The Real MVP

[Intro: Jeezy & John Legend]

Yeah, what's up?

All my real niggas with me, sing

20/20 hindsight, you gotta just do today, you know?

Caught up in the grind

Do you hear me? That's great

[Chorus: John Legend & Jeezy]

Oh, sometimes I don't know where I'm turning to

Sometimes I don't know, you know?

I look in the mirror

Look in that mirror

And I see the truth

All my real niggas with me, sing

But the truth is, I don't know what to do now

All my real niggas with me, sing

I'm so lost without you

[Verse 1: Jeezy]

Truth is, yeah, I wish I was better (Swear to God)

I was chasing the cheddar (Yeah)

I ain't take the time to write you a letter

I was too busy chasing the funds

I ain't take the time out to take a day and just be your son

Middle school, yeah, I got me a pack

Yeah, I got me a sack

Daddy gone, so I pick up the slack

Lord knows that you need a new couch

And if I had it my way right now, I'd buy you a house

If you gon' stay here, be watching your mouth

Then what I do?

Turn around and hid them eight balls all in your house (Damn)

Safe to say I was breaking the rules

I was posted on Poplar Street, pocket full of rocks and a tool

No secret, I was failing the school

Had you crying so much late night that you could fill up a pool

What's Heaven when you're living in Hell?

DA hoping I fail, so they can lock me up and give me a cell (Hey)

[Chorus: John Legend & Jeezy]

Sometimes I don't know where I'm turning to

All my real niggas with me, sing

I look in the mirror

All my real niggas with me, sing

I see the truth

All my real niggas with me, sing

But the truth is, I don't know what to do now

All my real niggas with me, sing

I'm so lost without you

[Vese 2: Jeezy]

With my hopes and my dreams on the scale

All I know is all these hard times keep making you frail (Ayy)

And maybe I'm just chasing a dream or maybe caught in the hype

We got faith, then we gon' be alright

That mean we gon' make it tonight, we gon' live tomorrow

Grind it up, no beggin' or borrowin' (Nah)

And lately you been all on my mind, spending all of my time

Tryin' not to go out of my mind (Yeah)

And lately I been having my strap

'Cause I don't know which one of these so-called niggas got my back

Just know that you raised you a king, I might live all my dreams (Believe that)

Despite the fact that it's hard as it seems, yeah

I know you see me rockin' the crowds, hope I'm makin' you proud

God plans, he heard you pray for your child (Yeah)

And even though I'm feeding my team and I'm doin' my thing

Gotta say, all hail to the queen, hey

[Chorus: John Legend & Jeezy]

I don't know where I'm turning to

All my real niggas with me, sing

I look in the mirror

All my real niggas with me, sing

I see the truth

All my real niggas with me, sing

But the truth is, I don't know what to do now

All my real niggas with me, sing

I'm so lost without you

[Interlude: Kevin Durant]

And last, my mom

I don't think you know what you did

You had my brother when you were 18 years old

Three years later, I came out

The odds were stacked against us

One of the best memories I had was when we moved into our, our first apartment

No bed, no furniture, and we just all sat in the living room and just hugged each other

'Cause we, that's what we, we thought we made it

When something good happens to you, I don't know about you guys, but I tend to look back to what brought me here

You made us believe, you kept us off the street

Put clothes on our backs, food on the table

You went to sleep hungry, you sacrificed for us

You the real MVP

[Chorus: John Legend]

I look in the mirror, I see the truth

But the truth is, I don't know what to do now

I'm so lost without you