The final hour is coming at hand

We gotta stand with a grain of sand

Through the hourglass of lies & deceit

And at our feet the door defeat

Which we kick down with the powerful aggression

Only with my people do I have fat session

So burn one for me

Now if I can't make it

Believe in me and your hand I would shake it

Up and down with the utmost respect

Any other way you better hit the deck

Because the sun keeps shining

I keep rhyming

To the top of the ladder, yeah I keep climbing

Til I reach my peak, I'll never plateau

This ones for the people that came out to the shows

Slow it down, yes if I can't make it

Believe in us 'cause you know we're gonna take it

When will I ever see

That face looking back at me

We spend our time alone, don't you know

It's getting hard to breathe

2: 30 in the morning & I'm strung out again

I'm all alone sleeping in the Lion's den

Well it's the miracle, lyrical, words I compose

And it's a hard knock life

But it's the one that we chose

So I paid my dues, I took the time that it takes

Freestyle separates the truths from the fakes

And that's the breaks

It takes time to get your game

25 years I'm finally breaking out the frame

And out the frame so simple and plain

Reminisce the place from where we came

Went through so many phases

That it amazes me so

From single to Double A

And now we're playing the Pro's

Touring in the van thinking these are the days

Having nationwide dreams

Tour busses, and getting paid

So we're thinking while we're drinking

About the choices we made

And the road that we paved for

Love that needs to stay

When will I ever see

That face looking back at me

We spend our time alone, don't you know

It's getting hard to breathe

And all the memories I look back on

Still accomplish nothing at all

And all the dreams & happiness

Were shared between a man

And his woman of gold

No longer can I touch your

Face again will I ever be

Able to feel your skin from under:

Neath the ground I reach out

I try to pull you in

But over & over again

I swear I see that face

Looking back at me again