Taken For Granted

[Syke talking] Yeah, this goes out To all my little shorties, my nephews My lil homeboy's kids My big homeboy's kids And uh, my neutral son Chris man Little Corey Mack I had to put you in this one man Cause you know I love you Verse 1: Now take little Corey Mack just livin' on the edge Not a care in the world just a walkin' dead, people said He wouldn't live past the age ah sixteen Juvenile delinquent constantly sykin' up to dope fiends Mean mugging over thuggin' on everybody he knew Had a down crew tripped out on them to But the booze started kickin' in he couldn't win Now eighteen on his way to the state pen Don't turn ya back on ya friends was in the letters he wrote His mom going broke on packages and Newports Time's short and now his terror's on the streets Big Corey Mack's back trippin' only been a week At his peak wid his devilish game His family's tryna keep him tamed He's tryna build his street fame He said he can't change or rearrange for the right Then he didn't come home one night You tell me what happened... [Syke talks] Now this one, goes out, to my little homegirls Nelly's daughters and all my lil homegirls daughters Verse 2: Now take lil pretty fine Priscilla Got turned out, chasin' cash and drug dealers Big willies only leave ya lonely and dissed Back in the day Priscilla wasn't even like this She had to insist on being conceited, and flauntin' her looks Instead ah reachin' her mind in the text book Many got shook for havin' low budgets and regular cars No action wid a buck she wants a movie star by far She's gorgeous and the center of attraction She wants a football player wid a mansion, the latest fashion She needs is that the greed is wrong Her parents gave her morals that were strong, hear me on How she canived on one girlfriend Slept wid one's man cause he had a Benz When will it end and will she ever give up Now she got five kids livin' life stuck You tell me what happened... Verse 3: Now in life you gotta use what you got Don't try to plot cause you only get one shot To get what you can sequence the plan of a realist Some don't never ever take nuthin' serious Keep this in mind ya runnin' outta time make a decision Set goals, have dreams, no matter what position that you in Play to win, the game is cold Some givin' up game that ain't need to be told Suckas fold like money it's funny how bad loves company Stay true to something And you will see sunny days Betta ways are the routes to get out Can't find a way pray if you ever in doubt Let you out of the ghetto, hello fool this is real life Adversity and distress is on the way to paradise Enticed by expensive things you can't have patience It'll be there waitin' Take nothing for granted [Syke talking] Yeah, and that's for sure Take nothing for granted in life Everything that you get, betta cherish it Like it ain't never coming back Cause it might not come back So, all the little ones Just think before ya do something Cause life's to short, wid no support