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Lord, I'm tryin' to positive But this life is of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you I was thinkin' negative What can go wrong will go wrong the beast in me vanishes
First of all I was born under a bad Confined to torture, never saw what life had to Time away like pop singles on the radio Chino never had the doe, I was determined
Sabotaged at birth, cursed by an evil To strangle my aspirations every angle From a street corner to a demo from Warner performer, crowd warmer
Thought it was on but it I never got no budget, stuck like a trap, it goes to prove that Being the greatest can't paint the full picture It's a mixture
I get me no, no satisfaction Like bein' blind watchin' a with no closed caption I need time to ease my mind I'm bested, Mr. Wendal my development's arrested
All I wanted to do was rock with my ass And blast the mass, collect quick cash Did what I did best, create but to hate All these flake people makin' artists wait
But I'ma be up one day And soon to slam wax, innovate rhymes that my fans I this world through my notepad Thus my vocab to win, till then it's all bad
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
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 negative What can go wrong, will go wrong until the beast in me
When I was merely a sophomore, went to Atlanta on a tour This ain't what I prayed so for Dreams broken into individual Like porcelain attached to me like barnacles
Now I'm supposed to be happy Bobby McFerrin Keep faith, the only 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 for God no more provides for me Of lost pride, obviously the force rides To paradise no one but puts the Bill Of Rights
S A T proving ya I'm a spick that'll die respective like Rahoul So cease with, all that street Expect MC from Chi kid, you gets the wicked priest shit, I see fit
To open my life strife like the gates of Heaven For merely a entertainment this is my Prepare and I'll share self Maybe I can help but I'm lost but I be large else
The illegal, twisted, war The problem swallowed us, it takes an activated mind to 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 positive But this life is full of strife and I'm of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was thinkin' What can go wrong will go wrong 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 thinkin' What can go wrong, will go wrong until the beast in me
prayers plays the background I pull my baseball down I hide the tracks of my from rappin' peers
I finally got on and soon he wasn't a to I lose my mind, I my friends My daughter's in a too
I'm through a strange tug of war inside my mental wall just went platinum, I'm slappin' 'em, I'll show you all Cover of Rolling Stones, Vibe TV Guide Was filmin' my first movie in L.A. when I heard my died
Shook it off without a that she was beautiful Soul Train Awards, I go to not my daughters I stay drunk and high like I'm 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 so hard for ultimately is defeatin' me
I'm paranoid my own mom can't avoid a tabloid So she shocked when my movie flopped in the industry, spendin' money frivolously Now I've robbed, I can't believe my lawyers did this to me
Next album was filled up with and despair Are fans smilin' faces with no real purpose for bein' here I call the dear Lord, when in 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 let me call back So where am I? Can I myself a misty storm? Invisible to God, I'm fallin' off like TJ
Lord, I try to positive But this life is 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 this is full of strife and I'm tired of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was thinkin' What can go wrong, will go until the beast in me vanishes