[Hook:]
You didn't care about me
And now this is how it has to be
I was lost, but now I am free
I'm happy cuz I found a family
[Verse 1:]
Whattup Em', it's ya biggest fan
It's not even necessary to introduce who I am
By now, cuz we're good friends
Remember the letter I wrote,
Before Atlanta on Up In Smoke
That's the day I was gonna cut ya throat
I guess my watch was broke
Cuz by the time I woke
I seen my watch was twelve hours late
And I missed the show
But none the less I'm glad
That I finally reached you
Ever since the accident
I've been dying to speak to you
To tell you things have changed
And I'm a different man
A different level of understanding
I'm a different Stan
Things are a lot better
I promise I won't harass you with any letters
Saying shit like «We should be together»
I may reach and start a group
The industry's full of homosexuals Slim
But I don't wanna fuck you
I got a new attitude, really, I ain't mad at you
I just wanted you to recognize I got talent too
[Hook:]
You didn't care about me
And now this is how it has to be
I was lost, but now I am free
I'm happy cuz I found a family
[Verse 2:]
When I say talented,
I don't mean battle kid
I mean storytellin,
Kinda like how ya album is
I been attendin counselin and takin medicine
They did some tests on me
At NIH in Maryland
They showed me techniques
To help me deal with pressure
Whenever I remember that crazy night
When I was being reckless
Drivin with a deathwish, on the bridge
And I crashed into a Lexus
Right before I finished that last sentence
I was listenin to Xzibit's album «Restless»
The next thing I knew
I was under water and breathless
I was unconscious for a second
Literally dying to go to heaven
Till some fellas came
And pulled me from the wreckage
They started CPR
Then they called the paramedics
In retrospect I probably shoulda used a gun to end it
By the time the car sunk
My pregnant girlfriend was still in the trunk
And I was still feelin kinda drunk
The ambulance came
And they put me on the stretcher
Hooked me up to the IV
And checked my blood pressure
One of them was so concerned
That they wouldn't leave
He hopped in the back of the ambulance
And rolled up some weed
My vision was blurry, I couldn't really see
I just remember his voice talking to me
In the emergency room, I needed surgery
To get some glass removed
And fifty stitches for my wounds
[Hook:]
You didn't care about me
And now this is how it has to be
I was lost, but now I am free
I'm happy cuz I found a family
[Verse 3:]
After a couple months of therapy
I figured I was as ready as I'd ever be
I wanted to be an emcee
He took me to shows wit him,
He let me flow wit him
He let me write some rhymes
And go on tour wit him
I really believed in him
I decided to team wit him
And now I'm overseas wit him
Gettin cheese wit him
And I'm emceein wit him
I'm havin the best time of my life
And I'm writin the best rhymes of my life
He introduces me to people
As his lyrical equal
Let me write a rhyme on his album
And even produce a beat too
He ain't see-through, I can't see him frontin
He's not the type to call you
Just because he needs somethin
That's what I like about him
I wouldn't want to rock a mic without him
He's got kahunas and he's not a coward
Matta fact, I think he met you
It was the day you came
To his video shoot with DJ, Jimmy's nephew
'Clef stepped to him and told him
He should step to you
That you was ghost writin for L
But that wasn't true
You was lookin at him the same way
I'm lookin at you
Why can't we be friends Em'
I don't want nothin from you
You see there's a little bit of Stan in all of us
Tell me where you think
All of these record sales sparred from
Talkin 'bout Britney and Christina Aguilera
‘N Sync too, have you ever looked in a mirror?
Your hair ain't really blonde,
And ya eyes ain't blue
So never diss me,
Cuz when you diss me your dissin you..
See… See what happens when you don't care
[Hook:]
You didn't care about me
And now this is how it has to be
I was lost, but now I am free
I'm happy cuz I found a family