MAKE ME HAPPY '14

VERSE I
I REMEMBER, BACK IN THE DAYS WHEN WAS A LITTLE YOUNGIN,
I WOULD GO OUTSIDE TO PLAY, WITH THE OTHER HOOD YOUNGINS.
FOOTBALL ON THE STREET, SKINNED UP KNEES.
NO SCREAMING FOULS, NO BAND-AID, LET IT BLEED.
FREEZE TAG, MANHUNT, HIDE AND GO GET IT.
STREETLIGHTS CAME ON, DAMN! I'MA GET IT.
OUR CRIB WASN'T THE BEST PLACE TO GO.
ME AND MY SISTER MADE THE BEST OUT OF IT THO.
WE WOULD SIT AROUND, TALKIN' BOUT HOW LIFE COULD BE.
WE WOULD FANTASIZE ON HOW LIFE WOULD BE.
STOOD BACK-TO-BACK, AS WE FOUGHT THROUGH THE STRUGGLE.
COVERED EACH OTHERS ASS, WHEN EVER WE GOT IN TROUBLE.
OUR CRIB WAS LIKE THE HANGOUT SPOT.
OTHER WORDS, HANGOUT FOR THE OTHER YOUNG HAVE-NOTS.
I WAS THE FIRST ON THE BLOCK, TO HAVE NINTENDO.
THAT'S WHEN I FIGURED OUT HOW FAKE FRIENDS COME AND GO, FOR REAL THO.

VERSE II
KEEP PUSHING THROUGH THE STRUGGLE, THINGS WILL BE BETTER.
NO MATTER HOW HARD IT GETS, DON'T LET UP.
WE ARE STRONG BY NATURE.
IF WE KEEP PUSHING, WE'LL HIT PAY-DIRT.
I ESCAPE HURT BY DIPPING IN THE MUSIC.
I COOK UP THE WORK ANYTIME I WRITE MUSIC.
CAN'T APPRECIATE THE SUN, WITHOUT THE CLOUDS.
GOTTA FIND SOMETHING EVERYDAY, THAT MAKES YOU SMILE.
YO, YOU'RE WORTH SOMETHING TO SOMEONE, DON'T FORGET THAT.
YOU'RE A GUIDING LIGHT, LEAD THE PACK.
GOOD TIMES OUTWEIGH THE BAD IF YOU LOOK AT IT.
YOU WOKE UP RIGHT? THAT'S ANOTHER CHANCE,
TO KEEP THE SCALES TIPPED, IN YOUR FAVOR.
I KNOW WE HAVE DREAMS, SO YOU MUST CHASE EM,
SOON AS YOU WAKE UP. IT'S NEVER TO LATE.
UTIL THE CREDITS ROLL AT THE END OF YOUR MOVIE.

VERSE III
SENT DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS UP ABOVE
WAS, A BEAUTIFUL BEING, SO PRECIOUS, THAT I'LL LOVE.
THE SUN SHINNED BRIGHTER WHEN YOU CAME TO EARTH.
SIMPLY PRICELESS IS HOW I EXPLAIN YOUR WORTH.
YOUR MOTHER NAMED YOU; YOU HAVE MY LAST NAME.
WE MADE YOU OUT OF LOVE SO THAT'S YOUR MIDDLE NAME.
I'M WORKING TO PROVIDE THE THINGS YOU NEED.
YO IT’S BEEN A ROUGH ROAD, LET ME TELL YOU A FEW THINGS.
DON'T GIVE UP IF THE OUTCOME IS GOOD.
CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS WISELY, DON'T BE WHAT YOU AINT.
KEEP YOUR HYGIENE UP, TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
DON'T BE AFRAID TO ASK IF YOU NEED SOME HELP.
YOU MAKE ME SMILE AND I RETURN THOSE.
WHEN EVER WE TOGETHER, I DON'T WANT TO LET YOU GO.
THINGS WILL GET BETTER WHEN WE GO DOWN THE ROAD.
AND ONE MORE THING, DADDY LOVES YOU CLEO.