Just need a lil' time man, that's all I need   Lost a lot of soldiers ya know   Rest in peace   Momma, Duke strugglin'   Baby on the way      I know I promised you the house in the will   Just need a lil time for the house on the hill   Got all the bills to keep this crib too   So when we in the city that's the spot we can chill, chill   Been on your own, been workin' all your life   Went to school every other day, working all your nights   I know you're tired of the bullshit, ma   Forget about it, now your boy Chris Rhyme, we good      No more corner store grub eat good, damn right   We gone take advantage as we should, as they said we shall overcome   In the hood most of young die over gunz, its real   I lost three in like three months straight, we see the pain   In see youngz face, it ain't a game   And they think it's all peaches and cream   They think I'm liein', sayin' I' m broke and they see me on screen   See what I mean, I let you niggaz read in between, just give me      Time, time   All I need, all I need   Is time, time   All I need, all I need   Is time      To put you right where you need to be   Lenz up in the game now the shit ain't what it used to be, nah   But I'ma grind now until we all good, 'til we layin' up in the woods   And got property up in the hood, you runnin' real estate   And got to worryin' 'bout bein' late, takin' orders   Ya boy will help support ya, funny how the youngin had did it   A lot thought he was gone, stop but the boy stuck with it , yeah   You even questioned it, whole hood stressin' it      I come too far to let it go down the drain   But half of you mother fuckers don't understand my pain   I got to deal with these lames to get this li'l bit of change   Li'l bit of fame and the gurlz think I changed   Same shit, different toilet when you messing with the game   I rather do this though and fuckin' my wrist glow same niggaz   Who die now sayin' we should blow   Homey didn't raise no coward, I was takin' the shit slow, gimme      Time, time   All I need, all I need   Is time, time   All I need, all I need   Is time      Look man, the cops are gettin' vicious the streets gettin' colder   My nephew gettin' tall, my niece gettin' older, you know there pop   That's my brother fam, li'l sis back home gettin' grown   On the other hand givin' me feedback, now I gotta put a end to that Before she get wild and start havin' c-scratch   Mom, Duke stressin' still workin' every night, my niggaz right and   Now I'm impliyin' in every kite, just the other night   Lost a close homey, man      He got caught sleepin' with his own sonny, damn   Shame he can't see his son grow   Younger brother got game on his way to the pros   And I was just runnin' with him   He got two cousins, just came home couldn't even get a   Summer with him and everybody knew his life goes   True hussler, but that's the way   Life goes, love to the jails everybody stayin' road doin'      Time, time   All I need, All I need   Is time, time   All I need, all I need   Is time, time      All I need   All I need   Is time, time