In My Life

Heart of a lion Blood of a Mayan Watch me break the code You know the science I walk in silence But I live defiant Born in darkness But I see the triumph In this world full of counterfeits They had me running round in circles Cuz they saw the gift See I knew that I was born with IT That's why these Clowns coming for me Since I was a kid Born a superstar But I know who you are First you bite my shit And then I raise the bar You tried to stifle everything I do But I Derrick Rose from the concrete Over you And it was always said I had a gift But it's like I always knew that it would End like this So I look into the sky at night Sometimes I wish that I Was on the other side Because it seems No one can fill this space Cuz first they took my life And then they took my faith So where's the good When the good's the only ones they take And then they leave us here surrounded In this world of snakes But I ain't given up Even though I'm dead inside Cuz I'll look you in your eyes See if you really live I used to say That it's a fate that we can't escape But the moment that I changed Was when the Boeings hit the Trades How many days like this Must we waste like this In a daze like this Confusing bliss with ignorance I'm post to raise my kids In a place like this Where they murder us for profit Just so they stay rich I've had the razors on my wrist But now the gun's in my fist And I'ma aim and shoot the gift And turn away before it hits Before they tighten their grip See I've been fighting for this Now let's admit You had your chance You took your shot But you missed You see pac sparked the brain Way back in 96 Now you throw me in the mix Cuz I was built for this shit And I released my last demon When I cracked the glass ceiling And now I see the reason That my heart continues beating And I'm a villain with the brilliance But I'm the pinnacle of hope And that's the difference See every word Is like a drop of blood So when I'm finished with the verse I'm like, Is that enough? And now the doubts about to hit ya The complicated mixture's boiled down to something simple I see the flaws in the scripture So I resized my image Now you see the bigger picture And now them tables turned And I can see the future Cuz now them Strangers pulling up Just like you called an Uber And got you pacing round your house Cuz you ain't got a shooter And half your circle Out the window Now you calling troopers Oh I'm working all my life And now I'm falling up Cuz I've been walking through the fire For a couple bucks There's plenty times When I felt like I had had enough But I'm a champion And bout to hold that trophy up See every round I'm bout to knock em' down Cuz I've taken punches from the best And I'm still around You hit hard or you can get hit So now I'm moving like water With an open fist Too many times It felt like I had nowhere else to go And all I had was my pen And my Casio From darkside, Missing Lynx to the Cameo The Revolution, Great Work And now we bring it home