Hook:

All day (they need me)
Always (they need me)
They all say (they need me, they need me, they need me
My kinfolk (they need me)
It's them folks (they need me)
Foreal doe (they need me, they need me, they need me)
This block (they need me)
This spot (they need me)
Hip hop (they need me, they need me, they need me)
Them old cats (they need me)
Them young cats (they need me)
They know dat (they need me, they need me, they need me)

Verse 1:

I always do the best I could
Most the things I be see'n aint no good
Besides out here gettin jooged
The worst thang is being misunderstood
Misquoted or misread
Enough to keep ya from sleepin good in ya bed
So many things go through my head
What goods a dream if you never give it no legs
Yeah I could rap, yeah I could write
Yeah I could shoot good too, yeah I could snipe
Yeah I could scrap, yeah I could fight
But half these dudes in da street don't see the light
Don't think this world is evil you cats smokin
Get ya family clapped or heartbroken
I lost my cousin in Oakland
R.I.P Elijah I'm still focused


Hook:

All day (they need me)
Always (they need me)
They all say (they need me, they need me, they need me
My kinfolk (they need me)
It's them folks (they need me)
Foreal doe (they need me, they need me, they need me)
This block (they need me)
This spot (they need me)
Hip hop (they need me, they need me, they need me)
Them old cats (they need me)
Them young cats (they need me)
They know dat (they need me, they need me, they need me)

Verse 2:

Same cat though you see me on a posta
Swear my mind need to have it's own holsta
These kinda times make me glad that I'm soba
These kinda moments are what make ya heart stronger
They pressure high, but I'm too stubborn to die
My passion and my drive look that's what keep me alive
I already siaid this ain't no Jekyll and Hyde
But that I'm the same guy and I'm gettin better wit time
Like you need shoes so you could walk up in these streets
Or they need tubes to help these lil babies eat
How they need schools so that they got a place to teach
How these producers really need me on these beats
I got game, yeah I got aim
I got style galore I got range
I got bronze, yeah I got brains
I got so much I could offer so why change?

Hook:

All day (they need me)
Always (they need me)
They all say (they need me, they need me, they need me
My kinfolk (they need me)
It's them folks (they need me)
Foreal doe (they need me, they need me, they need me)
This block (they need me)
This spot (they need me)
Hip hop (they need me, they need me, they need me)
Them old cats (they need me)
Them young cats (they need me)
They know dat (they need me, they need me, they need me)

Bridge:
Yeah, yeah they need me
I know they need me
Um, yeah they need me
They need me
They need me
Yeah, yeah they need me
I know they need me
Um, yeah they need me
They need me
They need me

Verse 3:

Can tell a lot from yo silence
I understand what's goin on in ya conscience
So you doin have to tell me you need me
I know... yeah
One time for my convicts
Two times for my people in the projects
Look they don't have to tell me they need me
I know

Hook:

All day (they need me)
Always (they need me)
They all say (they need me, they need me, they need me
My kinfolk (they need me)
It's them folks (they need me)
Foreal doe (they need me, they need me, they need me)
This block (they need me)
This spot (they need me)
Hip hop (they need me, they need me, they need me)
Them old cats (they need me)
Them young cats (they need me)
They know dat (they need me, they need me, they need me)

Outro:

Yeah yeah they need me
I know they need me
Um yeah they need me
They need me
They need me