[00:06.87]Life, what is it for real? I don't know.[00:11.89]Yo It's like hate taking over the whole world,[00:14.21]What is it over?[00:15.61]Suicide man that's the devil trying to control us,[00:17.87]They told us[00:18.63]But we didnt notice[00:19.57]The pain was sittin on they shoulders[00:20.72]The world is just to polar[00:22.03]They'd rather live in the solar[00:23.17]System got us hopeless, and focused on foreclosures[00:25.13]Wake up and smell the folgers[00:27.27]Obama bring home the soldiers[00:28.43]Osama, you owe us, the 9 11 was bogus[00:30.63]Now we right back at em[00:31.84]Say the world is our motive come on.[00:35.93]Hey wake up early in the streets of the block,[00:39.14]Streets of the block.[00:41.54]He posted up on the corner like a soldier[00:43.47]In the drill but he wouldn't stop[00:46.18]Living life in the battlefield, battlefield[00:51.30]Trying to survive every day and every night,[00:54.28]It's the same deal[00:56.95]Lifes strange (Lifes strange)[00:58.22]Times change (Times change)[00:59.25]But karma always finds the way[01:01.85]Stay strong (Stay strong)[01:03.09]Hold on (Hold on)[01:04.42]Don't let all your dreams fade away[01:07.02]Yeah life can beat you down[01:09.44]What goes it comes around[01:11.97]It's not how you hit the ground[01:13.97]It's how fast you get back up[01:16.33]And go,keep going[01:19.33]Sometimes it feels like I'm giving my life away[01:21.65]It gets hard, and harder[01:24.45]Happiness is worth the wait[01:26.74]Cause on my own is a better way![01:31.61]Cause on my own is a better way![01:38.51]A lot of mothers they just don't understand[01:40.48](They just don't understand)[01:42.38]They think we're hard on our sons[01:44.35]But we gotta teach our boys how to be A man[01:47.46]They only know when they walk out the door[01:50.58](When they walk out the door)[01:53.00]See we can show em how to fire,[01:54.62]But they gotta teach themselves how to reload[01:57.63]Cause unenployment is harder than its ever been[02:00.27]Sometimes it feels like i cant win[02:02.95]And even through all the rules keep changing[02:05.44]I'm stronger now than I was when I came in[02:08.62]Yeah life can beat you down[02:10.71]What goes it comes around[02:13.26]It's not how you hit the ground[02:15.25]It's how fast you get back up[02:17.58]And go, keep going[02:20.66]Sometimes it feels like I'm giving my life away[02:22.95]It gets hard, and harder[02:25.74]Happiness is worth the wait[02:28.11]Cause on my own is a better way![02:32.96]Cause on my own is a better way![02:38.79]Hey Hey going through the back streets[02:40.52]Like we got beef[02:41.47]Carnival for carnivores with the sharp teeth[02:43.86]They animalistic that's why we call the cops beast[02:46.33]We're on the hunt[02:47.62]Cause they're hungry for the dark meat[02:49.13]I'm rapping to my heart beat[02:50.72]Brain is the base[02:51.92]My heart is the drum,[02:53.26]Give the drum some[02:54.26]Promise of a better life is all I got to give[02:56.64]I ain't just trying to survive, I'm trying to live[02:59.37]Cause all I want is a better way, Hey[03:05.13]If you're not prepared the world can be so cold[03:09.85]All that you can do is your best and just hope[03:14.21]In time the truth will show[03:17.18]Just stick to what you know[03:19.71]Get a grip on something real and never let it go[03:24.97]And go, keep going[03:27.14]Sometimes it feels like I'm giving my life away[03:29.22]And it gets hard, and harder[03:32.16]Happiness is worth the wait[03:34.20]Cause all I want is A better day[03:39.24]Cause all I want is A better way[03:45.37]Go! Keep going[03:47.47]Sometimes it feels like I'm giving my life away[03:49.61]And it gets hard, and harder[03:52.50]Happiness is worth the wait[03:54.68]Cause all I want is A better day[03:59.63]Cause all I want is A better way