[Intro - Kanye West]
Didn't you know, I was waitin on you
Waitin on a dream that'll never come true
Didn't you know, I was waitin on you
My face turned to stone when I heard the news
When you decide to break the rules
Cause I just heard some real bad news

[Verse - Black Smith]
Over 90 on the highway, Insanity made me bold
Who'd have known pressure this hot would've made me cold?
Pushin' pedal to the medal on this midnight road
Passed four cops--- thoughts overload my dome:
T-Dub just called me to try and let me know
That Aunt Madie's been worried, hittin' up my phone
Now I don't wanna answer; "no reception zone"
'Cause what the other end's got will disrupt my mode
My mind's so cloudy now, don't you know?
Havin' to face the worst fear that I've ever known
Rejected outright, 'cause the truth just hurts
Once I thought I was on top, now I feel like dirt
If you knew what pain does to ya, you would too
Yeah, look at all the bullshit that I been through
Been livin' this life since '92
Barely twenty years old, and I've lost all root
The most violent act that I've ever done
Was wheelin' my mom back into that nursing home
Tears rolled from my eyes in the next bathroom
Once the nurse said she'd never go back home
Dream turned to nightmare in just one second
Assault and battery to my psyche with a deadly weapon
Forced to sit right there and count the blessings
While I try my best in vain to feed my mom her second's
But the knife cuts deep when you least expect it
The damage most real when love misdirected
And the loss is worse when you're disconnected
From reality, shit's all self-inflicted
Mom once said, "Live for what you dying to be"
I said, "I live for the day you let a smile be seen"
'Cause the look on her face was a mirror of me
And Depression left behind one hell of a scene
So I masked my emotions---what an alien thing!
Went to class, went to work, like a mannequin being
Relationship with Lies was the shortest of flings
Proposed to shawty named Hope but she rejected the ring
So I tried to forge on like nothing was wrong
Even played for my Mom a couple my own songs
Meanwhile her days are slowly tapering off
Memories of past life in the mistiest fog
Now I'm drivin' through one, with no end in sight
Two hours en route been the loneliest night
Always feared this day, wish I'd take flight
But at this moment I've lost what's wrong, what's right
Can't imagine my life without her in it
20 years of a bond this night now ended
62 years of life no more extended
Just hell on earth these past 5 uncorrected
Is this my fault? Could I have mended
These broken bones and tired tendons
Was focus lost? Due service rendered?
Just bad news I wish Time never tendered
My faith has wavered, I'd like some proof
Of better days to come, what's left to chew?
Just reinforces what I've come to conclude:
Anything's possible, but nobody's special...so what's the good news?