[Chorus] When you need me, you can call me And I'll be there for you When you need me, you can call me And I'll be there for you When you need me, you can call me And I'll be there for you When you need me, you can call me And I'll be there for you [Verse 1] Keep the main thang, main thang, let it maintain Let it gang bang, slang cane, let it rain, man Feelin' same pain, still stand, made it through the quicksand Choke chain, still hang, tryna lift the weight, damn I been tryna say "daddy" since I was a baby You was somewhere up in Cali, prolly goin' crazy Somehow I didn't let that phase me Let that faze me? Nah So I gotta thank my momma, you can thank my pop Keep the pace, pace, pace, marathon race Step into the gates, they open And I see the holy face, see the face, face, face Smile through the hate, tryna make it to the pearly gates Still great, great, great Still make cake, for the family, dinner plate To the plate, plate, plate Keep the fate, fate, fate, not a chance, never change Through the pain, through the flames Through the fire and the rain Through the good and the bad Through the ugly, through the shame Through the drugs and the gangs Through the courts and the case If you ever need me, know I got you [Chorus] When you need me, you can call me And I'll be there for you When you need me, you can call me And I'll be there for you When you need me, you can call me And I'll be there for you When you need me, you can call me And I'll be there for you [Verse 2] Let the face-to-face contact Set up a contract I can't be seen with my comrades That are sellin' grams of the contraband But I'm glad to be a black man I coulda been a whiteman The stress woulda been a life span Livin' through this
