[TMD]  Here we go.. yo.. whassup?  I got a story to tell, yaknahmsayin?  Yo, it's talkin about this family.. yaknahmsayin?  They kinda caught up, but yo  I want y'all to check it out as I kick a lil somethin like this    Yo once upon a time lived a family of all black  They used to live middle class, yo happy and all that  But then, until when like yo who would believe  yo that pops was the hooker, moms was the crackfiend  with no 9's to 5's to survive in the real world  And as for the little girl, and cousin named James Earl  They had to make ends meet, startin from scratch B  While pops hold the cash, moms is gettin smashed in the den  And I be sittin thinkin yo like when  this madness would like stop, this crazy shit would end  So yo I'd spend (what) many many moons in my room  Look just chillin by myself and no one else cause I was like shook  by this rotten scandalous, low-life dirty work  Then moms and pops they gazed thinkin shit I was really hurt  So what shall I do?  With this major problem, cause I don't have a clue    Damn, I can't believe it  Uhh, and ya don't stop, I can't believe it  Yo - I can't believe it!  Yo, I can't believe it    Cause I remember when my parents used to stress that fact  That if you smoke crack that it be hard for you to comeback  to your normal self but now she's messin up her health, y'know  pawnin jewels and things and sellin sweaters off her shelf  Now hold up a second see, wait just a minute  Now don't say that this smokin crack shit's a epidemic  but now I guess it is cause my moms is caught up in it  But if I seek for help, do you think she'd be like widdit?  Nah hell naw, cause she be on missions for crumbs like bums  Moms is now strung, so now we stay up in the slums  Uptown, while pops is turnin tricks like a clown  And deep inside my heart I wish my parents like slow down  you know, and give it all a rest  Cause everyday I think about it yo it has me stressed  every whichaway but still I maintains my studies  A shadow is my buddy cause my parents don't hug me    Damn, I can't believe it  And ya don't stop, I can't believe it  I can't believe it  Aiyyo, I can't believe it    Yo..    Now here we go  Now what's the matter pops, gettin sweated by the cops  for standin on the corner, you're bound to be a goner  yo one of these days, but still you needs to clock your dough  Even if that means desertin your family to be a giga-hoe  But yo, I'm tryin to get this shit  Yo why there's no food on the table, and yo, who's payin the rent?  While James Earl was thievin on the banks  with homemade shanks, tryin to scuffle up his rank  But I can't, go out that way, so yo I pray like everynight  to God that he let my cousin see the light, right  But still, they all needs to chill  and all come correct, and maintain some self-respect  And not neglect, the one who loves them dearly  with all of my heart (no lie) no lie, sincerely  But one day soon I hope my family'll wake up  and like smell the coffee brewin, brewin  before their lives is ruined    Uhh, yo, I can't believe it  I just can't y'know, I can't believe it  Uhh, I can't believe it    Now as for myself it's kinda hard to not give a heck  about my parents and cousin who's really bein ignorant  As I strive to be all I can be and more see  A senior in high school, and man it ain't easy  With problems at the crib, plus teachers be expectin  me to do well, in these times that are hectic  But I needs to focus on my family first  on gettin us back together, cause the shit is gettin worse  and worse, it's really terrible  Way out of hand, and damn I don't understand  Why is all of this here, happenin Samantha  I always asked myself, but never had an answer  I wonder - one day, would things ever get better  with me my moms and pops and my cousin back together  Some say never but when I sleep I'm always dreamin  It's really scary to say cause damn man, y'know,  I can't believe it  Yo check it, I can't believe it  I just can't, I just can't, aiyyo, I can't believe it  Word up, I can't believe it  Yeah..