was greater
 And I'm still doing music 15 years later
 Your closest friends will be your biggeest haters
 If you really need'em
 Then you might can't get the littlest favor
 But its ok
 I love'em all tho
 In God I pray for yall to ball tho
 Thru winter, spring, summer, & fall tho
 And yall know
 I say
 France
 Italy
 Brasil
 Japan
 Still won't hold my heart like the place that it began
 Rio
 Tokyo
 Pari
 & Rome
 Been all around the world
 But the best trip's home
 From the days of eating pork & beans
 & Sitting on a porch that leans
 I didn't see it
 From the days of pissy mattresses
 And sitting mad on punishment
 I didn't see it