One Day At A Time

Sometimes it's hard

To wake up in the morning

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 see a human bein'

So they start smokin'

We will never get our day

Until we learn to pray

Keep our families in shape

Cuz they all broken

Why do ghetto birds die

Before we learn to fly

Somebody else should try

Cockin'guns smokin'

We can all make a change

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

I'll keep hopin'please

If you prefer to breathe

Communities in need

Of people that will lead

Keep your eyes open

I can only say I'll try

Until the day I die

I promise to be wise

With my heart open

Greed brings only misery

Away the 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 brother's speak wise

Stay focused on the prize

Though everybody dies

We can only learn to take

Our anger and our hate

Control our mental states

Settle down and set it straight

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

Before we said it

Regret it later and let it escalate

Cause by then it's just too late

There's so much we can take

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

To the point that he just breaks

Snaps and it's all it takes

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

But we ain't its grain to go against

With every artist comes the image he portrays

And the picture that he paints

But in the midst of all this anger and this angst

Never once did you heard me say

I'm a gangster and I ain't hear no complaints

But I know that I will always continue to grow

As long as I lead

And never follow in no one else's shadow

There will never be another me

And that I can guarantee

That's why the f**k I remain sucker free

To this day the game

Will never be the same

No matter how much fame and success they attain

There will never be another me

And 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 and your minds

We will never die

We are forever alive

And we continue growin'one day at a time

Don't get caught in the publicity and caught in the hype

Rappers are regular people minus money ya like

Searchin'for fortune and fame and superstardom

All the jewelry all the cars

Whose crew's the hardest

There's not a hip-hop police

The villains is watchin'

And the kids think beef

Is they only option

Outlawz born filthy

Guilty as charged

My memories took a dive

My Machiavelli lives on

You think the industry is fun

And no pity with guns

And when your money is up

That's when your enemies come

So if he die and came back

Would he try to save rap

We needin'a change

The drama remains the same

I spend my whole life

Fightin'myself

That I can't win

So I'm invitin'some help

And hey now then

I take rights and no lefts

I'm still just like a kid

Lookin for stripes on my belt

Yeah that there is a fight in itself

So I just pray and hope God

Take a light to myself

No matter how much I try

Stay alive I'm a die a man

Still standin'and in love with my pride

Heard frivolous beats

We past that

I'm tryin to keep income comin'in and collect on my a**cap

The rappers in the game ain't changed

And I finally realize that we not in the same game

The hatin'will never end

So I guess I'll deal with it

Them 45's will pop killas

Yes I'm still with it

The streets is military

You gotta be a soldier

Gotta stay leery

And keep your eyes on the rollers

They do what they gotta do to shock them and hold us

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

One way at a time

Keep the faith in your mind

And we continue growin'one day at a time daAnnotatemn

[00:24.11]Sometimes it's hard

[00:25.151]To wake up in the morning

[00:26.401]Mind full of demons I don't wanna hear 'em anymore

[00:28.541]Got me heartbroken

[00:29.411]Fine so many babies screamin'

[00:31.721]Cause they seein'destruction before they see a human bein'

[00:34.91]So they start smokin'

[00:35.91]We will never get our day

[00:36.591]Until we learn to pray

[00:37.831]Keep our families in shape

[00:39.211]Cuz they all broken

[00:40.211]Why do ghetto birds die

[00:41.971]Before we learn to fly

[00:43.341]Somebody else should try

[00:44.461]Cockin'guns smokin'

[00:45.651]We can all make a change

[00:47.151]So I'm told but I haven't seen a change unfold

[00:49.271]I'll keep hopin'please

[00:51.21]If you prefer to breathe

[00:52.331]Communities in need

[00:53.521]Of people that will lead

[00:54.981]Keep your eyes open

[00:56.101]I can only say I'll try

[00:57.721]Until the day I die

[00:59.31]I promise to be wise

[01:00.161]With my heart open

[01:01.91]Greed brings only misery

[01:02.281]Away the tragedy

[01:03.421]So I stay sucker free

[01:04.981]Only a few chosen rise

[01:06.371]My ghetto queens rise

[01:07.741]Don't be afraid to try

[01:09.361]Too many of us die

[01:10.671]For the door to open wide

[01:12.51]My brother's speak wise

[01:13.41]Stay focused on the prize

[01:14.231]Though everybody dies

[01:15.791]We can only learn to take

[01:17.221]Our anger and our hate

[01:18.351]Control our mental states

[01:19.531]Settle down and set it straight

[01:20.971]Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump the brakes

[01:23.781]Before we said it

[01:24.711]Regret it later and let it escalate

[01:26.81]Cause by then it's just too late

[01:27.831]There's so much we can take

[01:29.201]And there's only so much someone can swallow and tolerate

[01:31.331]To the point that he just breaks

[01:33.21]Snaps and it's all it takes

[01:34.521]You think that we was learnin'from other rappers'mistakes

[01:36.641]But we ain't its grain to go against

[01:38.631]With every artist comes the image he portrays

[01:40.798]And the picture that he paints

[01:41.618]But in the midst of all this anger and this angst

[01:43.402]Never once did you heard me say

[01:45.102]I'm a gangster and I ain't hear no complaints

[01:46.858]But I know that I will always continue to grow

[01:49.574]As long as I lead

[01:50.333]And never follow in no one else's shadow

[01:52.751]There will never be another me

[01:53.931]And that I can guarantee

[01:55.501]That's why the f**k I remain sucker free

[01:57.451]To this day the game

[01:58.571]Will never be the same

[02:00.131]No matter how much fame and success they attain

[02:02.501]There will never be another me

[02:03.991]And no matter what they do

[02:05.751]There will never be another you

[02:07.491]You can search but you'll never find

[02:09.361]You can try to rewind time

[02:11.731]But in your hearts and your minds

[02:13.241]We will never die

[02:14.231]We are forever alive

[02:15.611]And we continue growin'one day at a time

[02:18.791]Don't get caught in the publicity and caught in the hype

[02:21.151]Rappers are regular people minus money ya like

[02:23.91]Searchin'for fortune and fame and superstardom

[02:26.211]All the jewelry all the cars

[02:27.601]Whose crew's the hardest

[02:28.851]There's not a hip-hop police

[02:29.911]The villains is watchin'

[02:31.281]And the kids think beef

[02:32.801]Is they only option

[02:33.921]Outlawz born filthy

[02:34.911]Guilty as charged

[02:36.351]My memories took a dive

[02:37.601]My Machiavelli lives on

[02:38.661]You think the industry is fun

[02:40.531]And no pity with guns

[02:41.971]And when your money is up

[02:43.171]That's when your enemies come

[02:44.171]So if he die and came back

[02:45.861]Would he try to save rap

[02:47.791]We needin'a change

[02:48.871]The drama remains the same

[02:49.801]I spend my whole life

[02:51.111]Fightin'myself

[02:52.291]That I can't win

[02:53.931]So I'm invitin'some help

[02:55.51]And hey now then

[02:55.931]I take rights and no lefts

[02:57.241]I'm still just like a kid

[02:59.491]Lookin for stripes on my belt

[03:00.741]Yeah that there is a fight in itself

[03:02.231]So I just pray and hope God

[03:03.601]Take a light to myself

[03:04.911]No matter how much I try

[03:06.671]Stay alive I'm a die a man

[03:08.721]Still standin'and in love with my pride

[03:10.591]Heard frivolous beats

[03:11.901]We past that

[03:12.591]I'm tryin to keep income comin'in and collect on my a**cap

[03:16.41]The rappers in the game ain't changed

[03:17.911]And I finally realize that we not in the same game

[03:21.31]The hatin'will never end

[03:22.341]So I guess I'll deal with it

[03:23.971]Them 45's will pop killas

[03:25.101]Yes I'm still with it

[03:26.161]The streets is military

[03:27.471]You gotta be a soldier

[03:29.111]Gotta stay leery

[03:29.801]And keep your eyes on the rollers

[03:31.361]They do what they gotta do to shock them and hold us

[03:33.911]So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rollin'

[03:36.801]One way at a time

[03:37.931]Keep the faith in your mind

[03:39.231]And we continue growin'one day at a time daAnnotatemn