Remember Me

[Tino]

Now up and at 'em it's on, I was raised to be strong
And Mama told me be a fighter since the day I was born
I came up, out the gutter never changed my style
Got for real about my life, cause the game was wild
And the money was a plot to try to change me
And what's strange is nobody knew my name before it came
Now the whole world is calling me a, Diablo
All I ever did, was try to reach everyone with the real
All the time I was ballin', never heard my friends callin'
Couldn't stop myself from fallin', I'm all in
sh*t's gettin sleazy, believe me
Best to take what you need, but don't be greedy
Cause in my mind, I see sunshine, I thought
I didn't have to run, now I'm ducking from the gun yellin, 'Not this Time'
Take your time to see my record, and if you did
chill a second, my blind method, will still wreck it
My young brothers stay strong
I wonder if they'll listen to a brother when he's gone?

My ambition's so high, so he thinks he can touch the sky
Turn tough inside, in the rush to die
Livin life as a Diablo time to face the truth
What's going on with the wasted youth? please God
come and save me, had to work with what ya gave me
And got a Diablo goin crazy
I can't read the signs, I'm blind, but we all know
he need his nine, cause times, they ain't what they used to be
Ain't a cage built strong enough for me
and my kindred on the streets, man listen
Cause these ain't the old days
Ain't no way I'm a bustin my ass and gettin no pay
It seems I can't find my focus, and I ain't paranoid
I seen the future and it seems hopeless
Lord knows, its hard on a young scrub
It seems I had less problems when I ate crumbs
But since I'm tryin lace everyone with the game
wanna see me locked in chains, tryin' to dirty up my name
And them same motherf*ckers that was callin' me
Will be the first to turn their backs, when I'm fallin, see
I should have seen it from the jump, but now it's clear
This one Diablo got the community in fear

I wrote this for my critics and my, enemies
When I first stepped here you used to love me, huh REMEMBER ME
Now ya hate me with a passion, tryin to get me stuck in the mix
I'm stayin sharp, got no time for your tricks
And now they wonder if I'm ever going to leave
Just as well, cause my life on the streets - a living Hell
And I can't sleep, and mercy Lord
Come get me 'fore they hurt me
Ran outta tears, and through the years couldn't change me
My father left me alone, left so angry
I never did nothin' wrong, my mother told me, "Baby it's on"
And now I'm hustlin and bustlin bones
Never said it came easy, I'm makin' cheese
Buyin all the things on TV, and gettin' skeezed
Wish my spirits could see me now
Bad motherf*cker runnin' wild through the towns
Please tell me, are you still down?