Slow motion, baby   Tell you what I see through these eyes   All we do is speak the truth, yeah   Shit is realla then real, yeah   Shit is realla then real, ain't it?      My true niggas walk wit me, yeah   They ride wit me   Would you cook pies wit me now, ya heard?      Lord, I keep hollerin', I hope You listenin'   How come I'm still stressed an' even though the squad's glistenin'?   Why You had to take Pun, someone so young?   Had so much more to live for, as real as they come      Dead man can't talk   That's why You're hearin' one side of the story   But did they tell You how he provided for forty?   Family members, grandmas to shorties   Even my seeds ate off the big homie      How could You deceive Your kids like that   Make 'em believe they dad wasn't worth jack?   Listen to the facts as The Don pours his heart on this track   How could I just stand there an' not react?      An' I'm just about sick of all you sideline niggas   You know, do anythin' for the limelight niggas   I'm defendin' your honor, my brother from anotha Momma   I never thought I'd see the day they tried to send you [Incomprehensible]      Shit is realla then you think, man, you must not know   It takes a lot to walk a day in the life of Fat Joe   The place I'm from, MTV don't wanna film   Just a simple dice game will get a muthafucka killed      The ghetto ain't a place that you wanna take lightly   Same cat that'll spill you an' end up with your wifey   I've seen it all, that's why I've picked up the pen   To keep your boy from servin' life in the pen, ya heard?      Fuck the flu season, nowadays it's sue season   Can't even go to the clubs an' show my people love   'Coz soon as shit pop off an' niggas knuckle love   Niggas accusin' me of fuckin' 'em up      I'm like, "Hold up, ain't they supposed to be dogs?"   Part time live niggas, dabbelin' drugs   See a rapper think of a lucrative deal   But you'se a bitch if you choosin' to squeal      It's more than obvious, you don't know a thing about honor   But what goes around comes around, you'll soon learn about karma   As for me I stay being the realest   Admired by politicians, street thugs an' killers      I keep feedin' the street but the street feed back   Is that police tryna see Joe back in green slacks?   But never dat, see, I keep long money   An' if you lookin' for dat   You'll never see a cent from me, muthafucker      Shit is realla then you think, man, you must not know   It takes a lot to walk a day in the life of Fat Joe   The place I'm from, MTV don't wanna film   Just a simple dice game will get a muthafucka killed      The ghetto ain't a place that you wanna take lightly   Same cat that'll spill you an' end up with your wifey   I've seen it all, that's why I've picked up the pen   To keep your boy from servin' life in the pen, ya heard?      Yo, I stay grindin', everybody counted me out   Now I'm rewindin' in my summer beach house   If I'm not in the studio, I'm out on tour   Bustin' my ass to make my fans' future secure      Nowadays everybody want somethin' for nothin'   All of a sudden niggas talkin' like, "Joey be frontin'"   The hood screamin', ?Crack done changed, he don't holla?   I know now Big, 'Mo Money Mo Problems'      Jealousy's a muthafucka   Who'd a thought the same niggas you be feedin'   Be the muthafuckaz comin' for ya?   I'm not stressin', I was born a warrior   Plus I'm too big, too wise, too strong for ya      When it's all said an' done, I follow my dreams   Could have ended up dead or in jail given the scheme of things   To let you know I'm the reason you still walkin'   If I said somethin' it was me, not the liquor talkin', muthafucka      Shit is realla then you think, man, you must not know   It takes a lot to walk a day in the life of Fat Joe   The place I'm from, MTV don't wanna film   Just a simple dice game will get a muthafucka killed      The ghetto ain't a place that you wanna take lightly   Same cat that'll spill you an' end up with your wifey   I've seen it all, that's why I've picked up the pen   To keep your boy from servin' life in the pen, ya heard?