[Intro: Master P]
Ay yall know Im not perfect
I did a lot of wrong

A man's family I've been changing my life
Im tellin you you could do the same thing
But dont do it for me do it for yourself

And do it for ya kids
Cuz they the future


[Hook x2: Master P]
Let the kids grow, let the kids dream
I was lost I used to hustle in the same street

Let the kids win, let the kids play
If we change for tomorrow be a brighter day


[Verse: Master P]
They call the girls freaks, and the boys geeks
Cuz they in school and you runnin from the police

Oh you a tough guy, you got a fat ride
Cry like a baby when the judge gave you five
Oh you a gangsta ya son wanna be just like you

Bet he change his mind when the fens came and died you
Oh you a hard head, and you talk fast
A real gangsta in ya hide behind the ski mask

I heart you flipped stacks, yeah I did that
My brother dead a dozen friends cant get them back
And since I changed I guess they think I got soft

I guess you hard when you dead or locked behind bars
Im a real G, aint got nothin to prove
Put down the guns pick up the pens let the kids choose

Let em be doctors, let em be lawyers
Let em make it out the hood let em see tomorrow


[Hook x2: Master P]

[Verse: Romeo]

First I'd like to thank momma for the life that was givin
Got the heart of a lion never needed of prison (uh-huh)
Lost my cousin, now Dante gone

Had jay like ray the next Moses Malone
Got kids in the pen, why they do that crime
Black Queens just stand in the welfare at line

So much peer pressure, kids smokin weed
I was thought to never follow be the one to lead (yea)
What it Ben Franklin died at the age 15 (age 15)

And we never felt the presence of ML King (pin melt kin)
Life would be a whole lot different no civil rights
Will we still be fightin over black and white

What if, Baron Davis never went to school
If Noah never built the ark or followed the rules
See, life's a gift we dont choose how we livin (no)

I thank the Lord every night Im still here livin

[Hook x2: Master P]


[Outro: Master P]
Aint nothing wrong wit change

Just think about it
Put the guns down and pick up a pen
You could be killin the next Michael Jordan

The next Oprah Winfrey
The next Bill Cosby
The next Will Smith

The next young child
They could be the next president
Dont hate me

Cuz Im takin a stand
We be alright
If you play you role

You feel me
Befo ya judge that can dip somebody else
Just look in the mirror and ask yourself

What you do