Saigon, Black Thought - Too Long lyrics

When you feel like your
Life is getting stagnated
And you know it's time for a change, say

I've been here for too long
I gotta find my way out now, Lord
Tell me what's going on
I've been here for too long
Tired of reminding myself there's no
Right way to do wrong
I've been here for too long
I'm a make it out soon, I can do it
I just gotta be strong
I've been here for too long
Cause, I've been here for too long, come on!

It's now or never
Can't stay in the same situation forever
Pfft gotta get it together

My cousin gone from the slum
Father was a bum (a bum)
He had a mother but he
Never felt she loved-ed him (loved-ed him)
People used to speculate was
It because of them
That he grew up chewing more
Than just bubble gum
He used to like to bite his nails
Even fight the girls
I used to tell him they gon'
Send yo ass right to jail pitching it hard
I never thought he'd listen to the God
When I would tell him not to
Be an addition to the yard
To my surprise, this nigga went to get a job
Now I be hearing him bragging
Bout his benefit's and all
And I applaud whoever can climb out the hood
I hope and pray to Allah y'all
Can climb out for good
The hood is where the hate is at
I make it back
Just to bring some paper back, turn around
(rrrt) make tracks i got a kid
I'm a need the crib with the lawn
You can say what you want, nigga
I've been here for too

I've been here for too long
I gotta find my way out now, Lord
Tell me what's going on
I've been here for too long
Tired of reminding myself there's no
Right way to do wrong
I've been here for too long
I'm a make it out soon, I can do it
I just gotta be strong
I've been here for too long
Cause, I've been here for too long, come on!

Uh, check it out
Yo, I'm too black and too strong
And been here for too long
Never did it right cause all I
Knew was how to do wrong
My people telling me to cut
It out like a coupon and act like a new man
Instead of like a newborn
Sometimes one to grow on
Is difficult to chew on
And everything your crew on
Is different than what you on
I'm through with bullshitting with
My trivial pursuit on
And sitting at a stop sign, time
To get a move on, cause
Criminal minds with minimal time
On the meter
Got to be on they continual grind
Trying to find hidden treasure
Like subliminal signs
And escape mental prison or a chemical bind
And I'm a stone
But a stone can't do it alone
Cause the truth can sit you down
Like two in the dome
And make it all fall apart
Like the ruins of Rome
Yo, I'm a changed man headed for home

I've been here for too long
I gotta find my way out now, Lord
Tell me what's going on
I've been here for too long
Tired of reminding myself there's no
Right way to do wrong
I've been here for too long
I'm a make it out soon, I can do it
I just gotta be strong
I've been here for too long
Cause, I've been here for too long, come on!

I know this crackhead who says
She gotta smoke nice rock and if it's good
She'll bring your customers a measuring pot
Her family members used to beg her to stop
Couldn't explain
How the cooked cocaine had her head in a lock
You hear the beat with this repetitive knock
That's the same way
They used to tell her she was
At the edge of the dock
One night she woke up butt
Naked in a crack house
Not knowing what happened
The bitch must've blacked out
Nobody to ask about what had taken place
Now she on the Internet with dog
Nut up on her face
And she caught another case trying to
Break in her mother place
Everything going wrong
She know it's cause of the base
Said it was just a pipe dream
To get her life clean
Even thought it might seem
Like the right thing
Basically I just told her that red means stop
Yellow means slow
Then you can go when the light's green
(I dropped jewels on her) That was her
Last night on the glass pipe
(Right) After thirteen years, that's right
She said, recommend a rehab and I'm gone
I wanna get strong, she said
I've been here for too long

I've been here for too long