Get Your Mind Right

[Verse 1]
Spare a moment for thought, I'm reminiscing 'bout our younger days
You was a real, I catch you with your stunning ways
And it was funny too, I had a mad crush on ya
Never got a chance to step and put my touch on ya
That's aight, though I was content with being friends
Wish I could've changed the way this here story ends
Still can't get my head around it, that's word
You see, I recognize game and a real woman's worth
You was priceless, a gem; sold your soul for a fix
Now you running 'round with many men, just another trick
Wish I could've sheltered you from all the bullshit
You was just too young and easily fooled quick
From a good home though so I don't know what you was thinkin'
Runnin' with the thugs, started smokin' and drinkin'
Heard you was only twelve, let them fools run up in ya
Moms tryna help but you flipping her the finger
Why you waste your love on a man who leave your face red?
Got you basting and bumped the fuck out when you pregnant
My heart breaks to see you sell yourself short of life
Only you can make it change; ain't nobody live it twice
You might be creeping on the low but you ain't outta sight
Still hit the clubs, lick it up every night
If you really want your kids back, gots to quit the pipe
Baby girl, you grown now; time to get your mind right

[Chorus]
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, gots to get your mind right
When the time's right, you can take flight, take flight
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, gots to get your mind right
When the time's right, you can take flight

[Verse 2]
Now you can catch me with a bottle thinking 'bout that night
If I was there to hold you back, would you have grabbed that knife?
Was it the liquor or the weed or did that fool say something?
I don't know what set it off but in the end you stuck him
Twenty-two stab wounds and doing those tattoos
It's stripes for that uce, you did what you had to
And it's been six long years, time done passed by
Miss you in the hood, it ain't the same when we ride
Hope to see you real soon, we could do it real big
Unite the whole fam; welcome back, my nig
Barbeque on the grill, ease back, pop a bottle top
[?] and let the motherfucking speakers knock
But I already know what's up soon as you get released
You're gonna wanna see what's going down in the streets
Back to the block, sip that gold Hennessy
Check out the old spots; hit up old enemies
Same flag on, get straight back to [?]
My uso with an attitude always up to somethin'
On the realest level though, this is your chance to be a father
Every man needs to be around for his daughter
I don't mean no disrespect tryna wake your intellect
What kind of friend would I be if I stood back and held my breath?
If it ain't about our kids, then what the fuck's the point of life?
Do what you wanna do as long as your mind's right

[Chorus]
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, gots to get your mind right
When the time's right, you can take flight, take flight
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, gots to get your mind right
When the time's right, you can take flight

[Verse 3]
This my twenty-third year of living; hard for me to believe
Learn how to love, hate, forgive, show respect and grieve
At times, I reminisce and wish I did things differently
I'm not the same man no more, this world is different to me
I got a son now to stick around for and provide things
All I seem to do is worry, troubled thoughts; my mind brings enough
Time brings clarity, I'm waiting on the sun to shine
Though solidarity proves to be quite hard to find
Somebody tell me where the hell do I find peace?
Teardrops pour like rain, cover ground like scattered leaves
A thousand tales told through the chapters of my tatted sleeves
Sharper blades for evil men that tend to do bad deeds
These are my darkest days so I feel like they're my last
Tryna illustrate my mental state, provide a righteous path
For my child's footsteps to claim; even though my own steps still seem astray
God, help me; I'm feeling trapped without a way out
I'm falling down to the ground; not to this pipe I'm bound
They want my sense to be my legacy but I face facts
Cut up my heart with this pen and lay it out on the track
Gotta stop wasting moments 'cause I'll never get it back
I'm tryna pull my life together, that's where the fuck my mind's at

[Chorus]
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, gots to get your mind right
When the time's right, you can take flight, take flight
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, gots to get your mind right
When the time's right, you can take flight, take flight

Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, gots to get your mind right
When the time's right, you can take flight, take flight
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, time to get your mind right
Get your mind right, gots to get your mind right
When the time's right, you can take flight, take flight