Tomorrow

It's another day

And I'm tryin' to keep my beadie lit

Thinkin' I should quit

A thought I swiftly forget as I'm proceeding up the block

Right past the bus stop

Where this fool tried to mug me

A trendy ass punk, I could tell from his rugby

With no idea on what a real thug be

I mean, it's a nice day it's just the people that's ugly

Stroll straight into the store

Where I'm greeted by the clerk who used to treat me like a jerk

Until my brother damn near snatched him up by his shirt and now he's speakin' out of fear

Step into the rear

Grab an ice cold juice, really wish I had a beer

Give him the change like, "Here."

Thinkin' it's only a year till I can purchase my own Bud

Weiser/wiser than I was when every other word out my little mouth was, "Cause"

Thought that I could rule the world

Dickies and jheri curl

Not to mention

This snake skin belt

But had to put the nightmares back on the shelf

It don't take a genius to figure out that gang bangin'

Ain't good for your health

But shit, neither is the liquor

Keep 'em both in moderation

The trials and tribulations of a Mid-City nigga

I walk the streets

Wonder what's on the horizon

For life is but a game through these eye's I'm analyzin'

Realizin' one truth

That everything should change

Enjoy it while you can, cause nothin' stays the same

It's another day

Still tryin' to keep this beadie lit

The smog is way thick

Just breathin' in L.A.

It's mandatory you inhale at least a pack a day

On my way to the Dell

When I hear this fool yell

"Do you know where I can get a sack? "

The fuck kinda question is that?

I don't know you from Jack

Yet, I'm supposed to take you to my homie so he can get caught up with it

I mean, I know you lookin' for it

But I'm not the one to stress on your mission to get lifted

Just like them base heads who keep askin' me for work

When I'm only tryin' to kick it

Only makes the block hot

Now I can't go a day without speakin' to the cops

What's your name, where you goin', where you been, where you from?

I knew addition to my problems

Can't calculate the sum

And can't stand the rain of Avalon as I travel on yet another mission

Minus the umbrella

My story's Cinderfella

The one you least expect to live happy ever after

Seein' only hope after ruins of disaster

Is the curse and the blessing of a Mid-City bastard

The curse and the blessing of a Mid-City bastard

Yes another day

But fuck all of that beadie shit

I'm really gonna quit once I put my mind to it

Hard times, I rhyme through it

So it's yours to borrow

As long as some of what I say helps you make it through tomorrow

Hard to deal with the sorrow

But what's life without it?

You can't enjoy the good times without the struggle

Can't appreciate the whole picture minus the puzzle

You didn't ask for the challenge

But go ahead and do it

Inside we got the talent, just need the courage to use it

This one, I had to lose it

I should have wrote it down

I guess I'll misquote it now but day to day

I hold it down tryin' to make this music timeless

The call and the duty of Mid-City's finest