uh uh yeah uh huh uh if you ever bought a tape purchased a cd or a piece of vinyl djed my record promoted my record i wanna thank y all man from the bottom of my heart secondly i wanna dedicate this song to y all man cause without y all there is no me i could never turn my back on y all cause y all put me where i m at so when you call i ll be there just like that signin autographs givin daps to all my folks tellin little kids don t follow these dopes see i ma keep barkin long as y all bark with me you know the website all y all gotta do is hit me and as much as the girls like me you would think it make the fellas sick but they be right with em singin not missin a lick hair braided rockin somebody s jersey from up top to out west and down in the dirty can t forget about the midwest that s where i was found that s where i live and columbus is the town i got the pen you got the paper a cd a tape i sign it then leave it to get a nice big plate of fish which is my favorite dish but without y all i couldn t kick it like this i wanna thank you for makin me who i am and puttin me where i need to be i wanna thank you for the opportunity to do my thing in this industry i wanna thank you for callin to your local stations day after day to play my song if it wasn t for you there wouldn t be no me and that s why i m gonna ride for you forevermore forevermore forever more i just wanna thank you  i wanna thank you for the groups that came before me all of y all in the office that promote me on the streets all the mom and pop stores that don t get a lot of credit the spots in the hood the first ones that set it all the mix show djs please keep it pumpin thank you for your support and yes i m gonna keep it comin i love how you love that so i m givin back cause y all the ones that kept this playa on track the reason i m seen is because of you the reason i m heard and my dreams came true now if you ever made a poster or wrote a fan letter all i m tryin do is show you is some l o v e and let you know without y all there is no me j d j e the whole s s d now if you ride for we then i ma ride for you from the bottom of my heart baby tell em what i wanna do i wanna thank you for makin me who i am and puttin me where i need to be i wanna thank you for the opportunity to do my thing in this industry i wanna thank you for callin in to your local stations day after day to play my song if it wasn t for you there wouldn t be no me and that s why i m gonna ride for you forevermore thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you i wanna thank you thank you to all of y all that s been down with so so def for so long man you keep showin us love so we gon keep showin y all love you know what i m sayin we just want y all to know that and uh to the man upstairs we gotta thank you the most you know what i m sayin if it wasn t for you there wouldn t be no me for real man thank you columbus rock rock rock rock on atl rock rock rock on st louis rock rock rock on new york rock rock rock on cali rock rock rock on