Here we go, so pay attention to the teacher   Here to preach a lesson to reach ya   Brothers and sisters, nieces and nephews   Think that I'm joking? well then f you   Cause I'm here to put you up on a crime scoop   It'll only take a minute of your time, troop   So don't be a dummy or a lame brain   Lord finesse is teaching so just maintain   I'm not trying to diss you or even teach you   But here to teach you we are all equal   And show y'all in fact there's a better way   Than depending on welfare or medicaid   So finish up school and pass the scholar quiz   And show your children what the value of a dollar is   Cause many children are hard to please today   Cause they're searching for some type of easy way   But there's not, so who's at fault here?    So think about the lesson being taught here   How many brothers in the world you see today   Can say that they're living the legal way?    Out of 20, I could say a few of them   Out of seven I could say about two of them   Live correct and, show respect and   Don't sweat was is owned by the next man   Or front the role, being harder or tougher   Or live the life of a hustler   Selling that white stuff just to make a fast buck   But they don't stand tough when in handcuffs   So understand and comprehend and see, kid   You don't wanna take a fall like he did   Or she did or they did, or how others did   So don't sweat the lifestyle of another kid   Get yours by achieving and planning   So when they fall you'll still be standing   Set your goal, and know what your quest is   Open your ears to this positive message      "listen up, listen up" "we're all in this together" - cut 4x      Now I'll scramble, because life's a gamble   And like others, you go out like a candle   Like my man tone who had crazy potential   Before he went to the house for the mentally   Disturbed, before he had crazy truck jewelery   If he wasn't scrambling, you could have fooled me   He was paid, to all the girls handsome   He could have passed for donald trump's grandson   He had what it took, the fame, the glory   Yeah, let's get deep in the story   Drug dealer tone had everything sewn   Lots to own, he had a car with a phone   A cool brother, maxing, chilling   He always hung out in front of the building   But in the drug game there's no time for maxing   You always have others who want some action   And so many was jealous of tone   Cause of the things he owned and how he got known   He had a few friends, or rather he thought he did   Some hired help, some really dirty naughty kids   Blood they shed, will kill people dead   And fill them with lead at the nod of tone's head   For tone, everything was going great   Because him and his friends would sit and conversate   He would chill, relax and just sit back   His friends got unruly, but tone wasn't with that   Til one day he saw them sharing it   He thought to himself "it wouldn't hurt to experiment"   So they passed it (inhales) he hit it   There you have it, tone got addicted   Like most drug stories, the end sound the same   Cause everything he had went down the drain   He lost everything, the money, the work   The car, to tone, drugs came first   The wrong thing was for tone to start that   He was getting beamed up like a member of star trek   The young brother went insane   Forgot his name, yo that's a damn shame   But someone in the street took responsibility   And checked tone into a drug facility   Now tone has a chance to get better   And clever, and get himself together   You may not like the way that I say this   But drugs ain't nothing to play with   So don't be pressured by what the grown say   Be yourself and walk your own way      "listen up, listen up" "we're all in this together" - cut 4x