I will try I will try Not to lose my own If you cry That secret down Open up your eyes again Even you can try Don't you think You toil in vain What have you come to be, to be now? Stop for a minute You better change Your heart in time Stop for a minute You can believe that part of mine I'll be protectin you From what you run into If you will hold on Stop for a minute I rely I rely on my chance to know You and I Could feel as one Open up and start again Take a look around Don't you see what I have meant? What have you come to be, to be now? Stop for a minute You better change Your heart in time Stop for a minute You can believe that part of mine I'll be protecting you From what you run into If you will hold on Stop for a minute And what is left to you Where are you goin' to That sorrow in your life In your life What did you come to be Come to be now? Stop for a minute You better change Your heart in time Stop for a minute You can believe that part of mine I'll be protecting you From what you run into If you will hold on Stop for a minute Ah-ah-aah, stop for a minute For minute, ah-ah, stop for a minute Ooh-hoo-ooh-hoo, stop for a minute Ah-ah-aah, stop for a minute For minute, ah-ah, stop for a minute

Monday morning and the sun is dead Sky is broken and the clouds are bled I was always gonna to work Had my coffee then went back to bed I need my baby to stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh (Stop for a minute, stop for a minute) Baby, 'cause you, you're the only one that knows what I need Boy, and you know what this ache is really doing to me If you could just stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh I know you'd change your mind 'Cause, baby, it's true You've got little brittle pieces of my heart all over you Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh (Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh) Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh (Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh) Tuesday morning and I'm lying here Phone is ringing and you're not answering, oh, oh And I know I should get out of bed 'But I keep thinking 'bout the words you said I ain't, you left me Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh (Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh) Baby, 'cause you, you're the only one who knows what I need Boy, and you know what this ache is really doing to me If you could just stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh I know you'd change your mind 'Cause, baby, it's true You've got little little pieces of my heart all over you Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh (Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh) (You got) You got brittle little pieces (You got) Oh oh oh oh oh (You got) ... little brittle pieces (You got) Oh oh oh oh oh Baby, 'cause you, oh, you're the only one that knows what I need Boy, and you know what this ache is really doing to me If you could just stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh I know you'd change your mind, baby 'Cause, baby, it's true You got little brittle pieces of my heart all over you Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh (Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh) Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh (Stop for a minute, stop for a minute, oh)

And any man who knows a thing Knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all And every time I felt the hurtin' I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe How did Mandela get the will to surpass the everyday When injustice had him caged and trapped in every way? How did Gandhi ever withstand the hunger-strikes and all? Didn't do it to gain power or money if I recall It's the gift, I guess I'll pass it on, mother thinks it'll lift the stress of Babylon Mother knows, my mother she suffered blows I don't know how we survived such violent episodes I was so worried, it hurt to see you bleed But as soon as you came out the hospital you gave me sweets, yeah They tried to take you from me But you still only gave 'em some prayers and sympathy Dear Mama, you helped me write this By showing me to give is priceless And any man who knows a thing Knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all And every time I felt the hurtin' I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe All I can say is, the worst is over now We can serve the hard times, divorce it's over now They try to keep us out, but they doors is open now My nigga Akon is gettin' awards and covers now This is K'naan, and still reppin' the S Comin' out of Mogadishu and still draped in the mess And no matter how we strong homie It ain't easy comin' out of where we from homie And it's the reason why I can never play phoney "Tell 'em the truth" is what my dead homies told me, ooh yeah I take inspiration from the most heinous of situations Creatin' medication out my own tribulations Dear Africa, you helped me write this By showin' me to give is priceless And any man who knows a thing Knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all And every time I felt the hurtin' I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe Nothin' is perfect man, that's what the world is All I know is I'm enjoyin' today You know 'Cause it ain't every day that you get to give And any man who knows a thing Knows he knows not a damn, damn thing at all And every time I felt the hurtin' I felt the givin' gettin' me up off the wall I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe (Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah) I ain't got nothing to complain about (Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah yeah) You know where I'm from, and you know where I'm at, so I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride (I'm flying high) I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe (yeah yeah yeah) I'm just gonna take a minute and let it ride (peace) I'm just gonna take a minute and let it breathe (yeah yeah yeah)

Dnyc3 has signed on Started from the bottom did whole lot They see a nigga winning hoes gon' flock Niggas dirty mac'n on the name and still ain't got no joints They fronted on me back then but that's besides the point Now I'm at the finish line I only move when the money call I'm focused like I'm off that adderall Young nigga had em all And them haters I ain't round y'all You niggas praying for my down fall And I ain't even lost yet Obi said I'm up next And these hoes man don't sweat Toss em like they Jazzy Jeff You can bank on that, this shit all facts These snakes don't gets no daps, uh Now she wanna put me on the team She said my D is nice the beats put me in the league (Leimert) And Aziz got my back If you niggas hating Kash got the strap It's the mutha-fuckin Pope See a nigga like me ion take no L's No No Every time you see me know I'm up Way up boy that's all I know I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been going so hard that I keep on winning Ain't shit you can tell me. aye Biggie said mo money mo problems But I never had problem getting money I been winning for a long time, never switched up She wanna roll with a winner better keep ya chick tucked Road to success man I'm taking lanes up Don't hate when I get that Roover, get yo range up Man I see them punks hating telling them niggas go sleep I dun seen close friends turn to enemies Chris Tucker, Charlie Sheen, money talks better speak up Just to be Frank I want the respect like Aretha And uh To the sky's my fate, the pigs I shake Leimert's the only L I'll take and that's hunnid And Aziz got my back If you niggas hating Kash got the strap It's the mutha-fuckin Pope See a nigga like me ion take no L's No No Every time you see me know I'm up Way up boy that's all I know I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been winning for a minute I been going so hard that I keep on winning Ain't shit you can tell me, aye Biggie said mo money mo problems But I never had problem getting money I been winning for a minute