Kelly Price (Jay Z) Talking: Throughout my life (uh huh uh huh uh) No matter what I've done.(Right) You've been merciful and your love endureth (yeah) Through all things (ye yeah) For that I am eternally grateful. Verse 1 Since my date of birth Bought you nothing but hurt Play those video games Stole change from ya purse Sat on the cold court bench 'til I was arraigned in ya skirt Saw the pain in ya face Through you maintained a smirk All you did was motivate me Don't let 'em hold you back What I do I turned around And I sold you crack I was a bastard for that Still I'm drowning in shame Just remember one thing now You're not to blame You was newly seperated Tryin' to escape ya world And through my thirst I didn't help you I just made things worse I hated me and everybody That created crack Had me thinkin' The newest kicks and the latest gat Still haven't apologized So please play this back While I try to come to terms With such a heinous act You know in more than one way Cocaine numbs the brain All I did was think about How the funds once came Then I ran across this memory And it stung the brain How can you ever destroy the beauty From which one came That's a savage you're the reason Why me and these beats make a marriage Why I rhyme above average and I ain't shit Glad you got yourself together No thanks to me Strong and beautiful the way thangs should be You must love me Chorus (K. Price) (You must love me repeats in background) Say that you love me