[Intro]   put it on the line   lets go      yea, before you can help somebody   man you gotta help yourself   it's called self-preservation   got this shit down to a science man   check it out      [Chorus]   mind body and soul   mind--he can control you mentally   body--he can tell you what to do physically   soul--only god control you spirutally   so you bust guns smoke weed drink hennessy   mirror mirror on the wall   take a look at him vividly   you lookin at your own worst enemy   put it on the line      [Verse 1]   when you alone, everybody talk to theyself   sometimes its the only way to get across to yourself   you ever wanted to do somethin but thought to yourself   or didn't wanna do somethin but forcin yourself   you ever did somethin good and been glad for yourself   or did somethin fucked up so you mad at yourself   thought about somethin funny and laughed to yourself   or kept that to yourself   you ever met another person   who reminded you in the past of yourself   why y'all so much alike you askin yourself   y'all so much alike y'all clash cause it felt   like he was tryin to be you when he act like himself   really deep down inside you mad at yourself   pull the gun and blast at him you blast at yourself   ever knew somethin was true and then nodded to yourself   cause you can't take the truth stop lyin to yourself      [Chorus]      [Verse 2]   its like the mind fight the heart   some niggas mind so sharp, they fight what they feel   and do the wise thing they so smart   but other niggas do whats in their heart   react off emotions they black out and get so dark   they hold it in and never talk   but get old and die of heart attacks   they get attacked by their own heart   some niggas get too conceited and fill theirself   try to be somethin they're not but reveal theirself   some niggas get insecure they grill theirself   put a gun to their own head and kill theirself   you ever found yourself lookin out for everybody else   so much that you don't look out for yourself   if you a stick up kid then 'red drug deal and blue'   a rapper with a mic salesman with a shoe   don't let nothin get in your way just do what you do   cause the only person that can stop you is you      [Chorus]      [Verse 3]   thats why i say who am i   you say what a stupid question but who am i   think before you start talkin   you forgettin where you came from   remind yourself   life is like a dictionary   define yourself   are you a gangsta   well lets define that word   i'ma try but it takes action to describe that word   a gangsta takes care of family he's never afraid   death before disrespect a gangsta is brave   are you a thug   its like a gangsta but more gully   money before bitches and honor before money   you a baller   then you cop a house before a car   fortune before fasion play monopoly y'all   are you a rapper   then you must invent those songs   they dont gotta like you   but they gonna respect your boss   i named my son papoose   he reflectin me   but he way better than me   man controls his destiny      [Chorus]