For A Reason Lyrics - Mood Muzik, Vol. 2 - Joe Budden

Chorus: 

Lookin back on the things ive done 

everything happens for a reason 

life is somethin u learn from 

everything happens for a reason 

i gotta make a confession theres nothin im regretting 

lifes a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon 

so dont make me 

life is something u learn from 

everything happens for a reason 

Joey B, you know me B 

It's the nigga that would tryn' get the blow on GP 

It's the nigga in the hood on the low G3 

It's the nigga some niggaz want so does he please 

Is it 'cause he make the flow look so easy 

Or do he sit and count up all the dough that he see 

Or do they wanna prove they OG and use me 

To get the guns out, sending him to ODB 

But what I ever did to a nigga? Aside give to a nigga 

Try to show the big pic to a nigga 

But I can't conclude how some niggaz conclude 

That the world is too small for them to live with a nigga 

I don't regret dude trying me, dude keeping that eye on me 

Then they gotta live with this thing called irony 

And if I gotta live with the idea reminding me 

Then they can't live when the iron's on me, yeah! 

Chorus: 

Lookin back on the things ive done 

everything happens for a reason 

life is somethin u learn from 

everything happens for a reason 

i gotta make a confession theres nothin im regretting 

lifes a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon 

so dont make me 

life is something u learn from 

everything happens for a reason 

Things just ain't the same for gangstas 

And so I bear my soul, my pain, my anger 

I beg to the Lord, keep me far from mo' danger 

Look I know 'em but can't see 'em, he's a popular stranger 

If I never got stabbed, wouldn't remember Veronica's wrath 

Standing in the shower looking at the scab 

I wouldn't know the hints of a stick-up kid 

If I ain't have that short stint as a stick-up kid 

If dude never tried to kill me, I mighta went numb 

To all the bullshit that goes on where I'm from 

And if I never went to jail, wouldn't needed a bail 

Woulda probly went on to graduate from Yale 

Woulda been a prosecutor standing in the court of law 

But then that goes against everything he stands for 

And if I never met Glo, how would I really know 

All the shit that comes with, when you dealing with a ho 

See it is what it is to be 

Or it is what it is, at least that's what it is to me 

And so if I could ever go back in history 

I wouldn't change shit, I'd leave it all just to be 

And if my first album woulda did five when it dropped 

I'd be chillin, instead of tryna' rise to the top 

If I could reverse the roles, would I reverse the roles? 

Would it be worth it to try to reverse the tolls? 

Chorus: 

Lookin back on the things ive done 

everything happens for a reason 

life is somethin u learn from 

everything happens for a reason 

i gotta make a confession theres nothin im regretting 

lifes a valuable lesson to have to pull out a weapon 

so dont make me 

life is something u learn from 

everything happens for a reason 

I got a brother always keeps it real, his name's Guilt 

Let's me know I can't stand however it is I feel 

I got a cousin named Pride, nigga acts like a lawyer 

Gotta a sister named Karma, I be tryna' avoid 'er 

Gotta ex that's bitter, wants me to be her nigga 

Hates my girl Self-Pity 'cause I'm always with her 

But bitter's beef is valid, she don't like shorty 'cause she use me 

One time she seen 'er verbally abuse me 

Got a friend that's passive, friends call him Passive 

He just says whatever hoping that shit passes 

My Uncle Hindsight wears real thick glasses 

Reminds me of where I been and how shit gets drastic 

Got a Aunt named Humility, she speaks low mumbles 

Don't care that I'm a rapper she keeps me so humble 

In my head I'll debate it, outloud I'll never say it 

I'm pretty sure it's a good reason we all related