[00:00.741]Thank You -Xzibit
[00:09.71]Yo listen huh
[00:12.981]I just wanna thank you for bein around
[00:15.801]And patiently waitin and holdin me down
[00:18.781]It's easy to see for Mr X to the Z
[00:21.641]That without no you there could be no me
[00:24.791]I just wanna thank you for bein a fan
[00:27.681]And watchin me grow from a boy to a man
[00:30.711]It's easy to see for Mr X to the Z
[00:33.541]That without no you there could be no me
[00:36.421]You 'bout to hear some words that you ain't probably heard
[00:39.161]With all of these rappers pullin triggers and flippin birds
[00:42.211]I know it sound absurd cause they don't tell the truth
[00:45.281]They prostitutes f**kin contaminate the youth
[00:48.200]But yet I'm guilty of the things I said above
[00:51.80]No matter my faults still continue to show me love
[00:54.80]Naw I ain't perfect mayne but yet I stay the same
[00:57.160]I play chess not checkers but this is not a game
[01:00.30]And this is not a song and this is not a verse
[01:03.170]It's not conceived or simulated or been rehearsed
[01:06.30]Spent the first half of my life thinkin that I was cursed
[01:08.770]Could have been hit with a hollow follow behind my hearse
[01:11.980]That wasn't meant for me I spent a decade
[01:14.370]Makin it what it's 'sposed to be hopefully brought you close to me
[01:17.710]All these people approachin me don't even know the half
[01:21.28]I could be facin life but X is signin autographs damn
[01:24.348]I just wanna thank you for bein around
[01:27.58]And patiently waitin and holdin me down
[01:30.58]It's easy to see for Mr X to the Z
[01:32.798]That without no you there could be no me
[01:35.818]I just wanna thank you for bein a fan
[01:39.68]And watchin me grow from a boy to a man
[01:42.98]It's easy to see for Mr X to the Z
[01:44.758]That without no you there could be no me
[01:47.768]My son's 11now I got to see him grow
[01:50.568]Makin his free throws the way he laughin at the show
[01:53.588]Yo he remind me of me when I was ridin bikes
[01:56.638]He gon'be taller than me he got my mother's height
[01:59.508]But yo you know the difference between me and them others
[02:02.548]They say you buggin when I call you my sisters and brothers
[02:05.438]I coulda missed it all I coulda dropped the ball
[02:08.328]Mind of Metallica motherf**k 'em and "Kill 'Em All"
[02:11.348]I used to hustle raw I used to run the streets
[02:14.338]I used to hustle heats I grinded all my beef
[02:17.198]Most of my homies is gone restin in peace
[02:19.778]Some'll never see release from custody of police but me
[02:23.47]But nah my little dude get to go to private school
[02:26.97]And I can do the things my father couldn't afford to do
[02:29.147]That's what it's 'sposed to do this is from me to you
[02:32.156]Support from you and yours thank you for gettin me through true
[02:35.706]I just wanna thank you for bein around
[02:38.486]And patiently waitin and holdin me down
[02:41.406]It's easy to see for Mr X to the Z
[02:44.156]That without no you there could be no me
[02:47.86]I just wanna thank you for bein a fan
[02:50.196]And watchin me grow from a boy to a man
[02:53.316]It's easy to see for Mr X to the Z
[02:56.246]That without no you there could be no me
[02:59.166]We buried Proof today it really broke me up
[03:01.836]To see my brother in that casket maaan what the f**k
[03:04.896]Media made me angry I had to soak it up
[03:07.806]The future is fragile never promised to none of us
[03:10.835]Hittin so close to home but what I focused on
[03:13.685]Is how he lived the lives he touched the cornerstone
[03:16.755]We never walk alone although sometime it seems
[03:19.625]That nightmares go hand in hand with livin'out dreams
[03:22.655]So let me take this time from my struggle my grind
[03:25.585]To let you know that I appreciate you by my side
[03:28.635]It's been a long ride a lot of long nights
[03:31.355]A lot of long flights worth every sacrifice
[03:34.435]A soldier of fortune fearless fightin the good fight
[03:37.445]I never had a plan B I never lost sight
[03:40.325]That's why I hit the stage that's why I kill the mic
[03:43.554]It's for my fans that's ridin with Xzibit for life RIGHT
[03:47.94]I just wanna thank you for bein around
[03:49.834]And patiently waitin and holdin me down
[03:52.784]It's easy to see for Mr X to the Z
[03:55.674]That without no you there could be no me
[03:58.784]I just wanna thank you for bein a fan
[04:01.734]And watchin me grow from a boy to a man
[04:04.734]It's easy to see for Mr X to the Z
[04:07.524]That without no you there could be no me
[04:12.154]Thank you for lettin me breathe
[04:15.54]For lettin me be who I am huh yeah huh
[04:21.474]Two little words y'all never get to hear enough
[04:27.04]Knahmsayin Yeah that hehe
[04:38.853]Yes the return
[04:48.322]Uh-huh breathe