You hit me up cuz you knew when you saw me I was bad off But I was too proud to ask for the help cuz I knew the cost But you offered a place to stay Until I could find my way You helped me go find a gig Clean up and get it straight Never once did you tell me to stop rapping and give it up As we sat talking on the bed of your lifted truck You had it all and had nothing I'm just saying that meant something brotherground You'd do anything to help me out You never let me down What goes around comes around I'm just sitting here on my front porch singing This one's for my ride or die This one's for my ride or die This one's for my ride or die I'm just sitting here on my front porch singing This one's for my ride or die This one's for my ride or die This one's for my ride or dieScared to death to go back to it, constantly hustle I thank you for my ambition For the strength to condition Anyone who helped me along the way and Back in '02, when I could barely afford a plate And he couldn't afford it either, but he did it believed in my vision It takes a village to raise a child For me it took small towns Everything that I learned from it The ups and the downs My Uncle Buddy, he gave me a thousand dollars to make a tape