Yeah, it's crazy ups and downs, you what I'm sayin'? Crazy how the world runs, up Check it out, it in
Lord, I'm tryin' to keep But this life is full of strife and I'm tired of to conquer it Boy, you know I was negative What can go wrong will go wrong the beast in me vanishes
of all I was born under a bad sign Confined to torture, never saw life had to offer Time slips away pop singles on the radio Chino never had the doe, I was though
Sabotaged at birth, cursed by an evil To strangle my aspirations from every From a street corner to a demo deal Warner Hardcore performer, crowd
it was on but it wasn't I got no budget, stuck like a glue trap, it goes to prove that the greatest lyricist can't paint the full picture It's a full
I can't get me no, no Like bein' blind watchin' a movie no closed caption I need some time to ease my I'm bested, fuck Mr. my development's arrested
All I wanted to do was with my fast ass And past the mass, collect quick cash Did what I did best, create but began to All flake music people makin' artists wait
But I'ma be up one day And soon to slam wax, rhymes that my fans consume I view this through my notepad Thus expanding my vocab to win, then it's all bad
Lord, I try to positive But this life is full of strife and I'm tired of to conquer it Boy, you I was thinkin' negative What can go wrong, will go wrong until the beast in me
Lord, I try to keep But this is full of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was negative What can go wrong, will go until the beast in me vanishes
When I was a sophomore, went to Atlanta on a false tour This what I prayed so hard for Dreams broken individual particles Like porcelain attached to me like barnacles
Now I'm supposed to be happy like McFerrin faith, the only thing holy is the drawers I'm wearin' '89 I aimed to graduate, no I got it now but trust too bad it to gravitate
positive energy from inside of me To the point where my love for God no more for me Of course lost pride, obviously the force To paradise no one but puts the Bill Of Rights
1430 S A T ya I'm a that'll die respective like Rahoul Julia So cease with, all that street MC from Chi kid, you gets the wicked priest shit, till I see fit
To open my life strife the pearly gates of Heaven For merely a this is my expression Prepare wealth and I'll share Maybe I can help but I'm lost but I be anywhere else
The illegal, twisted, war The problem swallowed us, it takes an activated mind to follow And true to realm to be ourselves not to follow a fad or give in to Till then, all bad
Lord, I try to positive But this life is full of strife and I'm tired of to conquer it Boy, you know I was thinkin' can go wrong will go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
Lord, I try to positive But this is full of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was thinkin' can go wrong, will go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
Unanswered prayers the background I pull my caps down I hide the tracks of my tears from rappin'
I finally got on and soon he wasn't a to I lose my mind, I lose my My daughter's in a too
I'm goin' a strange tug of war inside my mental wall Record just went platinum, I'm slappin' 'em, show you all Cover of Rolling Stones, even TV Guide Was filmin' my movie in L.A. when I heard my baby died
Shook it off without a that she was beautiful Soul Awards, I go to not my daughters funeral I stay and high like I'm imperial Surrounded by more groupies than a Rakim video
Now life's a tour to me, except the way I was formally Disrespected I know supported me It's eatin' me, suicide repeatedly What I worked so hard for ultimately is me
I'm paranoid my own mom can't being a tabloid So she wasn't when my movie flopped Caught in the industry, money frivolously Now been robbed, I can't believe my lawyers did this to me
Next album was filled up with and despair Are fans with smilin' faces with no real for bein' here I call the dear Lord, in Billboard I plummet from 3 to 10, it seems failure is my new trend
Thought I was all that, now I fall flat, splat Vials of crack, my old friends let me call back So where am I? Can I find myself a misty Invisible to God, I'm fallin' off like TJ
Lord, I try to positive But this life is full of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to it Boy, you know I was negative What can go wrong, will go until the beast in me vanishes
Lord, I try to keep But this life is full of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to it Boy, you I was thinkin' negative What can go wrong, will go wrong until the in me vanishes