To Be Determined

("Rain keeps on fallin")

Where I'm from, they say the sun shine all the time

I keep seein rain.. yeah

Uh, squeezin blood from a rock

Makin something out of nothing, that's something I got

That's one thing I had, while the others didn't get it

They was chasin the world, I brought it right to my block

Brought it back with a oath: stay reppin my coast

POOF! I was blowin the spot, without knowin or not

Not knowin a thing, tryin to prove the most

Made it open my lane, I found my slot

They went right, E-V went left

So (Common), (One Day It'll All Make Sense)

Soundbombing, no way we’ll all make ends

Survival of the fit, a few win, but most quit

Or fend for themselves, so here's to good health

Here's to drama, two up and one of 'em fell (watch out)

"Hear, hear" to that, this is for my LA Cats & Dogs

who never left, to the world we back, c'mon

Mmmmm, sometimes I ask myself,

"Why would I need anyone else?" (To be determined)

To make it through this life

when everyday's a brand new fight

{Nothing to lose!} I have struggled

in every single muscle, always on the hustle

(and I know) and I know I can't make it.. on my own

Had visions of bein caked up

on the Island while the weather's freezin

Whether he's in, the French Caribbean, swimmin with amphibians

or in Hawaii blowin Maui Wowie, life is good

I dodge bullet grazes, slash the knifes that coulda ended my existence

For instance, through the persistence

that distances, me from the number of statistics

Once, a lot smaller, lookin up to shot callers

Not ballers, they never grew up, just got taller

Tryna find freedom in a trap, hungry for success

They eat up, this food for thought I feed 'em in a rap

I'm takin trips to France, make it rain where the strippers dance

They unzip the pants, grippin my money clips in hands

It was hell, I thought I saw demons hidin in lost souls

Straight out the evil books inside of my far scrolls

They say you should toss goals, throw away your dreams

when nothing go your way, it seems it's done or, you feelin unsure

Yet this what this one's for

Push as hard as you want, against the wall bro

Push the wrong dude, they'll be lookin for you like Waldo

Times is harder than before when it was fun and games

When we was just spittin rhymes, tryna get a bigger name

Now car notes involved and bills require grindin

Who'da ever thought that Aloe Blacc get back to rhymin

Street philosophers could theorize it's all timing

Economist would say it's kinda rough to find a diamond

And all the silver lining in the clouds couldn't change

The simple fact that it pours when it rains - all more of the same

And my score in the game, let it reflect

that I earned every little bit of respect I get

Ohhh, it’s time

Get up off the wall, cross that line

My momma told me that every flower

needs rain shower, like it needs sunshine

(Rest in peace ma) I know I can make it

You know you can make it, We can make it

If you get on yo' griiiiiiiind..

Rain keeps fallin down

Music by ALC