[00:21.48]It's been a long journey, a long road
[00:23.80]Filled with potholes and obstacles
[00:26.60]I've fallen so many times
[00:28.69]It forged character though, and growth in my rhymes
[00:32.09]Now when I fall, I'm older
[00:33.83]Get up, smile, brush the dirt off of my shoulders
[00:36.99]I used to do things the hard way
[00:39.03]Today, I pray -And listen to what God say
[00:42.33]The path for my life is laid out for me
[00:44.14]You could rest in peace right be carrying the torch homie
[00:47.69]To all the people that got love for me:
[00:49.65]I push on
[00:50.50]And try to write our stories
[00:52.31]These are the days for constant building
[00:54.76]Construct futures for all of our children
[00:57.42]Make cash, make it last
[00:59.66]You know how fast them days will pass, in a flash
[01:03.35]The sands in the hour glass slip through your fingers
[01:05.77]Cause you never got a grasp
[01:07.74]Get a grip
[01:08.93]Get it straight
[01:09.78]Or else you'll let it slip
[01:10.84]And you'll never elevate
[01:12.21]Right now
[01:13.41]There's no time to waste
[01:14.72]Put your best foot forward
[01:16.21]And try to keep pace
[01:17.30]Push on
[01:20.48]All my people, you got got got to push on
[01:24.84](on, and on, and on, and on)
[01:28.21]I built my foundation on a rock
[01:30.04]So when the winds of change come I won't fall off
[01:33.33]You see my outstretched hand
[01:34.94]Success means nothing to me, unless I share with my fam
[01:38.62]To my peeps abroad and state side: Let's make strides
[01:41.71]Make papes and change lives
[01:43.42]Create fly, tracks that change the tide
[01:45.37]So maybe some day true art will survive
[01:48.11]I am here, to pioneer a brand new pathway
[01:51.29]Introduce you to God, in these last days
[01:54.10]Everybody's attitude is so cumbersome
[01:56.23]Run their whole life never knowin' what they're running from
[01:59.09]So stop for a second take a look
[02:01.04]And listen to the wisdom that is written in the book
[02:04.09]Get a grip
[02:05.45]Get it straight
[02:06.30]Or else you'll let it slip
[02:07.39]And you'll never elevate
[02:08.75]- Right now -
[02:09.90]There's no time to waste
[02:11.14]Put your best foot forward
[02:12.34]And try to keep pace
[02:13.65]Push on
[02:17.15]All my people, you got got got to push on
[02:21.97](on, and on, and on, and on)
[02:24.73]Through a smoke screen of hopes for C.R.E.A.M
[02:26.71]Have you floatin' down a stream full of broken dreams
[02:29.84]They call it main but it's really just a scheme
[02:32.06]To get you all locked where no one can hear you scream
[02:34.53]Mos Def said it best: It's a better built cell block
[02:37.51]Where they put you to death if you don't sell hot records
[02:40.71]But see we changin' that too
[02:42.26]Big business hip-hop we aimin' at you
[02:45.15]If they puttin' out garbage - Don't buy it
[02:47.50]Remember one stone took down the giant
[02:50.49]Have faith like David and Goliath
[02:52.56]Avoid the bias, and keep your mind pious
[02:55.55]Get a grip
[02:56.79]Get it straight
[02:57.65]Or else you'll let it slip
[02:58.85]And you'll never elevate
[03:00.04]Right now
[03:01.30]There's no time to waste
[03:02.55]Put your best foot forward
[03:04.00]And try to keep pace
[03:05.14]Push on
[03:08.34]All my people, you got got got to push on
[03:13.26]My man Nak, you got-got-got to push on
[03:18.52]The S.P.'s, you got-got-got to push on
[03:23.30](On, and on, and on, and on)
[03:29.36](On, and, on, and on, and on)
[03:33.68](On, and, on, and on, and on)
[03:39.32](On, and, on, and on, and on)
[03:44.32](On, and, on, and on, and on)
[03:45.90](On, and, on)