Ayo cuz
  When y'all tellin folk... about my life
  I don't want y'all to add nothing
  I don't want y'all to take nothing away
  I want y'all to play that thang
  Just like this here...
  Ya heard me
    [Petey]
  Since the tender age (since the tender age)
  I been running wild (I been running wild)
  I seen all those things (all those things)
  You don't show to a child
  It wasn't love I was missing (lord knows)
  My folks cared for me
  I had a stubborn ass attitude (did what I wanna do)
  And y'all couldn't talk to me
  Tried often the strait and narrow
  But every time I would stumble and fall
  Fell so hard one time I fucked around and stayed down
  I don't wanna try no more
  I was getting a little older
  Those mistakes were a part of my life
  And my only regret is that I only get one chance to get it right
    [Chorus]
  And I wanna tell the world the truth about me [2x]
  (listen to the song...)
    [Petey]
  I caused more unnecessary stress to my mama than the word allow
  Old sister of mine
  I had once upon a time
  We ain't spoke in a while
  Life's been hard on me
  But I found a way to keep standing it
  And holding on (holding on)
  Pressing on (good God almighty)
  Standing in jail someday I'll break the monotony
  Cause Petey wasn't doing that well
  And I can behold a way that the world christened me
  ... If anybody give a damn to know
  What really went on in my life I wrote a song
    [chorus]
  [voice talking]
  It is now gallow time
  All inmates are asked to get on your assigned bunks and
  Remain there until count time is made....count time...
  Olden... (yeah)
  Williams... (here)
  Monroe... (yo)
  Durant... (here)
  Pablo... Pablo.....
    [Petey]
  Man I was just one of the ones
  That always wounded up in the midst of something
  Stayed in trouble if I won't fuckin' up
  I love ( I love) to bring the pain
  Growing up in Greenville, North Carolina outside of Rocky Mount
  I'm a be on the winning side
  When this whole life decide to give me just a little money
  You can sell it bootleg just as long as you can get it
  Whatever...just understand me
    [Chorus]