[Intro: Guilty Simpson & Sample][Sample]Oh baby it's been so...[Guilty Simpson]Yeah[Sample]Long...[Guilty Simpson]TrueA lotta rappers be lyin', manScared to face the reality of truthYeah, it's trueCheck me, check me, yo[Verse 1: Guilty Simpson]I didn't have the driveTo put in timeTo keep hoop dreams aliveI was busy with the womenThinkin' I was livin'All the while slippin'Losin' stride, uhI used to hustle, baggin' up weedBut wasn't smart enough to separate my wants from needsI was smokin' with the crew for funAll the while losin' fundsBurnin' all my treeI tried to be a thugFightin' with mothafuckas and tearin' up the clubI don't know what it wasI needed that directionTo deal with my aggressionInstead of pullin' weaponsSqueezin' slugsYeah I was brokeRarely had dopeWe had to ante up smokeSayin' what I wrote with hopeI told myself, "You want change, that's coolRemember change starts with you"[Hook: Guilty Simpson & Sample] x2It's true...It's trueYeah, it's trueIt's true[Verse 2: Guilty Simpson]I didn't have the discipline to stick with itTo be a football star, experimentin' with the bottleIgnorin' positive role modelsPlus my homeboy had a car, shitYeah we was ghostin'Visitin' chicks, skippin' schoolAt the time, I thought it was coolShit, I had an older woman, but didn't know nothin'She had another man, I was just a fool, fuck itI tried collegeMama said "Son, you gotta do better"Kicked out first semesterBeefin' with the locals over stuffThat I didn't give a fuck aboutWhat they did, so we bucked it outToo much prideTo let somebody's bullshit rideSo I would happily shoot the fiveYeah, I needed change but I had to tell myself"You want change, you start with you"[Hook] x2[Outro: Guilty Simpson]It's trueThat's that realnessDice GameIt's true
