Stage in city life no one said that it was right   But I got to hustle for the kids   God only knows what I've gone and been   ?Til we reach the end   Just stay strong and be a friend      I cram to understand why a woman and a man   Make a plan to enter matrimony then he takes her hand   Put that ring on the finger, couple of kids to minivans   Standin? in the stands like a fan watch her little man run   (Ball!)      And every time you see the family they look happy   Got a mama and a daddy and I think they got a lil' dog   But daddy had a cat on the side   He would hide her from his ride decide not to divide      Kept the yam and the pie, the spouse and the house   Boy, it?s cheaper to keep her, you fuck around and take a loss   Come up short like Short Dog cuss words flow like   (Motherfucker shit goddamn asshole)   Took my shit   (Bitch!)   Fuck!      Stage in city life no one said that it was right   But I got to hustle for the kids   God only knows what I've gone and been   ?Til we reach the end   Just stay strong and be a friend      It was the night the day they dipped and all throughout the palace   Death didn't do us part, heartbroken, no more marriage   When it happens you'll be slappin? yourself rememberin?   You coulda remained boyfriend and girlfriend      Now you sittin? in the courthouse, plaintiff and defendant   (Bitch!)   Pleadin? to the judge you was in it to win it   In the beginnin? was splendid, see she was grinnin? and spendin?   All of her time wit the kids an' in the kitchen she'd cook      She was fierce on the stove, it was always great   Covered plates in the microwave when I came home late   But now we just debate like some candidates   Damn I hate friction, wishin? I had paperwork on the misses   But I didn't, damn, fuckin? around      Stage in city life no one said that it was right   (Hey babe, hey babe, hey babe)   But I got to hustle for the kids   God only knows what I've gone and been   ?Til we reach the end   Just stay strong and be a friend      Girl you have to remember   I gotta provide for the family and future   So please stay down and please stay around ?cause you know   That I'm tryna change but it?s hard ?cause I've been this way   Man, you already knew that shit      Stage in city life no one said that it was right   But I got to hustle for the kids   God only knows what I've gone and been   ?Til we reach the end   Just stay strong and be a friend