I'll be there
Mr. Jokes Lyrics

Yo man sure is hard out here
It's really tough out here.

Believe that, I keep looking on
I keep trying to stay optimistic.

Ya know, expecting you to be there for me again
I'm hoping for your support again.

When I need you
When I really need you.

You got that time but I need you coming back strong
You had time before but I need your strength again.

Don't be silent ya heard me?
Don't be silent, do you hear me?

Dawg, just let it be known bro I got much love for you bro
Just want you to know, I have a lot of love for you.

Come on home here
Come back home to me.

I miss ya
I miss you so much.

I'm fightin tears for the time you spent
I'm holding back tears thinking about the time we spent together.

When your nights are dark, but in your heart you got a friend
Even when you're lonely, you have a friend in your heart.

You chose a destiny of prison terms and crack pipes
You made the choice to end up in prison and addicted to crack.

I fell victim to a world full of hard women and gang life
I got caught up with women and the gang lifestyle.

You did nine, now you got five
You served a nine-year sentence and now still have five years left.

And every day I feel like I'm fighting myself just to stay alive
Every day feels like a struggle to survive.

I got a little money but it ain't all that
I have a small amount of money, but it's not enough.

What's the use of having it if it'll keep you from going back
What's the use of having money if it will entice you to go back to your old habits?

I saw a look in your eyes like you wasn't scared to die
I saw a look in your eyes that made me think you weren't afraid to die.

You lost your mom and your sister in three months
You lost your mom and sister in the span of three months.

and never once I saw you cry
I never saw you cry about it.

Maybe it was a soldier thing or you didn't know how
Maybe it was because you were a soldier or just didn't know how to show emotion.

Cause so many nights I pray to God, just look at our life and smile
I pray to God so many nights to look at our lives and find happiness in it.

Cause somewhere in this ghetto life we lost our heart
In this impoverished life, we lost our compassion.

Now we just a bunch of helpless souls searching for heaven, play your part
Now, we're just a group of hopeless individuals trying to find solace, do your part.

I witness you fight the demons in your mind
I saw you fight the inner demons in your head.

You told me they come late at night, you know that he was hard to find
You told me that they haunt you at night, and they're hard to shake off.

But sometimes you gotta sit back and relax, and say a prayer
Sometimes, you have to take a moment to breathe and pray.

Cause when all the pain goes away I'll always be there
When all your pain subsides, I'll still be there for you.

Some of the ??? around the way on they third and fourth babies
Some of the girls around here are already on their third or fourth child.

I wonder if you was home one of them would be yours
I wonder if you were here if you would have fathered one of them.

You gotta laugh at that, life is crazy
You just have to laugh because life is absurd.

The other day Larry Tunes got twenty
Larry Tunes received a twenty-year sentence the other day.

He said he had to feed his baby, pay some bills and take care of his lady
He told me he has to provide for his child, pay bills, and take care of his partner.

I went around the way and the new thing seemed to be wheelchairs
I noticed that people seem to be in wheelchairs more often around here.

Either they too blind to see or they just don't care
They either lack awareness or apathetic about their situation.

I saw your grandmother and she looked okay
I saw your grandmother and she seemed fine.

But you know black women, they strong, they only cry when they pray
You know how black women are, they're strong and only cry when they pray.

And I'm still tryin to bang all the tricks you used to hit up
I'm still trying to hook up with the women you used to hit on.

And as usual they ask me where you at, and tell me what's up
They keep asking me where you are and what's going on with you.

But lately every day, now I caught my hands without a bottle
But, recently, I've been able to go without drinking.

I guess I feel the pressure of these magazines callin me a role model
I suppose I feel the pressure of magazines calling me a role model.

I look in these kids' eyes and I see confusion
When I look into these kids' eyes, I see a lot of uncertainty.

We never knew how bad it was, we just wanted to represent, never losin (New Orleans)
We never knew how dire the situation was; we just wanted to represent our city.

And no matter how times get hard, You just think about it, you look in your heart, I'll play my part
No matter how tough things get, just think about it, and I'll take care of my responsibilities.