[00:33.49]I'm staring' at the view from the height of my past pain
[00:36.05]Ironic, I'm trying come in first if it's the last thing
[00:38.86]They trying throw me off, but I won't let 'em pass me
[00:41.74]They kill me with the hating, but I ain't in the casket
[00:44.62]I gotta stay on top, gotta fucking overcome shit
[00:47.42]I had to learn to beat it like I just got a drum kit
[00:50.30]Now my motto 'keep faith, stay strong
[00:52.74]Be prosperous
[00:53.74]Stay positive and fuck anyone that say opposite'
[00:56.61]'Cause everybody don't wanna see you win
[00:58.61]In the end, your biggest enemies may be your friend
[01:01.61]Keep losing my balance;
[01:02.74]That's the prize of a winner
[01:04.24]So, I'm trying find god in the eyes of a sinner
[01:07.24]'Cause me, I'm like the victim through the eyes of a killer;
[01:09.86]Gun's aimed at her worth and the pride that's within her
[01:12.74]I'm the uprise in the lives of the demise and devastation
[01:16.43]The little piece of heaven left in satan, forreal
[01:19.55]So what if it hurts?
[01:20.36]The struggle is first
[01:21.11]To live is to die, we all suffer the curse
[01:23.99]And love is the cure until we're suffering worse
[01:26.68]Pleasure is pain; the suffering's first
[01:28.69]
[01:41.43]Pushed 'em out of my life, my friends say that I changed
[01:43.86]But, how the fuck you make a difference and still stay the same?
[01:47.77]They don't carry the weight; they can't handle the pressure
[01:49.58]So they can see me evolve, but they can't capture my essence
[01:52.33]My life is insane, and I don't get enough credit
[01:54.90]But the picture ain't realistic like a Photoshop edit
[01:58.06]How could you even be mad that I would wanna enhance that?
[02:00.87]Just to have the option, like I hit the 'advanced' tab
[02:04.24]So, fuck 'em all;
[02:05.12]They'd rather see me fail
[02:06.49]I hit the mainstream and my ship gon' sail
[02:09.30]And niggas gon' hate, and some gon' applaud me
[02:12.31]But I remain a problem that nobody's resolving
[02:14.99]I got this ache in my soul and it's distant now
[02:18.18]'cause I'm hotter than the flames on a Piston now
[02:21.06]I keep losing my balance, that's what trips me out
[02:23.93]I keep my emotions inside 'til I'm flipping out
[02:26.68]But I won't trip
[02:28.24]I stand tall
[02:29.37]Just keep my head
[02:30.87]And hold on
[02:32.12]I said, I won't trip
[02:33.62]I stand tall
[02:34.99]Just keep my head
[02:36.43]And hold on
[02:37.87]So what if it hurts?
[02:38.93]The struggle is first
[02:40.12]To live is to die, we all suffer the curse
[02:43.05]And love is the cure until we're suffering worse
[02:46.43]Pleasure is pain; the suffering's first
[02:48.06]
[03:00.38]Sometimes I feel like I'm bound to be a sell-out
[03:02.75]So I spit fire to try to let this hell out
[03:04.94]To try to let myself out
[03:06.44]This cage I trapped myself in
[03:07.75]But I won't let myself in
[03:09.13]I feel like if I lose sight of me, I won't let myself win
[03:12.27]And I won't let myself end, I be damned if I do
[03:14.90]I enjoy being myself; I be damned if I'm you
[03:17.08]See, I give 'em what they need and that's that real shit
[03:20.45]And I do it with my heart so they can feel this
[03:23.14]That's why the words in my songs reach broken bones
[03:25.89]Make 'em strong, show 'em they got more to focus on
[03:29.05]And music is the only thing I put my hope in
[03:31.57]Use words to capture my mute emotions
[03:33.38]I'm like an umbrella top, how I'm hit with the rain
[03:37.19]But I walk when it hurts like a ligament's sprain
[03:39.19]And my thoughts like a frame to the picture I paint;
[03:42.88]I get high off the green like the top of terrain
[03:45.81]They can't extinguish the flame from my mouth when I speak
[03:48.50]I got beauty and peace, like a tropical beach
[03:50.57]And I got me some dreams that I won't stop 'til I reach
[03:53.75]And Dr. King's speech in the mouth of a freak
[03:56.95]So what if it hurts?
[03:58.00]The struggle is first
[03:59.19]To live is to die, we all suffer the curse
[04:02.00]And love is the cure until we're suffering worse
[04:04.88]Pleasure is pain; the suffering's first