Dear family and friends 
I need to thank you 
... sending you 
I need to show my gratitude 
I [bad word] ... all to you 
Thank you for pulling me through 

Refrain: 
Dear family and friends 
I really need to thank you 
You are there for me 
so I will always be - there for you 
And this is how I show my gratitude 

Dear momma let me start off with you 
I know there ain't a thing you wouldn't do 
to try and pull me through 
And if there's anything good to be said about me 
Than it's [bad word] that I owe it all to you 

Remember back when we in the old apartement 
With every minute that was spent was [bad word] hard thugging 
Even though pops was gone, I know you stood strong 
(And if the crib need [bad word] thought through song) 

And in the end told me right from wrong [bad word] 
Even though I ended up doing some wrong [bad word] 
I came out of it, strong and fit and equiped 
with the right state of mind to go and handle [bad word] 

Until my (second) died, It really makes me sad 
I thought ... appreciate the thing that I had 
And that's some [bad word] fatherhood 
and if I could love you more 
than you know that I would and should for sure 

Pops, I'm really glad we're talking again 
On the phone to [bad word]  long distance and 
Every instance when you tell me of the ... (glory) 
I can ashure you, you never worry 
And ashure you that Tamara loves you and 
And I know that she knows that you love her too 

So stop buggin dude 
And go and give her a call 
Mather of fact, here's her number, cause we family y'all 

Dear family and friends 
I need to thank you 
sending you 
I need to show my gratitude 
I [bad word] ... all to you 
Thank you for pulling me through 

Refrain 

I wanna send my love to every girl I ever went with 
who saw that thing in me that others couldn't see 
Now many do, and they're giving love too 
But it ain't the same as the love I've gotten from you 
So thank you, for that, stay [bad word]  to that 
Even when other guys try to convince you I was wack 
Staying back to back 
is the reason why I love all the women in my life and that's a fact 

I'm so grateful for all of the love that I've gotten 
Even when, ... hateful and rotten 
It ain't forgotten, but I'm grateful for the negative 
Cause through my music I can turn it into something positive 
I guess this is how I live 
I guess this is how I give 
My love through this track 
So please remember that 

Dear family and friends 
This is the way I send my love back