It's Funny

To all the people of the world Deh youth dem boys and girls SOJA, Common Kings, Eli Mac, ayo It's funny, you start this life with no money You start this life with no girlfriend You start this life with your tears And your Mom and Dad But then you start to grow older And you decide it's important To focus on your own self And what you could have Yeah, and then you change what you came for And your sunrise leaves like an airport The moon is gone from your eyes And you wonder why The feelings that you are feeling Suddenly have no meaning You got lost in this life You start to cry It's funny It's so funny It makes you cry, it's funny It's so funny It's funny It's funny reminiscing 'bout my youthful days When everything in life seemed great always It's funny all the times that I counted the stars It's funny all the times that I counted the scars And there were so many days I tried to give up Then I turned right around and said, "Stand up" You gotta stand up for your rights And never give up on the fight You know the only thing to do is keep going And when you're going, you got to keep growing Just keep your head up to the sky And keep your eye always on the prize It's funny sometimes when life shakes us It's funny sometimes when life breaks us And you sit back and think why And you start to cry (it's funny) So funny Yeah, it makes you cry, it's funny It's so funny Yo, it's funny when you looking for a timeout Ain't no ref' to blow the whistle on ya last count Needa forget about the days when we would pass out From hoppin' bar to bar, then moms had to bail us out Then we stopped when we had enough We knew what we had was real Couldn't give it up So we let the music take over us Now from the bottom, we to the top Yeah, 'cause we stay hungry, nobody knows Tomorrow ain't guaranteed All the highs and the lows Yeah, never borrow from yesterday Now it's time to rise up, get up stand and celebrate With the same squad now for a decade But we don't flaunt money, fast cars Diamond rings and gold chains People think 'cause we're rock stars we're living in all the fame Funny thing is we don't let the money get in the way Of where we came from The vibes The love and what we wanna say It's funny It's so funny It makes you cry, it's funny It's so funny It's funny You start to cry, it's funny Yeah, it's funny