Tell my mother I'm sorry, I never
meant to hurt her
& Even when I did I never
meant to take it further
Tell my father I love
him, dot dot excetera
He used to give me advice like a plethora
I tried to find myself but I was your replica
I mean I only tried to be
what you never was
Tell my older brother I'm
bad at being a brother
I know I never told you just
how highly I think of ya
Tell my grandmother she always been
a friend to me
I would have visited more
if I wasn't into me
Tell Trey I think his mother
is an asshole
When you get older you might
understand how that go's
Tell the hood I left, not for greed or wealth
I did it for my own sanity
& keep my health
I tried to bring a few with
me, hoping we could cash in
But all they said is that I ain't do
it in a timely fashion
Tell... music she saved me
when shit was adverse
My first love I give my life
so she can have hers
Tell my friends, each one,
they taught me how to be one
I owe them part of everything
I've become
Tell fame I ain't want it, nah
I'll keep it a hunnid
I try my best to go and get
it but the nigga fronted
SO! I lie dormant, living through torment
Tell cops I've got
warrents I don't warrant
Tell the therapist "look I never
thought I'd get here"
Somebody ask love why
she ain't wanna live here
So in it's place is a lot of pride
Anybody thinking they know me,
I apologize
Grandpa is eighty plus still being strong
Tell the fake niggas "keep
on keeping on"
Faithfully tell anybody who hated me
Hastily, all it ever did was motivated me
They say I'm difficult, so to put it simply
Tell the world I never cared
it was against me
Tell god to be there in case I fall
Tell fans I never gyped em I always
gave them my all
Tell my girl she put me through it
But if I had to go through it with any
body I'm thankful it's her
Tell every member of my family
For too long I hid behind my own insanity
& got me caught up
& then Somebody tell currency
I chased him to the death
I thought I'd catch the nigga
until I ran out of breath
Tell my bruises "I'm fine, I'm good,
I normally heal quick"
Tell the rain come down,
I need to feeeeel it
I told a nigga give me a hand but he wouldn't
I kept telling myself I can't until I couldn't
If niggas wanna kill me
tell em I already died
Tell anybody that will listen I tried
Til the water ran dry
Tell the water to get the fuck out my eyes
Tell the crust it tastes great but
I much rather the pie
Ask success what I got to
do to succeed
Then tell my twin brothers I look
at em like my seeds
Ya'll will be the mouths I feed
If a nigga ever tell me how to rid
myself of some of this greed
I tell them that I'm grown,
really I ain't finish growing
Look, tell failure I ain't
wanna get to know him
Tell the stick up kids to
come and get me
Tell the stereotypes,
look I tried them shits on...they didn't fit me
Tell whoever I wronged I apologize
& Tell me though it's bumps in the road,
still I gotta ride
They tell me I got a lot of pride
I tell them how the FUCK you gon'
tell me what I got inside
Then they wanna lecture a nigga
Tell me life is what you make it
That when I tell them I beg to differ
Joe Budden 
