Verse 1 [Foxy]:
From the cradle till now still Fox just a little more mature/ Seen it with my bare eyes did it all before/ Been through hell on earth playin` out my role I was given since birth receptin` it well/ Go hard at them critics they expect me to fail/ Work hard for my fans they expect me to sell/ They suspect I`m livin` well but they don`t know the pain I feel/ 5 minutes away from gettin` killed it`s ill/ My moms always hug me when I`m leavin`/ I wake up cryin` `cause death bugs me when I`m sleepin`/ Jam Master died it`s like I ain`t done breathin`/ Big and Pac gone and look we`re still beefin`/ It`s uneven we at odds in these days when niggas died over cars and they chains/ I thank God that I`m saved I hold it down in this game now from the cradle 2 the grave
Chorus [Althea]:
From the cradle 2 the grave I wish I knew my would end up bein` this way
(x2)
Verse 2 [Foxy]:
From the cradle till now I been through it ya`ll/ You don`t know half the things I been through it dawg/ Pain and sufferation I been through it all/ My heart still cold I been through the storm/ Confused all these years/ Shit we grew all these years I remember me and you on the stairs/ Talkin` `bout what we gon` do when we big/ Money came into play and best friends went they way/ Shit I wish it never had to go that way/ The price of fame could cost a whole friendship/ Sure we got dollars but it`s senseless/ So I pray to God for forgiveness and ask Him to carry me through/ All the stress and drama in this business/ I bare witness I Fox will keep goin` strong until my heart stops/ Will keep flowin` strong with a rap poncop...come on
(Chorus [Althea])
Bridge [Althea]:
As a little girl/ I wish I knew that I/ Would be goin` through the drama that`s in my life/ All the suffering/ Everywhere I`ve been/ How I get myself in all this bullshit I`m in
Verse 3 [Foxy]:
From now until the grave I look back in my life/ I smile and say WOW in amazement/ All these roadblocks wonderin` how did I make it?/ Wonder how I `came famous/ I`m impressed with me, it`s like rumors been obsessed with me/ But the truth never told it was left with me/ And what`s left for me is to extend my hand/ If they don`t reach then I let them be/ I gotta live my life right but I wouldn`t change how I live my life like/ If I could live my live twice/ Ya`ll don`t understand what Inga`s life`s like/ A black girl`s stress I turn my back to the world and now I`m back to the world a black girl`s blessed/ Yeah my fans held me through it/ I was destined to blaze from the cradle to the grave/ Thank God my fam helped me through it, come on
(chorus [Althea])
