Strive

I'm growing everyday, mark what I say I'm tracing a path From the past to the future Gotta be my own woman, stand on my own two Eat food, get paid despite what others do To thine own self be loyal, true it is I got pets, two cats, and they act just like kids When they hungry they cop fits And them collectors want money So how I'ma let a strange up And take that from me? Burn my time and energy Jerks ain't no friends to me Could solitude be the remedy, Nah I need love in my life, friends by my side Live stimulation, banter, conversation Good vibe relations, don't think I'm Asking for much But these things just don't fall out the sky Some skunk be so krunk It make me wanna spend my whole life Hi float on a puff of smoke And coast by lye multiply my ESP And sharpen my focus Things look clear now They used to look hopeless Don't stop striving, it's all to the good, baby If you need guidance, take a minute and marinate Who ya gonna help if you can't help yo'self? Where you gonna go when there ain't no place left? Some days I get a ray of Understanding and the answers are clear Next day it fades away like it was never here Sometimes I'm inclined to believe That time ain't stable or my mind not stable I check and see if the rhymes still stable Deal the cards and read my life off the table Taste what I hate out the bottle Goes down sweet when I swallow Though it smells like contradiction Ask, "Is this enriching my life?" Inch by inch I get by If I flinch and blink do I sink flesh and bone My illest rhyme quoted on my tombstone even When I'm called home The words I scribe through time Will make me live long Don't stop striving, it's all to the good, baby If you need guidance, take a minute and marinate Who ya gonna help if you can't help yo'self? Where you gonna go when there ain't no place left? Who ya gonna help if you can't help yo'self? Where you gonna go when there ain't no place left? Bunk naysayers who pop junk and waste time They don't embrace life and it shows Kids I used to know even when I squint Can barely place the face Details time erase, years spent in space Yo it's nothing personal These days I don't even have The strength to get emotional Hold goals in perspective, make earnest effort Post cards retrace my steps through global sections Be connecting with folks Over choice liquor toasts Nothing to keep me back, but me When I glance closely, analyze what my daddy told me He took time to explain it Learned from how he illustrated Fire in my belly burn like a furnace Desire in my eyes both stronger than pride Concernless with the rest of them Take lumps in stride Aim to rank amongst the best of them Scroll be the testament Pray what I say: be relevant To every single head in every tenement Who wanna larger stake inside the jackpot to leverage Ask for what you want and keep Talking till you getting it, word Don't stop striving, it's all to the good, baby If you need guidance, take a minute and marinate Who ya gonna help if you can't help yo'self? Where you gonna go when there ain't no place left? Who ya gonna help if you can't help yo'self? Where you gonna go when there ain't no place left?