Artist: Joe Budden f/ Stacy Barthe Album: Rage & The Machine Song: I Wanna Know Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro: Joe Budden] How's everybody feelin out there? We good? Talk to the sample right quick, ha I always pictured we'd be, ay It go like this, listen [Joe Budden] Let me tell you how I pictured it, a few houses, a couple businesses Strivin for greatness, we would be each other's witnesses And during beef we both would put aside our differences where I ain't flinch a bit makin you insignificant Maybe kids and shit, perfect arithmetic Meanin we could build our own world and co-exist in it She a synergy, sharin energy Let our souls mate in the air if you remember me Now, here's what I did with it, went out my way to fuck these stripper chicks Lost good girls makin them mistresses Just savages, missed marriages They all was my babies, I needed those miscarriages My, worthless self when Joe felt hurt I went out and targeted women who had no self-worth I relate to prayin nightly feelin no spell work When you can do it, but a stranger gotta go help first I called moms on the phone, here's what I told her real quick I said "My 20's flew by with no control of the shit" Her next sentence swear that I'll forever hold with a grip She said "It go by even faster as the older you get" I wanna never dumb down, I'd have to lower my wit Ain't gotta post this on the 'gram for you to know what it is A partner to trust, I'm thinkin even bigger for us Mom should've told me this when we had shit to discuss Now neither one of us is how we figured we'd be Sometimes the thought of "what if" still lives here with me I always pictured we'd be [Interlude: Joe Budden] Ya mean? That's how I see it in my head though Ain't quite pan out like that, word up Let me tell you about some more of God's work though [Chorus: Stacy Barthe] I wanna know, what this life's supposed to be like I wanna know, wanna know, ahhhhhh I wanna know what this love's supposed to be like I wanna know, wanna knowwww, ohhhhhhh, ohhhhh [Interlude: Joe Budden] Nah, I like it just like that Parks, let it run Let me go right here, right here, right here Look, look [Joe Budden] A love that's tideful, never prideful If you're truly better without me how can I spite you? As I yearn for the greatest love I ever had Pardon me kid, I'm still learnin how to be a dad We be in spots you shouldn't be 'til you grown I was absent so long I'm just not leavin you home So nah, too much to learn, too much world out there Let me teach you about these hoes, too many girls out there I respect your mom's tutelage But that's my weird and my brain, what's she gon' do with this? Watch and learn, foolish kid's eyes light up with surprise, you're just like I am I think that you're enjoyin this ride just like I am Look, same pedigree, theoretically Cut from a cloth that was gone, that's just genetically One job in life to make you a much better me Greater feelin than I imagine this shit would ever be You be feelin strong when you diss me in songs I did the same my whole career, would never tell you it's wrong Whatever works out, whatever the price, get that embedded Even if at my expense I'll pay it, you take the credit Had a power struggle when I thought your mom abused it My hands were in bondage, useless, beyond the excuses Calm through it, it's crazy, our bond music And we do it beautifully for our beautiful conduit So right now I stand in a place I never stood before Finally filled the void in my life, I wasn't good before Fuckin with these hoes, that energy I was puttin forth God, this is more like the fuckin love I was lookin for Now it's better than we pictured it'd be And them supervised visits, we'll never have to relive it Little nigga we'll be [Interlude: Joe Budden] + (Stacy Barthe) Haha, this is greater than us, greater than me Greater than anything I could ever imagine, man (I wanna know, what this life's supposed to be like) I ain't talkin to e'rybody Trey, what up though? Ha (I wanna know, wanna knowwwww) What up?! (I wanna know, what this life's supposed to be like) What up?! (I wanna know, wanna knowwww) WHOA! [Chorus] [Outro: Stacy Barthe] I wanna know, I wanna know What this life's supposed to be like What this love's supposed to be like What this life's supposed to be like Oh what this love's supposed to feel like! I wanna knowwwwww! I wanna know, wanna knowwwwwww I wanna know what