Tq Been a long time The second coming Yeah Been a long time I'm sittin here waitin wonderin and thinkin 'bout our life Where we gonna end up So many of them don't understand how this thing goes You can only take so much Sometimes I'm feelin like I had enough For all the times I feel like you're not up against me Anything to try and get me influence my mind Had me fightin too long Such a long time (? ? ? ) I thank the lord for making me a soldier Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight I'm on time (? ? ? ) So if it's just the cream that you go for Such a thin line Been such a long time Oh makin me kind of crazy just thinkin 'bout All the shit that you go through Just tryin to be you Listen to me now So hard these days to find creative ways For everybody to move they body We free to speak but warned to watch what you say I'm sayin feel like you're not up against me Anything to try to get me influence my mind It's been such a long time Such a long time (? ? ? ) I thank the lord for making me a soldier Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight I'm on time (? ? ? ) So if it's just the cream that you go for Such a thin line Been such a long time So many waiting for something to happen it's crazy Dear lie, you're not up against me Anything to try to get me influence my mind It's been such a long time Such a long time (? ? ? ) I thank the lord for making me a soldier Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight I'm on time (? ? ? ) So if it's just the cream that you go for Such a thin line It's been such a long time (? ? ? ) I thank the lord for making me a soldier Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight I'm on time (? ? ? ) So if it's just the cream that you go for Such a thin line Such a long time (? ? ? ) I thank the lord for making me a soldier Work on the corner every night gotta struggle and fight / so tq, I listened to your first album, and now I heard the second one. I know How I feel about it. but why don't you tell me what makes you different from Many other r& b male artists? huh, what makes me different? you probably can answer that as good as I can. how's that? I mean, you see me right here, you see me on stage. it's the same thing. i Ain't gotta ? dial? in my hair with all kinds of funny colors and jump around Stage like some kind of asshole. I ain't gotta do none of that. is that right? I ain't gotta dress all up, put make-up all on. all I gotta do is stay real And deal with the issues that I deal with and my peoples deal with every day. That real shit. that's what soul music is about. where you heard it for yourself. for all you fake-ass niggas listen and Learn. this is neighborhood reporting for headbeat magazine. stay real. B-iotch!!!