| Sometimes it's hard to wake up in the mornin' | |
| Mind full of demons, I don't wanna hear 'em anymore | |
| Got me heartbroken, fine, so many babies screamin' | |
| 'Cause they seein' destruction before they a see human bein' | |
| So they start smokin' ****, we'll never get our day | |
| Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape | |
| 'Cause they all broke an' why do ghetto birds die? | |
| Before we learn to fly, somebody else's child caught in guns | |
| Smokin' **** can all make a change | |
| So I'm told but I haven't seen the change unfold | |
| I keep hopin' please, if you prefer to breathe | |
| Communities in need of people that will lead | |
| Keep your eyes open now, can only say I'll try | |
| Until the day I die, I promise to be wise | |
| With my heart open, greed brings only misery | |
| A way to tragedy, so I stay sucker free | |
| Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens, rise | |
| Don't be afraid to try, too many of us die | |
| For the door to open wide, my brothers be wise | |
| Stay focused on the prize, though everybody dies | |
| We can only learn to take our anger an' our hate | |
| Control our mental state, settle down an' just set it straight | |
| Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump our brakes | |
| 'For we said it, regret it later an' let it escalate | |
| 'Cause by then it's too just late, there's so much we can take | |
| And there's only so much someone can swallow an' tolerate | |
| Up to the point that he just breaks, snaps an' that's all it takes | |
| You'd think that we was learnin' from other rappers mistakes | |
| But we ain't | |
| It's plain to go against, with every artists comes the image | |
| He portrays an' a picture that he paints | |
| But in the midst of all this anger an' this angst | |
| Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangster | |
| An' I ain't hear no complaints | |
| But I know that I will always continue to grow | |
| As long as I lead an' never follow no one else's shadow | |
| There will never be another me an' that I can guarantee | |
| That's why the **** I remain sucker free | |
| To this day the game will never be the same | |
| No matter how much fame or success they attain | |
| There will never be another me an' no matter what they do | |
| There will never be another you | |
| You can search but you'll never find | |
| You can try to rewind time | |
| But in your hearts an' your minds, we will never die | |
| We are forever alive an' we continue growin' one day at a time | |
| Don't be caught in the publicity an' caught in the hype | |
| Rappers are regular people minus money an' light | |
| Searchin' for fortune an' fame an' super stardom | |
| All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crew is the hardest | |
| Now the hip hop police, the villains is watchin' | |
| An' kids think beef is they only option | |
| Outlaws born filthy, guilty as charged | |
| My memories could die but Makaveli lives on | |
| You think the industry is fun an' no pity with guns | |
| An' when your money is up, that's when your enemies come | |
| So if he died an' came back, would he try to save rap? | |
| We needin' a change, the drama remains | |
| I spent my whole life fightin' myself | |
| That I can't win, so I'm invitin' some help | |
| An' every now an' then I take rights from the left | |
| I'm still just like a kid lookin' for stripes on my belt | |
| An' that there is a fight in itself | |
| So I just pray an' hope God take a like to myself | |
| No matter how much, I try stay alive | |
| I'm gonna die mad, still standin' there in love with my pride | |
| My heart frivolous beats, we past that | |
| I'm tryin' to keep some income comin' in an' collect on my ass cap | |
| The rappers in the game ain't changed | |
| An' I finally realized that we not in the same game | |
| The hatin' will never end, so I guess I'll deal wit it | |
| Them 4 5 with cop killers, just some steel wit it | |
| The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier | |
| Gotta stay leery an' keep your eyes on the rollers | |
| They do what they gotta do to shackle an' hold us | |
| So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rollin' | |
| One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind | |
| An' we continue growin' one day at a time, damn |
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