[Fat Joe]
It's so depressing, uh.. depressin', uh
Be the realest shit I ever wroteenter added
(Money and cars cars, bitches)
Shit Is Real Part 2.. (drugs) modern 2
day.. (society yaknow?)(Drugs)
Modern day
(Society you know?)
See what it's like to walk in my shoes
It ain't all fun and games (ya
(You heard?)

Yo yo
Yo, yo, I'm sick and tired of stressin,
stressin', every days a different lesson
I'm free-fallin free-fallin', tryna leave this deep depression
My son Joey still slow, my moms mom's got cancer in her throat
My big brother sniffin sniffin' dope
LemmeLet me know how many motherfucker wanna be just like me
Screamed at and treated like shit by your wifeyenter added
This hot bitch be sweatin sweatin' the coke cash
My baby mother think I grow dough doe out my ass
It's like, how much fight I got left in me? me
Niggaz won't be happy till theyenter deleted
bring the fuckin fuckin' death of me
But you never see Joe look weak or flow off beat
andAnd Charlie sees the board in four more weeks

[Chorus 2x]
You gotta walk walk, where I walked
Bang where I bang
Slang where I hang
To get where I'm going to
Stay where I stay
Blaze who I blazed
Pay dues dues, how I payed
To get where I'm going to
[Fat Joe]You gotta walk, where I walked
Bang where I bang
Slang where I hang
To get where I'm going to
Stay where I stay
Blaze who I blazed
Pay dues, how I payed
To get where I'm going to

Uh, yo, the South Bronx, nine years later
Ain't nuttin nuttin' changed, niggaz still playa haters
T.S.T S, the best that's done it,enter deleted
forever live and never front it
Reminisce of when I used to hold heatenter deleted
and tell niggaz "run "Run it"
Now we flooded with jewels, hundreds of dudes
Crowd the Coliseum to hear they their favorite tunesenter added
Then at the time of our prime we caught a sick one
The angels Angels came down, took my twin Big Pun
Shit were unbalanced throughout the whole world
All I could do was try to provide forenter deleted
his seeds and his old girl
Hope your listenin, listenin', tell Ton' that we still missin missin' him
I'm like a prisoner in jail with no visitors
[Chorus 2x]You gotta walk, where I walked
Bang where I bang
Slang where I hang
To get where I'm going to
Stay where I stay
Blaze who I blazed
Pay dues, how I payed
To get where I'm going to
[Fat Joe]You gotta walk, where I walked
Bang where I bang
Slang where I hang
To get where I'm going to
Stay where I stay
Blaze who I blazed
Pay dues, how I payed
To get where I'm going to

Yeah, uh, aiyyo the third verse is dedicated to you
Even though you switched teams, man I'm praying for you
We used to stay up all night countin countin' dollar for dollar
You was my son's godfather, where the fuck is your honor?
Can't even rap the shit we did together
You'd probably have me shackledenter deleted
locked down doin down, doin' bids forever
You broke the first code
code, I'd like to twist ya wifey till it roasts gold
Snitch nigga, turned state to sold ya soulenter added
How could a nigga that was clappin clappin' in the streets
start yappinStart yappin' to the deez, like whatenter deleted
I rightly should believe?
Like ever verse is a charge, for every hurt there's a scar
I never once tried to hurt cha'll
I'm just tryna tryin' to do me, sell a few CD's CDs
Buy land in Miami and cop a new B B, come on!

[Joe talking]
Motherfuckers think it's sweet
Think a nigga got money and a nigga don't feel pain
You ain't never feel my pain
You don't know what the fuck I'm goin goin' through
Niggaz lookin lookin' at me like, "He got it made"enter added
Like I ain't lose Pun, my grandfather a week later
My aunt a month later
Like my fuckin fuckin' sister ain't in a coma right now!
You motherfuckers don't know pain!
Let's get one thing clear; clear, money'llenter deleted
never buy you happiness
My true niggaz walk with me now! now
[Chorus 2x]You gotta walk, where I walked
Bang where I bang
Slang where I hang
To get where I'm going to
Stay where I stay
Blaze who I blazed
Pay dues, how I payed
To get where I'm going to

You gotta walk, where I walked
Bang where I bang
Slang where I hang
To get where I'm going to
Stay where I stay
Blaze who I blazed
Pay dues, how I payed
To get where I'm going to