Ugh imagine stuck inside a box Pushed into the margins, and you pressured by their thoughts Imposed upon your view of what you really wanna do Or what you wanna be so often dreams droppin on the spot Heart, they say we need it, I believe it, If we ain’t seeing we need it, then it leaves us in the dark Pause, they make it easy to defer a dream Look and observe and see the have not’s But then again many men make decisions that Cut em deep long sleep an incision stab And I’m sure most ya’ll done witnessed that Self- esteem deflates and make ambitions flat Its all connected like a point guard’s perspective When he on court jettin dropping dime off the dribble fast Hard effort to deliver you a message Hoping that you won’t forget it like a list on scribble pad Fear, that’s the weapon of the enemy Doubt, killing dreams so we’ll never be Hate, its serparatin our communities That’s why we keep the hope alive in you and me My concern was never image I’m preferring that you listen To the lessons I attempted to embed inside the message Over drums, melodic tunes, metaphors, and puns Reflect on my short comings like a lotus monk I’m not a god I’m a man tryna overcome This zombie apocalypse that’ll overrun Our humanity its tragic as a loaded gun Like displaced immigrants with broken tongues Third world hopeless ones hunger pains I take a chance like a dance for some thunder rain To kill the drought, what they about is instillin doubt Second guesses fill ya mind with plenty clouds And overtime and you comply and forever drown Rob us of our self-worth like we never proud Amidst the shroud be some snakes among us A sub-oppressor that bring you down for their come up Fear, that’s the weapon of the enemy Doubt, killing dreams so we’ll never be Hate, its serparatin our communities That’s why we keep the hope alive in you and me And sometimes I struggle with my sisters and my brothers My folks that claim to be they fighting for equity But what depresses me is at times they do the other More hurt to one another than healing communities And some might hear these words and simply label me as bitter Or being over critical, I’m sayin that we sinners Unable to progess unless we meet up at the river--- Own the past, and refocus on seein the bgger picture Fear, that’s the weapon of the enemy Doubt, killing dreams so we’ll never be Hate, its serparatin our communities That’s why we keep the hope alive in you and me

Wake up dress up confidence chest up Trust in ya struggle gotta hustle as you step up Step through get through hardships and all its Troubles gotta walk with the will and the promise To make life betta for self and for whoever You consider as forever never ever gon quit Cause shit be getting crazy on the lately 1-80 yes maybe gotta turn it all around come legit Equip with life lessons to getting ya mind focus To step in ya grind load it with love ya betta hold it Like a notice keep informed and focus on what it is Hopin for the greater be a writer of the script Survivah with a fist quick to fight in life to get Ya rights and the pursuit of life and liberty to live Unravel gems, travel like a captain of a ship Immortalize your sweat that’s how infinite exist Oh yes everyday push Another day here gotta show em what’s good Everyday shine in any way find The energy you give with a purpose in mind Its more than being fresh with the dress cause yes This quest recommends that you must impress With that authentic genuineness to press Push hard like you on that success express Leave stress… just let it go instead Cause if it gets to you there goes ya best Don’t hold ya breathe that’s a dose of death You betta off cool calm like the coldest fish On a swim while the river still flowing quick You see it as a challenge not hop-e-less Gotta exercise will with the skill you got Let that energy spill still connect the dots Be the coolest quarterback in that pocket dawg And you elevating fast like a rocket launch A lotta confi-donts with that work you put in Overcoming doubt, that’s the sweat you push with Oh yes everyday push Another day here gotta show em what’s good Everyday shine in any way find The energy you give with a purpose in mind From urban poor across shores to first world streets Suburbs and back to where the boondocks be The 99 grinds, it’s a time of need And the assembly lines make you mindlessly Be drones you getting owned, the CEO’s and greed Go together like fight with the folks beneath For a better life or what its supposed to be Push while you fight to overthrow the beast Oh yes everyday push Another day here gotta show em what’s good Everyday shine in any way find The energy you give with a purpose in mind

I just wanna love I just wanna be I just wanna feel like I could be free Do it for my folks and do it for my fams I’m just a man with a heart and these hands Learn, a conscious minds breeds a heavy heart Maybe scars that leave ya hurt pain giving birth But from afar we rather see the distant stars Searchin a mirage that defers you from your worth And so we starve and hunger becomes the bar The standard we accept and set upon us all What I’m tryna say is we accepted that we fall To the extent that we don’t ask what is the cause Pay us less labor greed never tasted sweet It be the taste of sweat tears and the blood we bleed Under siege an assault on really being free I wanna build life of purpose so could I please Get a chance, some magic beans, or golden lamp A rain dance, a buddist chant with some prayer beads To go with hustle the daily struggle for hope to breath And give me wisdom like I’m searching for an older me I just wanna love I just wanna be I just wanna feel like I could be free Do it for my folks and do it for my fams I’m just a man with a heart and these hands Got a son and a wife now, can’t lie down, gotta focus bite down Take the bullet take the hit transform pain to create a gift Iron will time will tell whether or not I’ll make a shift Make a change, its dangerous, save the kids yes right now… I often wonder why the jungle take us under And so tragedy is rooted on a system needin hunger Plus glutton made exclusive to the few that plays the music On the speakers and the structures that each institution uses Abusive by design while I’m trying to find the line Between my 1st world privilege and past colonized The complexity that I grapple on the daily The attitude of pay me verses freedom must arrive Do I fight or comply? Am I caught up in maybe? Ain’t no telling what or why but I gotta feed my baby Feed the family its crazy when confronted with decisions Values in collision while I’m tryna make livin (cause) I just wanna love I just wanna be I just wanna feel like I could be free Do it for my folks and do it for my fams I’m just a man with a heart and these hands

They say be a rapper, a rapper people like An image to consume that’s appealin to the eyes A tough guy, arrogant, cold heart, masculine Gun talk rapping gotta grab em with a lie I ain’t saying that its wrong to talk about the violence As long as people understand what causes all this fightin Context matters, a method to the science We use to drop gems but they pressure us to minus The narrative of life so that you fit into a type Of manufactured hype, rapper purchasing they likes Judgin what is ill free of substance on the mic Its like buzz over everything insultin our minds Measured by your followers and never for your rhymes An image to project it’s the cleverest disguise A so-called boss but your art is compromised No wins just losses and toxins full of lies They say image be everything image be ya life Naw, image over everything like everything’s a lie If image is bigger then what happens when you die Does the picture that you paint kill the soul livin inside Young girls watchin’ reality TV Parents at work, they ain’t knowing what she sees Buy this buy that in order to be she Celebrity status follow and feed me Thinkin all you gotta be is pregnant and 16 Put you on the screen and now you living your big dreams Baby turned accessory 21st century Poison for your mind understand the severity Ads in excess, causing trauma to the head Lack of self-esteem like its fallin to its death Hope you watchin where you step cause this problem still extends To young boys that get so insensitive with less Compassion to express what they see as being weak So they hyper-agress, be as hard as concrete Trapped inside a box putting thoughts all to sleep Just following the image, make em opposite of free They say image be everything image be ya life Naw, image over everything like everything’s a lie If image is bigger then what happens when you die Does the picture that you paint kill the soul livin inside Mainstream images misconstrue cool With cool being bad so bad they wanna do Or at least emulate a certain image to a cue In leui of their refusal to confront whats true Confront whats you the real behind the oohs The smoke and mirrors we needin a clearer view Passed all the booze, the partying like a fool Spendin your parents money but never will finish school And its true we as people switch on fly When you workin and you searchin within you to fake a smile Cause cake is on the line, bills pay it on time So we teeter on the line between the image that we try To get people to see and what buried deep inside It’s a climb we take in world so cold An rotten apple pie that we all got sold To conform to an image in exchange for your soul They say image be everything image be ya life Naw, image over everything like everything’s a lie If image is bigger then what happens when you die Does the picture that you paint kill the soul livin inside

Water flow water go Water cold water snow Water for the soil and seed consuming so the plant could grow Water rain wash the pain water for the desert soul Water well clean water dreams that’s what we need it for If you had a well of water, would you make sure that its clean And if I was little boy Jack, I’ll plant them magical beans Punch the sky like people power, taller than the largest tower Harvest every lemon, produce juice at every hour Now some hustlas turn cowards when life devours dreams A little money and some power make that water well unclean You hear poison in their voices and see slither in their schemes Packaged in nice plastic and the taste of it is sweet But the second you comsume it, diabetes in your stream Are we livin to be dying or dying to just to live Wanna be higher than Orion but we think it can’t exist So some think that this is it, enslaved by your own limits And so ambitions feel like powder or sand spillin out your hands Like hate to a newborn baby, too young for the child to grasp So you fumble fluster stu-stutter words that you mutter Jealousy takes over, askin’ Cain where is your brother Water flow water go Water cold water snow Water for the soil and seed consuming so the plant could grow Water rain wash the pain water for the desert soul Water well clean water dreams that’s what we need it for It’s hard to win without sinnin, so easy to be a villain Projecting you are spotless but you lyin to the children A little dirt so subtle mixed in, in the koolaid that we drinkin A speck stuck inside your eye, large enough to blur your vision Cause I wanna make a livin, yea I wanna make a livin I wanna build a house with these two hands and all of my ambitions I wanna nail my dreams into it with a hammer made of sweat And hold it all together with my passion as cement Cookin truth within the kitchen, circulate it through the vents Capitalism got us trippin competition so intense Got us warring over scraps, feel like a turtle on its back A hurdle in yo path and further up the earth has cracks Drunken to a stuper, super swerving on the track I’m tryna to maneuver, I’m student with a knack To turn manure into plants with a ruler and some math Measuring the water from the well with every task Water flow water go Water cold water snow Water for the soil and seed consuming so the plant could grow Water rain wash the pain water for the desert soul Water well clean water dreams that’s what we need it for

This woman with white hair as long as her old age Walks slowly with a cane, shoulder and back pain Like she built a thousand ships for Spain like a slave Got a face full of wrinkles with no teeth to even smile Tattoos on her hands representive of her tribe Got bruises on her sides that she managed to survive And her eyes produces rain not a drizzle but a sky Full of black clouds tryna makes us understand why But she speaks a different tongue that most can’t understand And most leave her to herself like she from another land Like she from a distant planet further out for us to measure Some say that she’s a legend and her name was Estrella Hot like a kettle got a special for the devil’s dance Put them dollars up clothes down she bare it fast Intoxicating as a liquor glass, give her cash Dishonest men but for her she wear the biggest mask Just a little laugh, maskin that it is really bad Hopin that song ain’t long and that it finish fast But its feelin likes its replay listen to what he say Boss on her case so that he’s paid So its on to next as her hips sway Back and forth she was forced into this work Forced to be silent deny her of her worth The boys call her Baby but she prefers cursed A Pinay in her 30s wakin’ early with a bag Packed neatly with lunch and dinner because the fact is that She got a double shift, hustle get money, hungry people in her country live Ugliest conditions like a punishment Economy has plummeted destruction is normalcy She said that it is forcin me To leave the family and carry these burdens Hurtin while she workin learnin how to cope with distance How to cope with missin all her children She a victim of the imperialism The greedy corporations money worshipping religion Everday is hard and her heart is feeling heavy Their mother is stranger known by the name of Mary This Pinay’s lips is as pouty as they come And her walk and demeanor is as heavy as a drum She curses in Tagalog like their poison in her lungs And theres fire in her eyes that is hotter than the sun She will cut the first whoever wanna bring it to her, none The growl in her belly says she workin for them crumbs The slant on her shoulders says she carryin a ton Carrying a legacy that is stronger than a gun A legacy that’s added through the generation’s sum And she speaks with a passion like tomorrow never comes So she runs without stoppin very few options Fierce as a storm and they call Aunt Laban

Peace to Rocky Balboa, Ponyboy Curtis Young Siddhartha on his journey still searchin Young Esperanza from Mango street Barry Horowitz shock em when Skip got beat 2014 Giants got them experts silent 3 times in 5 years let them trophies speak Glen from Walking Dead stay one step ahead And yes his lady white right I believe In the underdog, often overlooked and ignored Underrepresented yet they kick them doors Down on the way up, a Casious Clay punch Champ at 22 already the world shake up Never glitter, smoke and mirrors, or the make up Understand I’m Jackie Chan never fake stunts Never made up raw like that steak blood A pair of PF flyers fully laced up This is a song for underdogs Of course they ain’t showin love at all Hopin that you quit you retire That’s gasoline that’s fuel for the fire I’m little Mac swingin fast in a title match Megaman with low life but he fighting back 5 “7” Spudd Webb dunkin over heads I’m Macguyver stay alive just escaping death I’m the tortoise while hare moving way ahead He think he winning but in the end I’m takin this A young Picasso when the critics was hatin it B-rabbit on stage not afraid to spit Walter White when he just started makin meth Before Gus got got before he makin bread I’m Bruce Lee barely breathin in the Game of Death Fredrick Douglas with the hunger to embrace a pen Ender Wiggins killing the competition A hail mary pass in the last two seconds A prayer in air a game winning shot Tianamen square when them tanks got stopped This is a song for underdogs Of course they ain’t showin love at all Hopin that you quit you retire That’s gasoline that’s fuel for the fire

The declaration of human right is urgent From the place where you sleep and the place that you work in I’m talkin’ bout the wages talkin’ bout the basics Cause nowadays you ain’t human unless yo ass famous Fuck a racist politician I’m hatin’ The game is to rob the poor, its war that we facin’ Cause hate is when they want more that bacon That they robbin and rapin, its colonization Imperialism, takin’ over the nations Elite masons controlling the information The population distracted from devastation The lack of the health care, food, and education Them snakes don’t care cause they bringing the cake in They ain’t sharing one bit, we losin our patience Hungry as beast we gon’ show em what change is Swing a bolo at the system, its over, so take this Hook Orion One's verse Hook More jobs, more schools, freedom and safety Guarantee all folks have freedom from slavery Regardless of your race or whatever your shade be Cause freedom of speech is not something they gave we Are entitled to these rights as a human being It’s a matter life cause the deeper reason Is not about the green and monetary profits It’s the basics to live its bigger than a promise Orion One's verse Hook

Muscle to battle you, hit you with a classic move Straight villain killing the competition Kumite te turn they back I’m still winning Chong Li chant understand I’m making victims You are next, got Frank Dux quiverin Don’t nobody want it, ain’t nobody here stepping I will handle you, strangle you, with one eye missin Double Impact crack your back in all directions Get your lessons, coward hide like they burrow Featherweight punches couldn’t hurt my pectorals You better give up I can hit you with a mix up Mastermind I’m a lot more than a big thug Chinese Herculeas loose of a murder spree Elbows slice like surgery causing big cuts Bolo Yeung and nobody wanna step up Kung fu legend king of all villains Trainin since I was 10 its my beginning Don’t ever mistake, I’ve worked with all the greats I got an Ironheart never softer than you grapes Peace to Black Belt Jones and Bruce never hate So Enter the Dragon or the Game of Death If you could take my kick then you done faced the best I’m bitter, black licorice, ya’ll some rasinets I’m pump iron, grindin, never take a rest Biceps bigger than 80 baby legs Tiger palm strike that be breakin necks I’m fire flame bright burn dangerous Still training past 60 ya’ll can’t diss me Respect how I lift these weights like a frisbee Top villain no doubt ya’ll list me Kung fu cinema respect my history

Life… is always harder than you think The hardest difficulty culminating into this Tribulations and suffering surrounds your circumference Feels like its crumbling ground below rumblin Looking for some sun behind the clouds hope it comin in Rain coming down weather’s loud and its thunderous Askin why we hurt and I’m told its God’s punishment Or life just happens so we keep strugglin Hustlin ya skill putting muscle to ya will On the double multi-triple grindin harder than a drill Gotta father mother real dedication of your best Nothing less then better effort with whatever that you bless Under pressure under stress overcome it nonetheless An epic through the ages like a hero on his quest Navigatin through the jungle slay the dragon in its rest And the treasure is that heart beatin hard beneath ya chest Yup daily movin through life Spendin minutes the commodity of time Steady travel through these passages I write And I keep it elevated tryna kiss the sky The moment, when-you-feel-it, you been pushed to your limit When you search within your soul to find the energy to finish Draw from memories, an image, to carry you, you lifted Just enough to keep you up above the water that you swim in Sharks and sharps reefs, dangers that scar deep A lyricist whose heart speaks to four bar beats Struggle written on the dashboard and old car seats Tattoos of bloody wounds that won’t stop leak Carry pain like tragedy oppression tryna bury me Bury my people an attack on our capacity To rearrange reality fly defy gravity Bursting through the canopies crossing over galaxies Travel back in time to kill the king and his majesty I come from a people where survival is a mastery …And I’m inspired for the moment Take a deep breath and let the ancestors know it Yup daily movin through life Spendin minutes the commodity of time Steady travel through these passages I write And I keep it elevated tryna kiss the sky

And whatever you do You got to make due And that’s the way it goes Life is full of hurt but we can’t let go oh no I own a minivan 95 Mazda My ride elevated like I’m in a helicopter And I ain’t tryna race, I ain’t into all that drama Cause gasoline too high and I ain’t got alotta Dollas for the tank, I’m not baller with the bank 6 cylinders, killin ya, funds is what I lack Cause my whip be breakin’ down like R&B tracks Alignments, tune ups, brakes and all of that I put money on my ride, and people think its still whack I’m not dude with the benz, shiny with gloss black I’m a hub cap rollin, steerin wheel controlling, Got my window wiper movin in the back… Gotta floor that pedal on the freeway medal Movin steady just to feel a little fast As a matter of fact I’ma cruise for the day Roll like cassette tapes smooth in the lane And whatever you do You got to make due And that’s the way it goes Life is full of hurt but we can’t let go oh no Growin up understand the cash was down When I outgrew my clothes I wore hand-me-downs From my older cousins, fams, ya boy got clowned An ocean of insult hopin ya boy would drown That’s some 1st world problems, other folks stravin Americans spending they rent to look large when They working for that minimum, very few options Lack of priorities spend with no caution That’s a pit my mother would refuse to ever fall in Substance over style, purpose over flossin Bought 10 dollar shoes that her son could walk in Felt out of place like my kicks was martian Them kids was talking but the problem is You can look rich but we all improverished Mama save lots for a future college kid Makin due cause I knew she good on promises And whatever you do You got to make due And that’s the way it goes Life is full of hurt but we can’t let go oh no

Love that’s the reason that I do it now Cause without that love then we movin down Up put them palms to the sun above Know the cycle of receive and return the love I’m sorry I ain’t been around I mean it half the time cause really I been busy now Became a father and a husband, tryna make em proud Been feeling tired to be partying and getting loud I can’t be getting down with all that drinkin Cause really I been thinking I wanna live me a life The type where I can grow old, wrinkles and canes, Maybe minimal pain with the clearest of sights To see the meaning of it all, whether winter or fall Summer, spring, I’d like to think I’ve been hearing my call In the classroom, rowdy afternoons and long mornings Inner city schools where youth got fews options I’m thinking that truth ain’t enough or being conscious Of these systems of the oppression when them children is starving For attention, for some love, and their exterior is tough And if you really think about it they ain’t different from us Love that’s the reason that I do it now Cause without that love then we movin down Up put them palms to the sun above Know the cycle of receive and return the love And so my mama’s getting older And her body often achin like she carrying a boulder Hesitant to say she slowin or to say that her age Got her feelin so exhausted like the lines on her face And so these rhymes on the page is a record of time And sometimes its embrace takes a toll on ya mind Body soul cause we tryna find gold in these mines Like its 49 sacrificin traveling west And yes I got some goals and so I’ll gather my best Acquire a couple tools that I’ll lather in sweat Desire for that new never aspire for less Like mama when she ask am I retiring yet? She want to travel and rest while I’m turning my gears I’m tryna write my first novel in a couple of years Some more songs and poems to inspire my peers I’m just returning ya’ll the favor, ya’ll the reason I’m here Love that’s the reason that I do it now Cause without that love then we movin down Up put them palms to the sun above Know the cycle of receive and return the love I’m swapping liquor for a convo with tea Whoever on rotation for Ms Ross and Supremes A white tee and baggy jeans for that interview please Hyper masculine bravado for creating some peace Tryna change our tomorrow, so I’m playing for keeps In the present, and every second time allows us to be Leave my younger self behind at least the immature me And keep pursuing, getting wise, with the allure of our dreams Love that’s the reason that I do it now Cause without that love then we movin down Up put them palms to the sun above Know the cycle of receive and return the love

Sometimes a brother gotta chill out Have a seat, have a feast, where we can all pig out Get drunk or stay sober as long as I’m close ta My folks my fams just know that I’ll hold ya Down cause ya man gotta hang like a posta You ain’t gotta ask grab glass we gon toast ta Another year passed recognize hustle Recognize work recognize struggle No we can’t burn out let that sunshine touch you Wash away the stress let that love just run through Your soul and your body cause we love to party But not all the time cause the grind don’t stop see Its all connected, the stress from the hectic But yo don’t forget it, the struggle is collective You ain’t gotta feel all alone like you friendless Cause unity is the beat that we’ll gon step with 1-2 Everybody Step Now 3-4 Take a deep breath And 5-6 Exhale gently 7-8 Feel a little less heavy You ain’t gotta live your life like every second fight At one point a brother out here gotta sleep Gotta recharge and rest ease off ya step Take a moment to just meditate and breath Cause if its everyday you bleed, eventually you die Cause that tank runs empty, that water runs dry Them limbs get tired, you getting heavy eyes You lose that fire, that spark, that stride It all about balance, the self and the movement Everyday challenge, health and improvement And so I remind you to take some time to Relax and let ya unwind Reflect on your progress, your growth and process Settle like cool glass of wine Cause sometimes its ugly but please just trust me Everything is gonna be fine 1-2 Everybody Step Now 3-4 Take a deep breath And 5-6 Exhale gently 7-8 Feel a little less heavy This is for my people people people my people Understand that sometimes we all need to Take a breath, one moment it don’t mean you quit Recenter, recollect, spend time with your kids Catch up on sleep, grab something to eat Make sure that your body ain’t sick Cause you don’t work til you die, you work so we live Yeah, you already know what it is 1-2 Everybody Step Now 3-4 Take a deep breath And 5-6 Exhale gently 7-8 Feel a little less heavy

Sometimes I wish reality was simply a dream Or a book or a movie with a climatic scene Where the climax is my people getting what they need To be honest I need to eat too, drink, and breathe But it’s a mystery the distortion of necessity I won’t lie I ask sometimes will we ever be Free? Maybe not if we sit in our seats Glued to screen like the shoes glued to the cleats And the struggle is deep that I’m fighting inside While simultaneously trying to build on the side And its like I’m livin a lie when I’m tryin to speak About revolution when I got nikes on my feet I’m left in confusion like whats the day of the week As I struggle with this troubled double personality Cause looking for clarity amidst the fallacies Its hard like divorced families living happily It is the struggle…the struggle we Face on the daily… to be free Cause in order to survive Then change starts from inside I’ve been called out, checked, straight put in my place By my peers for some years and I really must say That I appreciate the criticism and advice To look inside my mind to self reflect and analyze To expose my flaws like it just got televised I intend to make that change after I apologize And it might take a few tries, repeated conservations Just know that I am trying I am thankful for you patience Perfection is my aim like tryna rhyme with perfect cadence I’m looking to improve tryna be well educated Instead of having no clue like my name was ignoramus No matter what the place is I expect to get checked If I fail to be aware or politically correct I take criticism well I’m not the type to get depressed And unless you say otherwise I will do the same Cause acting like its good is a disappointing shame It is the struggle…the struggle we Face on the daily… to be free Cause in order to survive Then change starts from inside

This sort of feel like a good bye song I was never bout the green, this ain’t no goolie dawg I ain’t sayin that I’m leavin that like this good guy gone I’m just sayin, there’s a sayin that the good die young I’m a young cat with some stats but I’m not god Never gun rap just love raps I’m leavin ya’ll Till next time rewind this track and pause And reflect on the year and how it passed us all And so my caption’s raw, I got a passion for Teaching truth to the youth so we can pass it on This is a passage of, a sort of rights of way A half revolution like the night turn day The other half come later, it ain’t right to stay Gotta move with my earth and connects them rays Gotta learn how to heal, so concern for the real The hands on the clock still turn like a wheel So ya man gotta walk til it hurts in the heels Ache in ya knees like ya jerkin for years But this jerk got a verse to rehearse for ya peers This one is on the house like I served you a beer I used to think that me and music would be breakin’ up Upset about the fact that I ain’t getting major buzz But I’m good with this circle of local love I’m Martin Lawrence, I’m live and I know “WZUP” Yeah I keep it “COLE” even Gina know I’m tryna reach the globe, maybe reach a soul Maybe 3 or 4 now why they sleeping for? They like a bear in a cave while the season snows On the surface is a world that we ain’t seen before They telling me to hush cause that’s where all dreamers go So I ma dream some mo, for those who givin’ up 9 to 5 hate they job so they drink it up I bite my lip when they tellin’ me they live it up And I ain’t sayin that I’m better, I just give a fuck I keep them lessons up, I ain’t forgettin’ cause This ain’t a salad for anyone to dress it up Now this ain’t less than love, I call it therapy Cause this process right here bring out the best in me A self trajectory, knowing what is possible Open to a dialogue, I try to be responsible It’s like that ya’ll it’s like that Self-reflection is a must so give thanks It’s like that ya’ll it’s like that Forward movin while remembering the past I’m out

Ugh….Its hard to be positive Venting on the track as I author it Tryna find meaning, tryna find healing Tryna stay up amongst all of this Choas another loss you wanna quit Escape like you smoke a marijuana stick Hate self so you down an alcoholic drink A lotta stress over media and politics Got us all sick but we conscious I guess the more we know the more problems I guess the more we know the less options Or so it feels like, I’m soundin’ heartless A little hopeless like I’ma fall quick Into a box where they keep them dreams locked in Gotta stay standin’ gotta take chances Remind self that this life is a great challenge It takes love, takes hope, its takes practice Disicipline in everything stay balanced Lessons I’ve learned, I’m tryna stay at it Produce action cause that is where great happens If tomorrow comes then I know I was meant to be here If tomorrow comes and I’m gone Then I hope I gave my all Sometimes its hard to see the visual See the truth beyond the sole individual And the cards that life is still giving you You give a lot but you get no recipricol Thats the way it is they say that life kid Like its normal like we used to all this violence Another one gone another minus Another number that they mark on that die list Used to death but don’t know what life is Or what a smile is, we in a crisis Pacified and distracted to buy this Buy that to achieve a kind of flyness Thats artofficial temporary at best Consume you a fool that what the devils expect So I’m writin this letter to self or whoever To remember when its hard that you better than this …And I’ll sing song, maybe Redemption Song Maybe Lauryn Hill or Nina Simone Gotta be strong and gotta find purpose Keep life movin on and stay learnin If tomorrow comes then I know I was meant to be here If tomorrow comes and I’m gone Then I hope I gave my all