[Hook scoop deville]

Cause it was all meant to happen

It was all meant to happen

No wonder why you kept walkin' my way

Cause it was all meant to happen

It was all meant to happen

No wonder why you kept walkin'

[Verse 1 tech n9ne]

My mom was 18, waitin' for her prom date

Which was my father, yes, this night's gonna be beyond great

Two years prior they both created aaron yates

So the bond straight with two fine mates, so mom waits

And waits, in the upstairs window watchin'

For my pops and it was shockin' that he never ever came knockin'

Just left her, in her prom dress and that's the eve

Where all the stress hit aggressively, she had her first epileptic seizure

And kept havin' them, doctor, help the sick lady

Medicine with the quickness, just maybe it'll stop

'member this, in '80 I was, nine

Asleep and I heard somethin' collapse

Hopped up with nothin' but tighty whitie

Saw my mom just fell and slapped the floor

She shakin', I'm scared, I ran out the house in my underwear

"Help my mama" is all that's comin' out my mouth

A neighbor came to help so mama wouldn't die

As a little kid, watchin' the ambulance take her away, I'm thinkin' "why?"

[Hook]

[Verse 2 tech n9ne]

'92, I was 21

Sellin' rocks for my auntie, was plenty fun

And yes she loaded the house with many guns

She got me a tec-9 for my birthday, "no more trippin' from anyone"

Is what I'm thinkin', boones farm's what I'm drinkin'

Singin' jodeci loaded, we exploded, these chicks I'm binkin'

Daily, nightly, the ladies like me, I'm baby ikie,

Maybe slightly, I'm crazy might be

Really shady, sheisty not like this though

I'm sleepin' again, this dude breaks in with a pistol

I heard his bullet whistle, so I had to roll of on this flo'

Heard a struggle then my auntie scream, I'm feelin' for my piece

Then, just my luck, my birthday gift that I got wasn't in my reach

The gunman busted in my room lookin' for somethin'

Found me hidin', pointed the gun right at my head, my heart was pumpin'

Then he turned and ran away then with a blink of an eye

He was gone, I found my auntie shakin', hidin' in the closet, I'm thinkin' "why?"

[Hook]

[Verse 3]

Dear darkness, you've been with me for so long

I never understood, 'til now in this slow song

Been in some shaky situations, but life goes on

But still, a lot of things you showed this kid was so wrong

But what's so right, this pain and strife that I go write

People go buy it, they think that my flow's tight

Got a cold mic, they got me a million sold twice

Not a low-life anymore it's always sold-out show nights

After k.o.d. you scared me, so I ran from you

Then accepted you on seepage, then saw the fans come through

Just when I thought I took everything I can stand from you

I kept writing and then we watched the strangeland come true

So now I see, these stories in my life

I was meant to share my darkness within my light

People say it helps them to see me fly

From the bottom, that's motivation for them all, now I see exactly why

[Hook]