Yeah, it's ups and downs, you know what I'm sayin'? how the world runs, word up Check it out, it in
Lord, I'm tryin' to positive 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
First of all I was born a bad sign Confined to torture, saw what life had to offer Time slips away pop singles on the radio Chino never had the doe, I was determined
at birth, cursed by an evil angel To strangle my aspirations from angle a street corner to a demo deal from Warner Hardcore performer, warmer
it was on but it wasn't I never got no budget, stuck like a glue trap, it goes to prove Being the greatest lyricist can't paint the picture It's a full
I can't get me no, no Like bein' blind watchin' a movie with no closed I need some to ease my mind I'm bested, fuck Mr. Wendal my development's
All I wanted to do was rock with my ass And past the mass, collect quick cash Did what I did best, create but to hate All these music people makin' artists wait
But I'ma be up one day And soon to slam wax, innovate rhymes that my consume I view world through my notepad Thus expanding my vocab to win, till then all bad
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 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, will go wrong until the beast in me
When I was merely a sophomore, to Atlanta on a false tour This ain't I prayed so hard for Dreams broken into particles Like porcelain figurings to me like barnacles
Now I'm to be happy like Bobby 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 seems to
positive energy from inside of me To the point where my love for God no more 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 die respective like Rahoul Julia So cease with, all that shit Expect MC from Chi kid, you gets the wicked shit, till I see fit
To open my life strife like the pearly of Heaven For a entertainment this is my expression wealth and I'll share self 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 not to follow a fad or give in to trends then, it's 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 thinkin' What can go wrong 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, go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
Unanswered prayers the background I pull my baseball caps I hide the of my tears from rappin' peers
I finally got on and he wasn't a moment 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 Record went platinum, I'm slappin' 'em, I'll show you all Cover of Rolling Stones, Vibe even TV Was my first movie in L.A. when I heard my baby died
Shook it off without a thought she was beautiful Soul Train Awards, I go to not my daughters I drunk and high like I'm imperial Surrounded by white groupies than a Rakim video
Now life's a to me, except the way I was rejected formally neighborhoods I know supported me It's eatin' me, attempts repeatedly What I worked so hard for ultimately is me
I'm paranoid my own mom can't avoid a tabloid So she wasn't 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 was filled up with tragedies and despair Are fans with smilin' faces with no real purpose for here I call the Lord, when in Billboard I plummet from 3 to 10, it seems that is my new trend
I was all that, now I just fall flat, splat Vials of crack, my old friends won't let me back So where am I? Can I find myself a misty to God, I'm fallin' off like TJ Swan
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 wrong until the in me vanishes
Lord, I try to positive 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 the beast in me vanishes