Now or Never (feat. Phonte & Dice Raw)

Everything's changin' around me and I wanna change too It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein' no fool I feel different today, I don't know what else to say But I'ma get my shit together, it's now or never Now or never, now or never Now or never, now or never Uh, I'm sick, sick of waitin' in vain, tired of playin' the game Thinkin' of makin' a change, finally breakin' the chains Every phase, every happenin', craze When it's said and done, my head is right back in the haze I'm ready for the next chapter and page to start actin' my age And part ways with Black Thought from back in the days I'm stargazin' from the back of the stage Questionin' if who y'all praise is worthy of praise What's the phrase, 'Bygones is bygones'? Niggas who used to be the underdog is icons People say the light shines once in a lifetime Is this mid-life kind of crisis a little bit like mine? I'm thinkin' not now but right now I need some kind of sign that the future is bright now I fuck around, 'Do The Right Thing' like Spike now The quick and the dead, which one is my lookalike now? I'm movin' ahead Everything's changin' around me and I wanna change too It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein' no fool I feel different today, I don't know what else to say But I'ma get my shit together, it's now or never Now or never, now or never Now or never, now or never Yo, opportunities lost because I blew 'em On the sunniest days of my life, I cried through 'em Moms is out the picture and Pops, I barely knew him And I would pray to God but I'm tired of lyin' to Him Tired of tryin' to run from the things inside of us Got a lot of fam and a lot of admirers Who tell me that I should aspire to change But when I think of changin' It's like why even try this shit? My mind hazy and my thoughts, they get distorted I know my good and bad deeds both get recorded You do right so your soul can last But my role was cast before I even auditioned for it So I don't really see an end to my vice It's just false reformation, no end to my strife Feel the evil overpowerin' You can go 'head, throw the towel in 'Cause nigga, that's the end of the fight When you can only see the tunnel at the end of the lights Like South party over, it's the end of your life And I'm out Everything's changin' around me and I wanna change too It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein' no fool I feel different today, I don't know what else to say But I'ma get my shit together, it's now or never Now or never, now or never Now or never, now or never When I look into the mirror and see my own image It feel like there's something else far off in the distance Something I wanna see but something that's resistant And everyday the haunting is growin' more persistent I never noticed it before but now I can't miss it And the constant pounding's drivin' me ballistic I ran from it for years but it's still next to me And it's growin' stronger, takin', leavin' less of me I can't fight it now, I know it's just destiny And I just wonder what's gonna happen when it catches me Will it leave me face down, in a chest of pee Or will it just start bringin' out the best of me? But is the best of me really just the worst of me And if so, yesterday could be my anniversary In sinners' court, it's important to have church with me I'm tryin' to get rid of these ghosts that's cursin' me I feel a change is an absolute certainty 'Cause what's goin' on is a state of emergency (State of emergency) Everything's changin' around me and I wanna change too It's one thing I know, it ain't cool bein' no fool I feel different today, I don't know what else to say But I'ma get my shit together, it's now or never It's now or never