[00:01.65]Sometimes its hard, to wake up in the morning
[00:08.55]Mind full of demons I don't wanna hear them anymore
[00:12.90]Got me heartbroken, find so many babies screamin'
[00:18.18]'Cause they seein destruction before they see a human bein
[00:20.40]So they start smoking, we, will never get our day
[00:22.56]Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape
[00:25.05]'Cause they all broken, why do ghetto birds die
[00:26.82]Before we learn to fly, somebody else's child caught in gun smoke
[00:29.13]And we, can all make a change
[00:31.56]So I'm told but I haven't seen a change unfold
[00:33.24]I'll keep hopin please, if you prefer to breathe
[00:37.68]Communities in need, of people that will lead
[00:40.80]Keep your eyes open, I can only say I'll try
[00:47.67]Until the day I die, I promise to be wise
[00:50.04]With my heart open, greed brings only misery
[00:53.04]Away the tragedy, so I stay sucker free
[00:55.92]Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens rise
[01:01.17]Don't be afraid to try, too many of us die
[01:04.20]Before they daughter open wise, my brother's speak wise
[01:06.18]Stay focused on the prize, though everybody dies
[01:08.52]We can only learn to take, our anger and our hate
[01:12.30]Control our mental state, settle down and set it straight
[01:15.33]Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump the brakes
[01:16.95]Before we set it, regret it later and let it escalate
[01:19.23]'Cause by then its just too late, there's so much we can take
[01:22.68]And there's only so much someone can swallow and tolerate
[01:24.57]To the point that he just breaks, snaps, and its all it takes
[01:27.96]You think that we was learnin from other rappers mistakes
[01:30.00]But we ain't, its plain to go against
[01:32.10]With every artist comes the image he portrays and the picture that he paints
[01:36.42]But in the mist of all this anger and this angst
[01:39.42]Never once did you heard me say I'm a gangster and I aint hear any complaints
[01:43.29]But I know, that I will always continue to grow
[01:46.77]As long as I lead, and never follow no one else's shadow
[01:50.10]There will never be another me, and that I can guarantee
[01:52.98]That's why the f**k I remain sucker free
[01:55.50]To this day, the game, will never be the same
[01:57.57]No matter how much fame and success they attain
[02:00.72]There will never be another me
[02:06.81]And no matter what they do, there will never be another you
[02:10.62]You can search but you'll never find
[02:12.18]You can try to rewind time, but in your hearts and your minds
[02:14.37]We will never die, we are forever alive
[02:20.31]And we continue growin
[02:21.33]One day at a time
[02:21.87]Don't get caught in the publicity and caught in the hype
[02:24.69]Rappers are regular people minus money and life
[02:27.36]Seachin for fortune and fame and superstardom
[02:31.02]All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crews the hardest
[02:33.57]Now the hip-hop police, the villains is watchin
[02:36.18]And the kids think beef, is they only option
[02:37.80]Outlawz born filthy, guilty as charged
[02:39.60]My memories live to die, my Makaveli lives on
[02:41.40]You think the industry is fun, they no pity with guns
[02:44.55]And when your money is up, that's when your enemies come
[02:46.95]So if he died, and came back, would he try to save rap?
[02:50.97]We needing a change, the drama remains
[02:53.43]I spend my whole life, (yeah)fightin myself
[02:56.22]That I can't win, so I'm invitin some help
[02:58.47]And hey now then, I take rights and some lefts
[03:00.66]I'm still, just like a kid, lookin for stripes on my belt
[03:02.79]Yeah, that there is a fight in itself
[03:05.13]So I just pray and hope God, take a like to myself
[03:07.35]No matter how much I try, stay alive, I'm a die a man
[03:10.08]Still standin there in love my pride
[03:12.69]My heart fell for this bitch, we passed that
[03:15.60]I'm tryin to keep some income comin and collect all my ass cap
[03:17.37]The rappers in the game ain't changed
[03:18.27]And I finally realize that we not in the same game
[03:20.37]The hatin' will never end, so I guess I'll deal with it
[03:22.74]Them. 45's will pop killa's, yes I'm still with it
[03:24.99]The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier
[03:27.54]Gotta stay leery, and keep your eyes on the rollers
[03:30.75]They do what they gotta do to shackle and hold us
[03:33.36]So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rollin
[03:36.15]One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind
[03:37.68]Eminem and Outlawz
[03:38.94]When we continue growin'
[03:40.23]One day at a time
[03:40.71]Damn