Picture My Pain

[Chours]
Somebody save me, lost and crazy,
Scared to drop a seed hopin' I ain't cursed my babies
Maybe now niggas feel me now, visualize the flames 
Will I be smothered by my own pain, by my own pain
 
[Tupac]
Our lifestyles be close captioned
addicted to fatal attractions
Pictures of actions be played back
in the midst of mashin'
No fairy tales for this young black male
Some see me stranded in this land of [bad word] 
jail, and crack sales
Hustlin' and heart be a [bad word] culture
or the repercutions while bustin' on backstabbin' vultures
Sellin' my soul for material wishes, fast cars and [bad word] 
Wishin' I live my life a legend, immortalized in pictures
 Why shed tears? Save your sympathy
 My childhood years were spent buryin' my peers in the cemetary
Here's a message to the newborns, waitin' to breathe
If you believe then you can achieve
Just look at me
Against all odds, though life is hard we carry on
Livin' in the projects, broke with no lights on
To all the seeds that follow me
protect your essence
Born with less, but you still precious
Just smile for me now

[Scarface]
Now as I open up my story
with the blaze a your blunts
And you can picture thoughts slowly
up on phrases I wrote
And I can walk you through the days that I done
I often wish that I could save everyone
but I'm a dreamer
Have you ever seen a [bad word] who was strong in the game
overlookin' his tomorrows and they finally came?
Look back on childhood memories and I'm still feelin' the pain
Turnin' circles in my life came to dealin' cocaine
To many hassles in my local life, survivin' the strain
And a man without a focus, life could drive him insane
Stuck inside a ghetto fantasy hopin' it'd change
But when I focus on reality we broke and in chains
Had a dream of livin' wealthy and makin' it big
And after all my momma's thankin' God for blessin' the child
All my momma gots to do now is collect it and smile
Smile