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Proof

Forgive Me

Release date: 9th August 2005

From Searching for Jerry Garcia
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About This Track

Proof confronts his own wreckage with unflinching precision. Raised in dysfunction, he catalogs his failures across two verses: abandonment of his children, violence, infidelity, petty crime. The song does not excuse these acts; it documents them as symptoms of a man at war with himself and God. 50 Cent's chorus frames the confession as cyclical, each transgression committed in service of staying on top, each one compounding the weight. The track sits within the album's meditation on mortality. It follows an interlude depicting Proof's own death, and the song becomes a final reckoning, a voice speaking from the edge asking not for forgiveness but to be remembered. The specificity of his regrets, the daughter he neglected, the son he abandoned, the friend Bugz he lost, grounds the spiritual crisis in lived consequence. There is no redemption arc here, only the raw arithmetic of a man trying to understand why he is still breathing.

"Forgive Me" is a track by Proof, from the album Searching for Jerry Garcia, released 9th August 2005. Full lyrics are available below.

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Proof

Proof

Lyrics

Forgive Me

[Verse 1: Proof]

Barely raised by my dysfunctional fam

Here I stand as a dysfunctional man

Quick-tempered, short-fused and pissed at God

Demons pullin' at my soul 'til it's ripped apart

Sickest heart, Momma: that fire, I started it

Fuck the fireman logic of the closet by the wire shit

What's positive about a father that bust nuts then wussed up

And a momma that don't show her son enough love?

Shit, that's why I run from my first son

And force these chickenhead bitches to get abortions

I married the game, my mistress is fame

My girl packed her clothes, shit she know I ain't gon' change

Go insane in a world evil as ours

I done shot at houses, people and cars

Dig deeper the scars, the worst is the history

God, you ain't gotta forgive me, just don't forget me, you hear me?

[Chorus: 50 Cent]

Lord, forgive me, for I've sinned

Over and over again just to stay on top

I recall memories filled with sin

Over and over again, and again

[Verse 2: Proof]

And most importantly I'm tryin' to support my seeds

Can't seem to get away from them courtin' fees

Embroidery, on my hood across my heart disorderly

Breakin' in houses of people who ain't got more than me

Accordingly, I move in error

Gotta face the fact though, I can't fool this mirror

Neglected my daughter, ain't tryin' to blame on how I was brought up

Like I'm a product of this environment, why ain't I shot up?

Got up today like, "Why you let me breathe again?"

And with each breath I feel death is creepin' in

Thinkin' sinners are winners and I'ma finish last

My pen and pad record my life as each minute pass

Passin' minutes, I shook sin and shook drugs

I did right by you, but still you took Bugz

Then caught me in adultery, fought me

For not knowin' through the dark streets, want me, talk to me

[Chorus: 50 Cent]

Lord, forgive me, for I've sinned

Over and over again just to stay on top

I recall memories filled with sin

Over and over again, and again

[Verse 3: Proof]

It's the risk that's a rush, so rush my wrists into cuffs

It's like I'm fighting for your attention and love

Speakin' of Bugz, give me a hint from above

If he not, you know where I wanna be sent when I'm done

Kid out of wedlock so my lady's frontin'

I love Em 'cause he gave me somethin'

A positive anything is better than a negative nothin'

I was on the edge of death, ready to jump in

It's hard when you can't find love anywhere

And just because the reverend listen don't mean he care

Pops on crack with a sufferin' past

I dream in black and white, the world color me bad

Other than sad, painful and stressed

Life is good with the webs that tangle with death

Control the border, control the school

I have sinned amongst men and my soul is yours, it's yours

[Chorus: 50 Cent]

Lord, forgive me, for I've sinned

Over and over again just to stay on top

I recall memories filled with sin

Over and over again, and again

Lord, forgive me, for I've sinned

Over and over again just to stay on top

I recall memories filled with sin

Over and over again, and again

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From Searching for Jerry Garcia

2005
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—Pimplikeness
  • —Forgive Me
  • —High Rollers
  • —Knice (Intro)
  • —Gurls Wit Da Boom
  • Mechanicus
  • What More Can He Do!? (already done)
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  • It’s Okay God
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  • Interstellar Smoke Split
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  • Dragon / Tere
  • Trapped
  • Bring The Lights Down
  • When I Was Young
  • Gurls Wit Da Boom RMX
  • PimplikenessSearching for Jerry Garcia
  • Forgive Me (Clean)
  • Pimplikeness (Clean)
  • Knice (Intro) (Clean)
  • High RollersSearching for Jerry Garcia
  • Knice (Intro)Searching for Jerry Garcia
  • High Rollers (Clean)
  • Gurls Wit Da BoomSearching for Jerry Garcia
  • I Ain't Scared (Oil Can Harry)
  • Oil Can Harry
  • Wots Up
  • Ou, Ouuuuuuuuuu
  • Pray For Me
  • Unreleased Bonus Track
  • Maybe We'll Stay
  • Bring It 2 Me
  • Ain't No One Better (Cuts by P-Dog)
  • Cross Tha' Line
  • Detroit Psycho
  • Mom And Dad
  • Nobody Likes Me
  • Many Men (Remix)
  • Proof Freestyle (Invasion)
  • Interlude #2 (Snippet Tape)
  • Hip Hop Shop Rap Battle
  • Eminem vs Kuniva (Freestyle Battle)
  • Anywhere!
  • Keep It On The Low
  • Energy Tonight
  • I'm Mad as Hell (Ain't Gonna Take No More)
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    Credits

    Production & Engineering

    Writer
    50 Cent, Bryan “Pep” Johnson, Chaz Conley, Larry “Live” Louis, Proof, Witt
    Producer
    Bryan “Pep” Johnson, Sicknotes, Witt
    Bass
    Larry “Live” Louis
    Keyboards
    Chaz Conley
    Assistant Engineer
    Gustavo Gonzalez (Engineer)
    Mixing Engineer
    Richard Huredia
    Recording Engineer
    Tony Campana
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