[chorus: brandy]
i always knew that one day
they´d try to bring me down
wooow, one day, they tried to bring me down
always knew that one day, they´d try to bring me down
dooown, way down

[kanye]
we gon´ last today, we have to pray
besides what the pastor say, i have to say
since pac passed away
most you rappers don´t even deserve a track from me
you see, if you evern wanted to ever be anything
there´d always be somebody that shoot down any dream
there´ll always be haters, that´s the way it is
hater niggaz marry hater bitches and have hater kids
but they gon´ have to take my life ´fore they take my drive
´cause when i was barely livin, that´s what kept me alive
just the thought that maybe it could be better than what we at at this time
make it out of this grind, ´fore i´m out of my mind
and get some lee way on the he say she say
you girl don´t like me, how long has she been gay
spanish girls say "no able ingle"
and everybody want to run to me for their single
it´s funny how these wack niggaz need my help
wasn´t around when i couldn´t feed myself
dog, if i was you, i wouldn´t feel myself
dog, if i was you, i´d kill myself
made a mill myself, and i´m still myself
and i´ma look in the mirror if i need some help
ask me from the heart, y´all all frontin
everybody feel a way about k but at least y´all feel somethin

[brandy]
why you come here, i bet it only it was forget to get ya
what kind of dream we found, see i´m often at your cross way
forgetting it was that heaven let ya. they tried to bring me down

[chorus - 5x]