For a Reason

[Intro: Joe Budden] Y-y, uh Y-y-y-y-y-yo-yo Uh, yo-yo-yo [Chorus: [?], Joe Budden, [?]] Looking back on the things I've done Everything happens for a reason (Yo) Life is something you learn from (Yo, yo) Everything happens for a reason (Yo, yo, yo) I gotta make a confession, there's nothin' I'm regrettin' Life's a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon So don't make me, life is something you learn from Everything happens for a reason (Look, look) [Verse 1: Joe Budden] It's Joey B, you know me, B It's the nigga that would try and get the blow on GP It's the nigga in the hood on the low G3 (Yeah) It's the nigga some niggas want so does he please Is it 'cause he make the flow look so easy (Or) Or do they sit and count up all the dough that he see (Or) Or do they wanna prove they OG and use me To get the guns out, sending him to ODB But what I ever did to a nigga? Aside give to a nigga Try to show the big pic' to a nigga (Listen here now) But I can't conclude how some niggas conclude That the world is too small for them to live with a nigga I don't regret dude tryin' me (Nah), dude keepin' that eye on me (Nah) Then they gotta live with this thing called irony And if I gotta live with the idea remindin' me Then they can't live when the iron's on me, yeah! (Come on) [Chorus: [?], Joe Budden, [?]] Looking back on the things I've done Everything happens for a reason Life is something you learn from Everything happens for a reason I gotta make a confession, there's nothin' I'm regrettin' Life's a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon So don't make me, life is something you learn from (Woah) Everything happens for a reason (Woah, woah, woah) [Verse 2: Joe Budden] [?] things just ain't the same for gangstas And so I bear my soul, my pain, my anger I beg to the Lord, keep me far from mo' danger Look I know 'em but can't see 'em, he's a popular stranger If I never got stabbed, wouldn't remember Veronica's wrath Standing in the shower looking at the scab I wouldn't know the hints of a stick-up kid If I ain't have that short stint as a stick-up kid If dude never tried to kill me, I might'a went numb To all the bullshit that goes on where I'm from And if I never went to jail, wouldn't needed a bail Would'a probly went on to graduate from Yale Would'a been a prosecutor standing in the court of law But then that goes against everything he stands for And if I never met Glo, how would I really know All the shit that comes with, when you dealing with a ho See it is what it is to be Or it is what it is, at least that's what it is to me And so if I could ever go back in history I wouldn't change shit, I'd leave it all just to be And if my first album would'a did five when it dropped I'd be chillin', instead of tryna' rise to the top If I could reverse the roles, would I reverse the roles? Would it be worth it to try to reverse the tolls? [Chorus: [?], Joe Budden, [?]] Looking back on the things I've done Everything happens for a reason Life is something you learn from Everything happens for a reason I gotta make a confession, there's nothin' I'm regrettin' Life's a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon So don't make me, life is something you learn from (Woah) Everything happens for a reason (Woah, woah, woah) [Verse 3: Joe Budden] I got a brother always keeps it real, his name's Guilt Let's me know I can't stand however it is I feel I got a cousin named Pride, nigga acts like a lawyer Gotta a sister named Karma, I be tryna' avoid 'er Gotta ex that's bitter, wants me to be her nigga Hates my girl, Self-Pity, 'cause I'm always with her But Bitter's beef is valid, she don't like shorty 'cause she use me One time she seen 'er verbally abuse me Got a friend that's passive, friends call him Passive He just says whatever hoping that shit passes My Uncle Hindsight wears real thick glasses Reminds me of where I been and how shit gets drastic Got a Aunt named Humility, she speaks low mumbles Don't care that I'm a rapper she keeps me so humble In my head I'll debate it, out loud I'll never say it I'm pretty sure it's a good reason we all related [Chorus (Extended): [?], Joe Budden, [?]] Everything happens for a reason I gotta make a confession there's nothin' I'm regretting Life's a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon So don't make me Life is something you learn from Everything happens for a reason Looking back on the things I've done Everything happens for a reason Life is something you learn from Everything happens for a reason Life is something you learn from Everything happens for a reason