One Day at a Time

Sometimes it's hard to wake up in the mornin'

Mind full of demons, I don't wanna hear 'em anymore

Got me heartbroken, fine, so many babies screamin'

'Cause they seein' destruction before they a see human bein'

So they start smokin' weed, we'll never get our day

Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape

'Cause they all broke an' why do ghetto birds die?

Before we learn to fly, somebody else's child caught in guns

Smokin' weed can all make a change

So I'm told but I haven't seen the change unfold

I keep hopin' please, if you prefer to breathe

Communities in need of people that will lead

Keep your eyes open now, can only say I'll try

Until the day I die, I promise to be wise

With my heart open, greed brings only misery

A way to tragedy, so I stay sucker free

Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens, rise

Don't be afraid to try, too many of us die

For the door to open wide, my brothers be wise

Stay focused on the prize, though everybody dies

We can only learn to take our anger an' our hate

Control our mental state, settle down an' just set it straight

Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump our brakes

'For we said it, regret it later an' let it escalate

'Cause by then it's too just late, there's so much we can take

And there's only so much someone can swallow an' tolerate

Up to the point that he just breaks, snaps an' that's all it takes

You'd think that we was learnin' from other rappers mistakes

But we ain't

It's plain to go against, with every artists comes the image

He portrays an' a picture that he paints

But in the midst of all this anger an' this angst

Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangster

An' I ain't hear no complaints

But I know that I will always continue to grow

As long as I lead an' never follow no one else's shadow

There will never be another me an' that I can guarantee

That's why the fuck I remain sucker free

To this day the game will never be the same

No matter how much fame or success they attain

There will never be another me an' no matter what they do

There will never be another you

You can search but you'll never find

You can try to rewind time

But in your hearts an' your minds, we will never die

We are forever alive an' we continue growin' one day at a time

Don't be caught in the publicity an' caught in the hype

Rappers are regular people minus money an' light

Searchin' for fortune an' fame an' super stardom

All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crew is the hardest

Now the hip hop police, the villains is watchin'

An' kids think beef is they only option

Outlaws born filthy, guilty as charged

My memories could die but Makaveli lives on

You think the industry is fun an' no pity with guns

An' when your money is up, that's when your enemies come

So if he died an' came back, would he try to save rap?

We needin' a change, the drama remains

I spent my whole life fightin' myself

That I can't win, so I'm invitin' some help

An' every now an' then I take rights from the left

I'm still just like a kid lookin' for stripes on my belt

An' that there is a fight in itself

So I just pray an' hope God take a like to myself

No matter how much, I try stay alive

I'm gonna die mad, still standin' there in love with my pride

My heart frivolous beats, we past that

I'm tryin' to keep some income comin' in an' collect on my ass cap

The rappers in the game ain't changed

An' I finally realized that we not in the same game

The hatin' will never end, so I guess I'll deal wit it

Them 4 5 with cop killers, just some steel wit it

The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier

Gotta stay leery an' keep your eyes on the rollers

They do what they gotta do to shackle an' hold us

So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rollin'

One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind

An' we continue growin' one day at a time, damn