Too late, too late baby, bye bye   I'll be there tonight   You'll get left behind   Now's my time to shine      Now I got the best birthday present when my ass born   It was my mama, old dad plant the seed like a farmer   Life was kind of hard livin' in hell's backyard   Didn't have a job, honey fronted on the G O D      Shorty racing, only hollering at cats who be lacin'   She had some shit with her, she was caught up in the glitter   Brother come see me when you get five digits bigger   Oh, that's the way you tryin' to doo doo on a nigga      She likes the lavish, no time for a brother livin' average   Play the knees for the cheese like a savage   Now she lost and turned out, rotten teeth in her mouth   'Cos she ran the wrong route      Shorty 'member me, now I'm seven digits bigger   Platinum artist status, mad cheese from Hilfiger   Now ya feelin' me because you're smoked out and high   But too late baby, bye bye      Too late, too late baby, bye bye   I'll be there tonight   You'll get left behind   Now's my time to shine      I wish you could have been there when I had my first fight   The other kid said he was gonna get his father   I didn't bother to respond 'cos I knew that you was gone   Forced to carry on and teach myself right from wrong      As far back as I can remember you was never around   In September it was back to school   The eldest member of my family so I packed the tool   It made a nigga feel manly when I smacked a fool      With it, could've schooled me on pussy before I hit it   Or took me to a park with a ball and said hit it   But we was all left in the dark, accepting the parts   Of you we was able to get, affecting my heart      Nowadays you expecting to start, anew   when I lived my whole life apart from you   Too late you better check the due date   See there's no explanation for the expiration      Too late, too late baby, bye bye   I'll be there tonight   You'll get left behind   Now's my time to shine      It's too late, bye bye   Oh bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, yeah   It's too late, bye bye, oh babe   Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye, bye   Bye, bye, bye, bye, bye      Niggas disrespect my crib droppin' ashes on the floor   Another half of beer I'm findin' behind the chair   Let you meal like you wish but you can't even wash a dish   But you love to eat and rest them stink ass feet      And blow up my telephone line like you was home   Seen a nigga make five quick calls to the dome   Ride around all day, 'Dro-ed or hash   I ain't never heard once, can I help you with gas?      I ain't never heard X, can I buy you a meal?   But if we going downtown niggas is ready to wheel   Now if you broke you broke, you got five dollars, give me one   'Cos most likely I'll give it back before the day is done      If I'm spendin' and bending, you should do it pendin'   That day when you break out and finally get your cake   But I don't let that stress me 'cos life is but a test, B   And every waken day, I'ma stay okay      Too late, too late baby, bye bye   I'll be there tonight   You'll get left behind   Now's my time to shine      Too late, too late baby, bye bye   I'll be there tonight   You'll get left behind   Now's my time to shine      Too late, too late baby, bye bye   I'll be there tonight   You'll get left behind   Now's my time to shine   ...