Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah I was just a kid on the block Young black boy in the 'hood Catchin' grasshoppers in the lot Always gettin' bullied in the school Always gettin' change from the arcade Fully kissed, thought that that was cool 'Round the corner from the projects I would skip and go to the pool Talk about Emanuel Lee Always really misunderstood I would always land on my feet Even when I ran from the wolves I ain't have a plan for the week But I had a handful of tools Had good parents to lead playin' by the rules, cruise You'll never leave me now You are the light in the darkness You'll always be around What I really need in my world right now You'll never leave me now (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) You'll never leave me now (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) You'll never leave me Never gotta pay a debt to you Cause you will never leave me alone Ever have a friend that would just Listen to you breathe on the phone? I remember crabs on the step With an ice cream on the cone Me and Cab we was in the zone I was just 10 years old Boy I had to fight just to manage Man I had a height disadvantage I don't know why Cab took his life But I had a light in the shadows I was running alleys and the streets All my homies' life was in shambles In between the valleys and the peaks It was really Christ in the battles (Yeah) Now it's nights in Atlanta (Boy) You'll never leave me now (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) You'll never leave me now (Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah) You'll never leave me