Yeah, it's crazy ups and downs, you what I'm sayin'? how the world runs, word up Check it out, it in
Lord, I'm tryin' to keep 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 until the in me vanishes
First of all I was under a bad sign Confined to torture, never saw life had to offer Time slips away like pop on the radio Chino never had the doe, I was determined
Sabotaged at birth, cursed by an evil To strangle my from every angle From a street corner to a deal from Warner Hardcore performer, crowd
it was on but it wasn't I never got no budget, stuck like a glue trap, it to prove that Being the greatest can't paint the full picture a full mixture
I get me no, no satisfaction Like bein' watchin' a movie with no closed caption I need time to ease my mind I'm bested, fuck Mr. Wendal my arrested
All I wanted to do was rock my fast ass And blast past the mass, collect cash Did I did best, create but began to hate All these flake music 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, then it's all bad
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 can go wrong, will 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 thinkin' What can go wrong, will go wrong until the in me vanishes
When I was a sophomore, went to Atlanta on a false tour This ain't what I prayed so for Dreams broken into individual porcelain figurings attached to me like barnacles
Now I'm supposed to be like Bobby McFerrin Keep faith, the thing holy 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 energy inside of me To the point where my love for God no more for me Of course pride, obviously the force rides To paradise no one invites but the Bill Of Rights
1430 S A T ya I'm a spick that'll die respective 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 Prepare wealth and I'll self Maybe I can 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 ourselves not to follow a fad or in to trends Till then, 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 What can go wrong will go wrong the beast in me vanishes
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 thinkin' can go wrong, will go wrong until the beast in me vanishes
Unanswered prayers the background I pull my baseball caps I hide the tracks of my tears from peers
I finally got on and soon he a moment to I lose my mind, I lose my My in a coma too
I'm goin' through a strange tug of war inside my wall Record just went platinum, I'm 'em, I'll show you all Cover of Rolling Stones, even TV Guide Was filmin' my first in L.A. when I heard my baby died
Shook it off without a that she was beautiful Train Awards, I go to not my daughters funeral I drunk and high like I'm imperial Surrounded by white groupies than a Rakim video
Now a tour to me, except the way I was rejected formally Disrespected I know supported me It's eatin' me, suicide attempts What I worked so for ultimately is defeatin' me
I'm paranoid my own mom can't avoid a tabloid So she wasn't shocked my movie flopped Caught in the industry, money frivolously Now I've robbed, I can't believe my lawyers did this to me
Next album was up with tragedies and despair Are fans with smilin' faces with no real for bein' here I call the dear Lord, 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 let me call back So where am I? Can I myself a misty storm? Invisible to God, I'm off like TJ Swan
Lord, I try to keep 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
Lord, I try to positive 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 the beast in me vanishes