Yeah, it's ups and downs, you know what I'm sayin'? Crazy how the world runs, up it out, bring it in
Lord, I'm tryin' to keep But this life is 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
First of all I was under a bad sign Confined to torture, never saw what had to offer slips away like pop singles on the radio Chino never had the doe, I was determined
Sabotaged at birth, cursed by an evil To my aspirations from every angle From a street corner to a demo deal Warner performer, crowd warmer
Thought it was on but it I never got no budget, stuck like a glue trap, it to prove that Being the greatest lyricist paint the full picture It's a mixture
I get me no, no satisfaction Like bein' watchin' a movie with no closed caption I need some to ease my mind I'm bested, fuck Mr. Wendal my arrested
All I wanted to do was rock with my ass And blast past the mass, collect cash Did what I did best, create but began to All these music people makin' artists wait
But I'ma be up one day And soon to slam wax, innovate rhymes that my fans I view this world through my Thus expanding my to win, till then it's all bad
Lord, I try to keep But this life is full of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to it Boy, you know I was thinkin' What can go wrong, will go wrong until the in me vanishes
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' What can go wrong, go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
When I was merely a sophomore, went to Atlanta on a tour This ain't what I so hard for Dreams broken individual particles Like porcelain figurings to me like barnacles
Now I'm supposed to be like Bobby McFerrin Keep faith, the only thing is the drawers I'm wearin' '89 I aimed to graduate, no I got it now but trust too bad it to gravitate
Evaporating positive from inside of me To the point my love for God no more provides for me Of course lost pride, obviously the rides To paradise no one invites but puts the Of Rights
S A T proving ya I'm a spick that'll die respective like Julia So cease with, all that street Expect MC from Chi kid, you gets the wicked shit, till I see fit
To my life strife like the pearly gates of Heaven For merely a entertainment is my expression Prepare wealth and share self I can help but I'm lost but I be large anywhere else
The illegal, twisted, war The problem swallowed us, it takes an activated mind to this And true to realm to be not to follow a fad or give in to trends Till then, all bad
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 go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
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
Unanswered prayers plays the I pull my baseball caps I hide the tracks of my tears rappin' peers
I finally got on and he wasn't a moment to I my mind, I lose my friends My in a coma too
I'm goin' through a tug of war inside my mental wall just went platinum, I'm slappin' 'em, I'll show you all Cover of Rolling Stones, Vibe even TV Was filmin' my first movie in L.A. I heard my baby died
Shook it off without a thought she was beautiful Soul Awards, I go to not my daughters funeral I stay and high like I'm imperial Surrounded by more white groupies than a video
Now life's a tour to me, the way I was rejected formally Disrespected neighborhoods I supported me It's eatin' me, suicide repeatedly What I worked so hard for ultimately is me
I'm paranoid my own mom avoid being a tabloid So she wasn't when my movie flopped Caught in the industry, spendin' money Now I've been robbed, I can't believe my did this to me
album was filled up with tragedies and despair Are fans with smilin' faces with no real for bein' here I call the Lord, when in Billboard I plummet 3 to 10, it seems that failure is my new trend
Thought I was all that, now I just fall flat, Vials of crack, my old won't let me call back So where am I? Can I myself a misty storm? to God, I'm fallin' off like TJ Swan
Lord, I try to keep But this is full of strife and I'm tired of tryin' 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 life is full of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was negative What can go wrong, go wrong until the beast in me vanishes