[00:22.503] Stages in life no one said that it was right
[00:26.805] But I've got to hustle for the kids
[00:29.245] God only knows where I've gone and been
[00:31.492] Til we reach the end
[00:33.547] Just stay strong and be a friend
[00:38.199] I cram to understand why a woman and a man
[00:40.493] Make a plan to enter matrimony then he takes her hand
[00:42.712] Put that ring on her finger, couple of kids in minivans
[00:44.765] Standin' in the stands like a fan, watch her little man
[00:47.089] Run ball... And every time you see the family they look happy
[00:49.658] Got a mama and a daddy and I think they got a lil' dog
[00:52.268] But daddy had a cat on the side
[00:53.810] He would hide her from his ride decide not to divide
[00:56.013] Kept the yam in the hide the spouse in the house
[00:58.291] Boy its cheaper to keep her you **** around and take a loss
[01:00.437] Come up short like Short Dog cuss words flow like
[01:03.002] (Mother****er, shit, goddamn asshole)
[01:05.043] Took my shit (Beitch!) ****!
[01:07.635] Stages in life no one said that it was right
[01:11.486] But I've got to hustle for the kids
[01:13.996] God only knows where I've gone and been
[01:16.261] Til we reach the end
[01:18.398] Just stay strong and be a friend
[01:22.799] It was the night that they done dipped
[01:24.302] And all throughout the palace
[01:25.304] Death didn't do us part, heart broke or no more marriage (Beitch!)
[01:27.687] When it happens you'll be slappin' yourself rememberin'
[01:29.867] You coulda remained boyfriend and girlfriend
[01:31.913] Now you're sittin' in the courthouse, plaintiff and defendant (Bitch)
[01:34.326] Pleadin' to the judge you was in it to win it
[01:36.349] In the beginnin' was splendid see she was grinnin' and spendin'
[01:38.539] All of her time wit the kids an' in the kitchen she'd cook
[01:40.970] She was fierce on the stove it was always great
[01:43.097] Covered plates in the microwave when I came home late
[01:45.469] But now we just debate like some candidates damn I hate
[01:47.745] Friction wishin' I had paperwork on the misses but I didn't
[01:50.562] Damn... ****in' around (Hey baby)
[01:52.541] Stages in life no one said that it was right
[01:56.494] But I've got to hustle for the kids
[01:58.751] God only knows where I've gone and been
[02:01.147] Til we reach the end
[02:03.183] Just stay strong and be a friend
[02:08.264] Girl you have to remember
[02:11.482] I gotta provide for the family and future
[02:15.389] So please stay down and please stay around cause you know
[02:20.617] That I'm tryna change but its hard cause I've been this way
[02:26.292] (Man you already knew that shit)
[02:28.326] Stages in life no one said that it was right
[02:32.405] But I've got to hustle for the kids
[02:34.721] God only knows where I've gone and been
[02:37.022] Til we reach the end
[02:39.094] Just stay strong and be a friend