all along." We've been drowning, and we've been doubting; I think it's time for a change... We're building a home, but it's not made of stone; a place
. March 18th a rainy day my mama gave birth To a baby boy trapped in hell on Earth. From day one it wasn't fun I never had a crumb. Daddy worked two
and say "I'm busy, thank you much" And they would make a weird face the second the door shut And run and tell their friends how truly crazy Lucy was And
A service provided, solemn undivided a scream and a dream, for the lost souls of this earth a generation screaming for a purpose a secret pathway from
day to day And continue to make money Make music make movies You can never take this from me [Chorus] [Outro:] Aww, there you have it Ladies and Gentlemen Just had to talk to ya'll for a
til' we're of age Through it all love remains Boy moves and takes a bride She stands faithful by his side Tears and sweat they build a home Raise a family
due in and out of the hospital I'm listening to shots riddle All this while I's little I'm thinking back, I'm thinking back this is weak and wack Like
, science and bombs, tricks of the trade Obedient slave, look and beyond the page Being born dark shaded, marked and hated Caught on drugs, that's what America loves Never forget, time and
pretend you never received a copy of this song Our governments could've co-existed My wild tyranny could've been rhythm to your soft democracy Building a language and crumbling a
's a dangerous job but i take that risk i'll trade my blood and sweat just to feed my kids i've been working for the man since a tender age now a rich
as a brick. And the love that I feel is so far away: I'm a bad dream that I just had today - and you shake your head and say it's a shame. Spin
image This is God given This is hard liven Mixed wit crystall sippin It's the most consistent Hov Give you the most hits you can fit inside a whole disc and
aroma of a roamer of the world Got the shakers and the skaters and the players and the girls Keep the fakers and the flakers and the haters in a twirl
this? And who can see it.. plain as day Look how it FALLS down Falls down upon everybody! This is it [Lateef] Looking, over a city, that's gritty, and
this is a trip, Change and cross niggaz, where did we go wrong [Verse 1:] I'm from that two bedroom apartment marcy, 534 middle building yeah this here
many ghetto tears my people cry life is hard and I see that every day, just so many ghetto tears in the ghetto) age 11 looking out of a ghetto building mom and
running through the Pat Sajak [?] Paybacks, fifty times harder when I carter(?) Rise and nerve endings, you're rap career's ending This day and age exposed