[00:23.80] Sometimes its hard to wake up in the morning [00:26.04] Mind full of demons, I don't wanna hear them anymore [00:28.60] Got me heartbroken, fine, so many babies screaming [00:31.27] Cause they seeing destruction before they a see human being [00:33.86] So they start smoking weed, we'll never get our day [00:36.48] Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape [00:39.17] Cause they all broke. and why do ghetto birds die [00:42.03] Before we learn to fly, some bodies else's child caught in guns [00:44.90] Smoking weed, can all make a change [00:46.73] So I'm told, but I haven't seen the change unfold, [00:49.40] I keep hoping please, if you prefer to breathe, [00:51.92] Communities in need of people that will lead [00:54.73] Keep your eyes open, I can only say I'll try [00:57.54] Until the day I die, I promise to be wise [00:59.94] With my heart open, greed, brings only misery [01:02.31] A way to tragedy, so I stay sucker free [01:05.06] Only a few chosen, rise (rise) [01:07.08] My ghetto queen, rise (rise) [01:08.06] Don't be afraid to try (try) [01:09.39] Too many of us died to the door to open wide [01:11.87] My brother be wise, stay focused on the prize [01:14.35] Though everybody dies [01:15.68] We can... [01:16.14] Only learn to take, our anger and our hate [01:18.02] Control our mental state, settle down, and just set it straight [01:20.62] Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump the brakes [01:23.38] For we said it, regret it later, and let it escalate [01:25.97] Cause by then its too just late, theres so much we can take [01:28.54] Theres only so much someone can swallow and tolerate [01:30.96] To the point that he just breaks, snaps and thats all it takes [01:33.65] You'd think that we was learning from other rappers mistakes [01:36.04] But we aint [01:37.10] Its plain to go against, with every artists, comes the image he portrays [01:40.76] And a picture that he paints [01:41.61] But in the midst of all this anger and this angst [01:43.77] Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangster and I aint hear no complaints [01:46.73] But I know, that I will always continue to grow, [01:49.58] As long as I lead and never follow no one else's shadow [01:51.91] There will never be another me [01:53.64] And that I can guarantee [01:55.32] Thats why the fuck I remain sucker free to this day [01:57.81] The game will never be the same [01:59.96] No matter how much fame or success they attain [02:02.56] There will never be another me [02:04.35] And no matter what they do [02:05.81] There will never be another you [02:07.37] You can search but you'll never find [02:09.63] You can try to rewind time [02:11.29] But in your hearts and your minds [02:13.03] We will never die [02:14.22] We are forever alive [02:15.67] And we continue growing... [02:16.89] One day at a time [02:18.40] Don't be caught in the publicity and caught in the hype [02:20.62] Rappers are regular people minus money and light [02:23.13] Searching for fortune and fame, and super stardom [02:26.02] All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crew is the hardest. [02:28.70] Now the hip-hop police, the villains is watching [02:31.29] And kids think beef is the only option [02:33.86] Outlaws born filthy, guilty as charged [02:36.36] My memories of Khaddafi, but Makaveli lives on [02:38.85] You think the industry is fun [02:40.41] And no pity with guns [02:41.67] And when your money is up [02:42.81] Thats when your enemies come [02:44.32] So if he died and came back [02:46.04] Would he try to save rap? [02:47.14] We needing a change, the drama remains [02:49.41] I spent my whole life, fighting myself [02:52.45] That I cant win so I'm inviting some help [02:54.68] And every now and then I take rights from left [02:57.73] Im still just like a kid, looking for stripes on my belt [03:00.06] And that there is a fight in itself [03:02.55] So I just pray and hope god [03:03.89] Take a like to myself [03:05.12] No matter how much I try (stay alive) [03:07.46] I'm gunna die mad, still standing there in love with my pride [03:10.27] Heard frivolous beats, we past that [03:12.55] I'm trying to keep some income coming in [03:14.66] And collect on my ass cap [03:15.80] The rappers in the game aint changed [03:17.57] And I finally realized that we not in the same game [03:20.73] The hating will never end, so I guess I'll deal wit it [03:23.70] Them 4-5 with cop killers, just some steel wit it [03:26.37] The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier [03:28.45] Gotta stay leery and keep your eyes on the rollers [03:31.22] As they do what they gotta do to shackle and hold us [03:33.90] So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rolling [03:36.65] One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind [03:38.71] And we continue growin... [03:40.27] ...One day at a time. Damn! [03:43.11]