Open Letter

[00:00.00]Lil Wayne - Open Letter
[00:19.51]Ah-em
[00:21.24]Sometimes I feel like I ain't sh*t
[00:23.06]Sometimes a n***a feel like sh*t
[00:26.40]Talking 'bout some real life sh*t
[00:28.13]Goodbye letter dear life sh*t
[00:31.07]So if a n***a kill me hope he mean it
[00:33.15]I just hope I die for a reason
[00:36.09]They probably won't miss me til they need me
[00:38.12]Have problems with admittin' that they need me lord
[00:41.03]I'm talking' 'bout some real life sh*t
[00:43.06]Goodbye letter dear life sh*t
[00:45.46]Way too concerned to be conceited
[00:47.23]I live and I learn then die tryna teach 'em lord
[00:50.83]Die tryna reach 'em
[00:52.20]They care more about how much I leave 'em
[00:53.95]Whered I leave it
[00:55.39]I hope I leave more of an impression on my kids
[00:57.82]To be destined to have blessings to believe in lord
[01:01.08]Just got off the phone with my son
[01:02.91]Told him you a son of a gun
[01:05.12]Just got off the phone with my daughter
[01:06.74]Told her I won't hesitate to f**k a young n***a up lord
[01:10.80]A few b**ches left me
[01:12.60]That only got a new b**ch elected
[01:15.05]My old b**ch was too disrespectful
[01:17.59]And only give my new b**ch respect
[01:19.42]That's power yes
[01:21.93]So now we're next
[01:23.91]Can't lie though I tried though
[01:25.85]I'll die tryin' that's a common death
[01:28.75]We was such a team we was chasin' our dreams
[01:31.04]Then it stopped now I'm outta breath
[01:33.57]Now they try to tell me I need rest
[01:35.20]And I find love again I ain't find it yet
[01:38.40]Oh but I guess it is what it is
[01:41.41]As it appears oh sh*t
[01:43.65]The object in the mirror is more near than it appears oh sh*t
[01:48.53]And sometimes I fear who in the mirror that n***a weird
[01:52.45]He done died so many times but still here
[01:56.07]Why am I here
[01:57.97]Dear life
[02:03.54]What is my meaning my reason
[02:10.30]Naked b**ches really love ones
[02:11.94]Sometimes our loved ones don't love us
[02:15.08]I'm f**kin' more than I'm makin' love
[02:16.85]Sometimes I make my rubber wear a rubber
[02:20.22]I just tell my lady nothings easy
[02:22.05]Even though I make it look easy
[02:24.99]But understand looks are deceiving
[02:26.97]Looking' like I'm looking' for some grievance
[02:28.59]'Cause I been through way too much don't wanna think about it
[02:30.68]Cranky 'bout it gotta drink about it
[02:32.34]Gotta synchronize it tranquilize it
[02:33.66]Doctor ain't prescribin' what he ain't realizin'
[02:35.54]Pain inside me got me thinkin' 'bout me
[02:37.11]Tryna hang my body sanctifyin'
[02:38.27]I'm a gangsta dyin' 'cause all gangsters die
[02:40.36]I can't deny it you can't tame my lion
[02:41.89]I'm a angry lion hangin' by a string
[02:43.51]I can't describe it
[02:44.42]Feel like a anchor tied to my finger
[02:46.14]Got me sinkin' to the bottom of my drink
[02:48.09]I know a lotta n***as think I got a lotta n***as
[02:50.53]There's strength in numbers but there's honor over strength
[02:52.92]I talked to god the other day he say he got a n***a
[02:55.74]So I look death up in her eye and then I wink
[02:58.18]It's way too real
[02:59.72]The sh*t I'm talking' way way too real
[03:01.49]I hope it gave you chills
[03:02.65]The dirt under your feet could be the grave you fill
[03:04.96]You don't know how dead you feel 'til you're dead for real
[03:07.55]Getting' high after I paid the bill
[03:09.78]Lower than a navy seal
[03:11.51]Show up with them navy guns
[03:13.03]I hope somebody prayin' for 'em
[03:14.82]Price tag no mistake somebody payin' for 'em
[03:17.26]Ice bath when my face numb no expression
[03:19.54]What's the life expectancy when you don't expect sh*t
[03:22.03]Mama told me f**k the world and be so aggressive
[03:24.57]Be so fluorescent watch these hoes 'cause they so obsessive
[03:26.98]I don't get too high to look over blessings
[03:28.96]Never come in second make the most of your seconds
[03:31.04]They so precious
[03:32.00]'Cause if we could buy time every store would sell it
[03:34.25]If you want me to read your mind need correct spelling
[03:36.94]I keep it real n***as better keep it copasetic
[03:39.34]Where the weed I feel like I'm getting' a sober headache
[03:41.97]Looking' in the mirror at the one that know me better
[03:44.15]I was too busy to talk I wrote an open letter
[03:47.00]Dear life
[03:52.43]What is my meaning my reason
[03:57.43]That's the question
[04:02.15]I ask the reader
[04:04.65]God bless the reader
[04:07.29]Dear life
[04:12.25]What is my meaning my reason
[04:17.35]That's the question
[04:19.00]You know when he told me toya was havin' a baby
[04:21.08]I say y'all young you know y'all young
[04:24.35]But I said be the best father
[04:25.91]You can be you know and truly he is that