I was caught up, lost, mixed up in drugs,
Never knew where to go when I was growing up,
Imagine, being placed in a place with foreign faces,
Words I never heard before.
Gunshots going off in the block at the spot we live, killing women and kids,
Driving down the highway, try to take it slow but you get caught up in the fast lane.
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Its a hard life,
Brought up in the streets, with nothing to eat, no shoes on our feet,
Its a hard life,
Always watching our backs for terrorists attacks, no time to react,
Its a hard life,
Every passing time, day by day making nickels and dimes,
Its a hard life,
Barely getting through the night, not the easy life,
Its a hard life.
(2)
Not everyones born with gold and riches,
We live in reality and not a dream,
Children reading books and magazines,
Following what they see on TV screens,
Feeding their self-esteem with someone else's dream, who they try to be,
Working three jobs to make a living, pressures breathing down and losing oxygen
(Pre)
Every time we try to make a difference, things just keep getting harder.
So we just close our eyes get on our knees, pray things will get brighter.
You see if you just believe, its not as bad as it seems.
But the moment you wake and see the light,
Prepare yourself to face the fight.
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(Bridge Rap)
How would you feel walking home from work one day?
Just to see the ocean wiped your whole house away,
Your mom, your dad, your brother and your sister's gone,
No where to run, no where go, and now youre all alone,
Look in my eyes; its filled with tears of confusion,
I realize that there's no other solution,
Mad at the world can you feel my pain,
I'm all alone all wet and cold from the rain.
I ask myself, is there still hope for tomorrow?
My world just crumbled down mixed up in sorrow,
Walking this lonely path I gotta move on,
Fighting the battle of my life gotta stay strong,
I'll keep my head up it won't be too long,
Look at the sky its the only way, it a hard life,
Theyll be a brighter day, keep your head up.
(Out) x 2