You can carry on
You chip in but it always comes back to me

It took very long
To bring about this alchemy

I’m not the paragon
I’m nothin’ like what you made me out to be

The hill I’m buried on
Has been plod by a thousand feet

Mixed cause to build the walls
But they all come down the same
You must walk through the dark
To see the light again

I hear the voices they’re calling
But they just lead me to falling (falling down)
I’m back where I started
So it seems that I’m all in (falling down)
All that I ever need
I found inside myself
I’m never going to let them drag me back to hell (falling)

I’m not dwelling on
The chirpin’ of the birds from around the scene

I’d be better off
Following the drum of a heart that beats

So if your head is strong
Remember what you’ve done and what you’ve achieved

And when you’re dead and gone
You’ll leave behind your masterpiece

I hear the voices they’re calling
But they just lead me to falling (falling down)
I’m back where I started
So it seems that I’m all in (falling down)
All that I ever need
I found inside myself
I’m never going to let them drag me back to hell (falling)

A thousand choices every day
And countless voices to complain
Making me crazy if I let them in my brain
I had to make a call to overhaul
Breaking on through the chains come through withdrawal
Something that seemed impossible a way to liberate

I hear the voices they’re calling
But they just lead me to falling (falling down)
I’m back where I started
So it seems that I’m all in (falling down)
All that I ever need
I found inside myself
I’m never going to let them drag me back to hell (falling)

I used to never have a doubt in my mind
But now I argue back and forth inside my head all the time
Filling the hole inside your soul ain’t got no
Reason or rhyme
But if it don’t serve me then I’m surely gonna leave it behind
It’s more apparent that my
Light burns brighter and I’m always vibin’ higher
When I tune out the distractions and focus on my desires
I’m finally aware of what I want and what’s required
And my team all pulls together when it’s down to the wire
And what the people say? It doesn’t matter anyway
I keep hangin’ on for all my homies and my family’s sake
You feel like you could run away?
Well no one else could take your place
Whatever’s on your mind is just the opener for brighter days
If something happens we deal with the circumstances
And we won’t let it deter us from dreaming and taking chances
We don’t take what we’re handed
Be the brush and not the canvas
And if they gonna knock us down we’ll be the last ones standing

No matter what the people say
I’m gonna live my life this way
Nobody gonna slow my pace
I’ll keep hanging on
I’m fighting for a better day
Cuz I gotta give this love away
Change coming and despite the pain
I’ll keep hanging on

Brother Ali:

Mic rockin’ was always my calling
Since I was small I had ears open and eyes watching
My aim is to spit the most dangerous truth just the way it is
I always knew that I was crafted different
I probably wouldn’t made it if I had to fit in
I never asked permission
Following the mass opinion is a bad religion
I put the first footprints in every path I’ve driven
I been slept on, stepped on
My name the last one they tend to put respect on
When they were treated dead wrong I came to their defense
The shoe slapped on the other foot how soon they forget
I never had a taste for accolades
Fame fortune and the praise
I just want the chance to face myself before I pass away
If my creator smiles at me on the last of days
It won’t matter what creation had to say

No matter what the people say
I’m gonna live my life this way
Nobody gonna slow my pace
I’ll keep hanging on
I’m fighting for a better day
Cuz I gotta give this love away
Change coming and despite the pain
I’ll keep hanging on

I see you missin’ where you gone to again
You can check the weather but you gone in the wind

Come and go
Pawn shop professional
It’s incredible, all the lengths that he would go
Head to Buffalo, snuck a source for all his dope
Call it Ricky James pick and roll, he’s on the road
In debt and he’s sweating
Can feel the symptoms set in
When he’s trying to get better
He’ll be moving with the weather
This hard jones is all that he knows
Never knowing where he’s going to again

I see you missin’ where you gone to again
You can check the weather but you gone in the wind

Gone in the wind
Over and over again
Look at the mess that I’m in
Feels like I’m nobody’s friend
You refuse to accept that you’re dancin’ with death
And pretend it’s the means to an end
Lest we forget
The things that we do for respect
Will make someone come for ya neck
Or maybe put a price on your head
So it’s all downhill from here with no sled
They say that we all need Jesus
Laugh in their face but I think I believe ‘em
I see no hope in succeeding
Down on my luck and I’m broke but I’m breathing
I chose to be owned by my demons
Sold my soul and dove off the deep end
Hail Mary get a priest or deacon
I’m not tryna be a god damn saint just decent

I see you missin’ where you’d gone to again
You can check the weather but you gone in the wind

Roads:
I’m feelin’ holed up, I’m going nuts
Already rolled up, all of the blunts
I just wana feel some sunshine, get back to good
Same as everybody in my neighborhood

Something tells me that is over, no going back
Can’t put the rabbit back in the hat
I’m just trying to stay sober, I wish I could
Same as everybody in my neighborhood

Krayzie Bone:
Really I just want a little bit of sunshine
Just a little bit of fun time one time
I’m really sick of all the cloudy days
Feel like I’m drowning mane
I’m sick of standing in the crumb line
I wanna be someday different, do something different
Use the gift god gave me so I can get up out the neighborhood
Get myself together come back to back so they can all hate me well
But is it really worth it though?
Sometimes I think to myself what am I working for?
Been on my journey long now I’m tryna come up
Real life got me stressin roll another blunt up
The Hennessy and gin mixed in make it better
I thought this as first but that make shit worse
I need a verse my positivity thirsty
Feels like I’m cursed
Out the mud to the dirt in my neighborhood

Roads:
I’m feelin’ holed up, I’m going nuts
Already rolled up, all of the blunts
I just wana feel some sunshine, get back to good
Same as everybody in my neighborhood

Something tells me that is over, no going back
Can’t put the rabbit back in the hat
I’m just trying to stay sober, I wish I could
Same as everybody in my neighborhood

James:
The last time I left
I wanted to stay home in stead
Kick it and stack up some bread
But now I’m depressed
And spend everyday in my head
I was home sick now I’m sick of my bed
And I’m piecin together my last blunt
With weed that I found in the carpet
I probably can’t re up till next month
Cause I just got fired from Starbucks
I want more than they wanna work for
And it feels like a chore anymore to explore through the door
I could really use a change of pace
And I’m tryna get paid like Melinda gates
I’m sick of take out and these tinder dates
I’m sick of payin’ dues with an interest rate
Shits rough everybody in the city feel stuck
And we all holed up like we’re Shia Labeouf

Roads:
I’m feelin’ holed up, I’m going nuts
Already rolled up, all of the blunts
I just wana feel some sunshine, get back to good
Same as everybody in my neighborhood

Something tells me that is over, no going back
Can’t put the rabbit back in the hat
I’m just trying to stay sober, I wish I could
Same as everybody in my neighborhood

Prof:
Hold up
This a hold up, I’m holed up
I roll up another backwoods like a soda
Groundhogs day i smoke K in a toga
Honestly it’s more of a robe though
Really doesn’t matter I suppose though
Way too many things that I don’t know
But we jump on line like we know though
On the low low, we like do do’s
I wanna see ya face to face
We can make some better days
Garden of Eden awaits
Fuck that cock back it’s a lock I’m bout to rob a mother fuckin bank
I’m so sick of spinning in place
Life’s a bitch I’m feelin’ a way
Rat race we living in cages
Yep
This year I got a lot older
Full time job to stay sober
I’m just tryna keep my composure
Wake me up bro when it’s over

Roads:
I’m feelin’ holed up, I’m going nuts
Already rolled up, all of the blunts
I just wana feel some sunshine, get back to good
Same as everybody in my neighborhood

Something tells me that is over, no going back
Can’t put the rabbit back in the hat
I’m just trying to stay sober, I wish I could
Same as everybody in my neighborhood

Lookin’ at the city from the bluff
Thinking all my failures will never be enough
Living how I dreamed but still I’m feeling rough
Something just isn’t adding up
Nothing to complain about but I made a list
It starts with everything I missed
It can get dark and you’re dying to exist
The evidence is merely on my wrist
On my wrist, yeah
Call an armistice
My brain and my heart are at war on the cliffs
If I only could survive on my word and my wit
There’s only one God who I’ll be settling with

Headlong and I’m out in the open
Trying hard to remember my way
I need a sail like I’m out on the ocean
Cuz no one knows what tomorrow will bring

Pushing to the edge in a rush
Ten years on the cusp
Everything shiny gonna rust
Watch it all turn to dust yeah
I’m counting on the stars now instead of the eclipse
Watching sand fall from my fists
Storm’s gonna come and my house made of sticks
I was out looking for the bricks
Is it better to have loved and have lost
Everything comes at a cost
Sifting through the leaves and the rocks
And I’m hoping that my dreams don’t get lost in the process

Headlong and I’m out in the open
Trying hard to remember my way
I need a sail like I’m out on the ocean
Cuz no one knows what tomorrow will bring

Headlong and I’m out in the open
Trying hard to remember my way
I need a sail like I’m out on the ocean
Cuz no one knows what tomorrow will bring

I used to feel the same as you til someone said to me
Sometimes the ends don’t justify the means

Somebody’s gotta free your mind
What you cooking up? Said it’s all bread
If we ain’t living life, then we all dead
The dollar ain’t the creed
If money’s what you bleed then
Somebody’s gotta free your mind
Can never get enough that’s what you said
Every dollar spent went straight to your head
If you ain’t getting what you need
Then let me plant the seed
Cuz somebody’s gotta free your mind

Trillion,
Billion,
Million,
Until it’s gone,

I dropped my last dollar, still never got what I wanted, see
I wound up with a conscience that’s constantly haunting me,
We got different philosophies,
Even in this economy?

You’ve been spending every dime, but have you ever spent some quality time?

God damn!
You gotta dip your toes in the sand,
Get out there,
Hold a cold one up in your hand,
It’s not fair,
No, it’s not fair
That nobody showed you the things that matter, but I can,

It’s never too late for learning,
And I’ma share what I’m burning,
This won’t hurt a bit, but

Somebody’s gotta free your mind
What you cooking up? Said it’s all bread
If we ain’t living life, then we all dead
The dollar ain’t the creed
If money’s what you bleed then
Somebody’s gotta free your mind
Can never get enough that’s what you said
Every dollar spent went straight to your head
If you ain’t getting what you need
Then let me plant the seed
Cuz somebody’s gotta free your mind

Somebody’s gotta free your mind
What you cooking up? Said it’s all bread
If we ain’t living life, then we all dead
The dollar ain’t the creed
If money’s what you bleed then
Somebody’s gotta free your mind
Can never get enough that’s what you said
Every dollar spent went straight to your head
If you ain’t getting what you need
Then let me plant the seed
Cuz somebody’s gotta free your mind