Yeah, it's crazy ups and downs, you know I'm sayin'? Crazy how the runs, word up it out, bring it in
Lord, I'm tryin' to keep 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 the beast in me vanishes
First of all I was under a bad sign Confined to torture, never saw what life had to Time slips away like pop on the radio never had the doe, I was determined though
Sabotaged at birth, cursed by an evil To strangle my from every angle From a street corner to a demo deal Warner performer, crowd warmer
Thought it was on but it I never got no budget, stuck a glue trap, it goes to prove that Being the greatest lyricist paint the full picture a full mixture
I get me no, no satisfaction bein' blind watchin' a movie with no closed caption I need some to ease my mind I'm bested, Mr. Wendal my development's arrested
All I wanted to do was with my fast 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 be up there one day And soon to slam wax, innovate rhymes my fans consume I view this world through my Thus expanding my to win, till then it's all bad
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, will go wrong until the beast in me
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
When I was merely a sophomore, to Atlanta on a false tour This what I prayed so hard for Dreams into individual particles Like porcelain attached 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
Evaporating positive energy from of me To the where my love for God no more provides for me Of course lost pride, obviously the force To paradise no one invites but puts the Bill Of
1430 S A T ya I'm a spick die respective like Rahoul Julia So cease with, all that street Expect MC Chi kid, you gets the wicked priest shit, till I see fit
To open my life strife like the gates of Heaven For a entertainment this is my expression Prepare wealth and I'll share Maybe I can help but I'm lost but I be large anywhere
The illegal, twisted, war The problem swallowed us, it takes an mind to follow this 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 life is full of strife and I'm of tryin' to conquer it Boy, you know I was thinkin' What can go 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 I was thinkin' negative What can go wrong, will go wrong until the in me vanishes
prayers plays the background I pull my baseball caps I hide the tracks of my tears from peers
I got on and soon he wasn't a moment to I lose my mind, I 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, I'll you all Cover of Rolling Stones, Vibe TV Guide Was filmin' my first movie in L.A. when I my baby died
Shook it off a thought that she was beautiful Soul Train Awards, I go to not my daughters I stay drunk and like I'm imperial by more white groupies than a Rakim video
Now a tour to me, except the way I was rejected formally Disrespected neighborhoods I supported me It's me, suicide attempts repeatedly What I worked so hard for ultimately is me
I'm paranoid my own mom avoid being a tabloid So she wasn't shocked when my flopped in the industry, spendin' money frivolously Now I've been robbed, I can't believe my did this to me
Next album was filled up tragedies and despair Are fans with faces with no real purpose for bein' here I call the dear Lord, when in I from 3 to 10, it seems that failure is my new trend
Thought I was all that, now I fall flat, splat Vials of crack, my old friends won't let me call So where am I? Can I find myself a misty Invisible to God, I'm off like TJ Swan
Lord, I try to keep 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
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 thinkin' What can go wrong, go wrong until the beast in me vanishes