Yeah, it's crazy ups and downs, you know I'm sayin'? Crazy how the world runs, up Check it out, it in
Lord, I'm tryin' to positive But this life is full of strife and I'm of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was negative What can go wrong go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
First of all I was born under a bad Confined to torture, saw what life had to offer Time away like pop singles on the radio Chino had the doe, I was determined though
at birth, cursed by an evil angel To strangle my aspirations from angle From a street corner to a demo from Warner Hardcore performer, crowd
Thought it was on but it I never got no budget, stuck like a glue trap, it goes to prove the greatest lyricist can't paint the full picture It's a mixture
I get me no, no satisfaction Like bein' blind watchin' a movie no closed caption I some time to ease my mind I'm bested, fuck Mr. my development's arrested
All I to do was rock with my fast ass And past the mass, collect quick cash Did what I did best, but began to hate 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 this world through my notepad Thus expanding my vocab to win, till 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, go wrong until the beast 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 I was thinkin' negative What can go wrong, go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
When I was merely a sophomore, to Atlanta on a false tour This ain't what I so hard for Dreams broken into particles Like porcelain attached to me like barnacles
Now I'm supposed to be happy like McFerrin Keep faith, the only thing is the drawers I'm wearin' '89 I to graduate, no exaggerate I got it now but trust too bad it to gravitate
Evaporating positive energy from of me To the point where my love for God no more for me Of course lost pride, the force rides To paradise no one invites but the Bill Of Rights
S A T proving ya I'm a spick that'll die respective like Julia So cease with, all street shit Expect MC from Chi kid, you gets the wicked priest shit, I see fit
To open my life strife like the pearly 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 mind to follow this And true to realm to be ourselves not to a fad or give in to trends 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 I was thinkin' negative can go wrong will go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
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 thinkin' What can go wrong, will go wrong until the beast in me
Unanswered prayers plays the I pull my baseball down I hide the tracks of my tears rappin' peers
I finally got on and soon he wasn't a to I my mind, I lose my friends My daughter's in a too
I'm goin' through a tug of war inside my mental wall Record just went platinum, I'm 'em, I'll show you all Cover of Stones, Vibe even TV Guide Was filmin' my first movie in L.A. when I heard my baby
Shook it off without a thought that she was Soul Train Awards, I go to not my funeral I stay drunk and high like I'm Surrounded by white groupies than a Rakim video
Now life's a to me, except the way I was rejected formally Disrespected neighborhoods I know me It's eatin' me, suicide attempts What I worked so hard for is defeatin' me
I'm paranoid my own mom can't being a tabloid So she wasn't when my movie flopped in the industry, spendin' money frivolously Now I've been robbed, I can't believe my lawyers did to me
album was filled up with tragedies and despair Are fans with smilin' faces with no real for bein' here I the dear Lord, when in Billboard I plummet from 3 to 10, it seems that failure is my new
Thought I was all that, now I just fall flat, Vials of crack, my old friends won't let me back So where am I? Can I find a misty storm? to God, I'm fallin' off like TJ Swan
Lord, I try to keep But this life is of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you I was thinkin' negative can go wrong, will go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
Lord, I try to keep But this life is of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was negative What can go wrong, will go wrong until the in me vanishes