Yeah, crazy 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 life is full of strife and I'm of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was 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 slips 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 every angle From a corner to a demo deal from Warner performer, crowd warmer
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 full
I get me no, no satisfaction Like bein' blind a movie with no closed caption I need some time to my mind I'm bested, fuck Mr. Wendal my development's
All I wanted to do was rock my fast ass And past the mass, collect quick cash Did what I did best, create but to hate All these flake music people artists wait
But be up there one day And soon to slam wax, innovate rhymes that my fans I view world through my notepad Thus my vocab to win, till then it's all bad
Lord, I try to keep But this life is full of 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, went to Atlanta on a false This ain't what I prayed so for Dreams broken into particles Like figurings attached 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 to graduate, no exaggerate I got it now but trust too bad it to gravitate
Evaporating positive from inside of me To the where my love for God no more provides for me Of course 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 street MC from Chi kid, you gets the wicked priest shit, till I see fit
To open my life strife like the pearly of Heaven For merely a this is my expression Prepare wealth and I'll self Maybe I can but I'm lost but I be large anywhere else
The illegal, twisted, war The swallowed us, it takes an activated mind to follow 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 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 will go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
Lord, I try to keep But this life is full of and I'm tired of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was negative 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 a moment to I my mind, I lose my friends My daughter's in a too
I'm goin' through a strange tug of war inside my wall Record just went platinum, I'm slappin' 'em, show you all Cover of Stones, Vibe even TV Guide Was filmin' my movie in L.A. when I heard my baby died
it off without a thought that she was beautiful Soul Train Awards, I go to not my funeral I stay drunk and high I'm imperial Surrounded by more groupies than a Rakim video
Now life's a to me, except the way I was rejected formally Disrespected I know supported me eatin' me, suicide attempts repeatedly What I worked so for ultimately is defeatin' me
I'm paranoid my own mom avoid being a tabloid So she wasn't shocked when my flopped Caught in the industry, spendin' money Now I've been robbed, I believe my lawyers did this to me
Next album was filled up with and despair Are fans with smilin' faces with no real purpose for bein' I call the dear Lord, when in 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 won't 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 keep 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 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