[Chorus: Scar & Sleepy Brown]

Stages in life, no one said that it was right

But I've got to hustle for the kids

God only knows where I've gone and been

'Til we reach the end

Just stay strong and be a friend

[Verse 1: Big Boi]

I cram to understand why a woman and a man

Make a plan to enter matrimony, then he takes her hand

Put that ring on her finger, couple of kids in minivans

Standin' in the stands like a fan, watch her, little man

Run ball... and every time you see the family, they look happy

Got a mama and a daddy and I think they got a lil' dog

But daddy had a cat on the side

He would hide her from his ride, decide not to divide

Kept the yam in the hide, the spouse in the house

Boy, it's cheaper to keep her, you fuck around and take a loss

Come up short like $hort Dog, cuss words flow like

("Motherfucker, shit, goddamn asshole")

Took my shit (Bitch!) – fuck!

[Chorus: Scar & Sleepy Brown]

Stages in life, no one said that it was right

But I've got to hustle for the kids

God only knows where I've gone and been

'Til we reach the end

Just stay strong and be a friend

[Verse 2: Big Boi]

It was the night that they done dipped

And all throughout the palace

Death didn't do us part, heart broke or no more marriage (Bitch!)

When it happens, you'll be slappin' yourself rememberin'

You coulda remained boyfriend and girlfriend

Now you're sittin' in the courthouse, plaintiff and defendant (Bitch)

Pleadin' to the judge you was in it to win it

In the beginnin' was splendid, see, she was grinnin' and spendin'

All of her time with the kids, an' in the kitchen she'd cook

She was fierce on the stove, it was always great

Covered plates in the microwave when I came home late

But now we just debate like some candidates, damn, I hate

Friction, wishin' I had paperwork on the misses, but I didn't

Damn... fuckin' around (Hey, baby)

[Chorus: Scar & Sleepy Brown]

Stages in life, no one said that it was right

But I've got to hustle for the kids

God only knows where I've gone and been

'Til we reach the end

Just stay strong and be a friend

[Bridge: Sleepy Brown & Scar, Big Boi]

Girl, you have to remember

I gotta provide for the family and future

So please stay down and please stay around 'cause you know

That I'm tryna change, but it's hard 'cause I've been this way

(Man, you already knew that shit)

[Chorus: Scar & Sleepy Brown]

Stages in life, no one said that it was right

But I've got to hustle for the kids

God only knows where I've gone and been

'Til we reach the end

Just stay strong and be a friend