One Day At A Time

Sometimes its hard, to wake up in the morning Mind full of demons I don't wanna hear them anymore Got me heartbroken, find so many babies screamin' 'Cause they seein destruction before they see a human bein So they start smoking, we, will never get our day Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape 'Cause they all broken, why do ghetto birds die Before we learn to fly, somebody else's child caught in gun smoke And we, can all make a change So I'm told but I haven't seen a change unfold I'll keep hopin please, if you prefer to breathe Communities in need, of people that will lead Keep your eyes open, I can only say I'll try Until the day I die, I promise to be wise With my heart open, greed brings only misery Away the tragedy, so I stay s*cker free Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens rise Don't be afraid to try, too many of us die Before they daughter open wise, my brother's speak wise Stay focused on the prize, though everybody dies We can only learn to take, our anger and our hate Control our mental state, settle down and set it straight Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump the brakes Before we set it, regret it later and let it escalate 'Cause by then its just too late, there's so much we can take And there's only so much someone can swallow and tolerate To the point that he just breaks, snaps, and its all it takes You think that we was learnin from other rappers mistakes But we ain't, its plain to go against With every artist comes the image he portrays and the picture that he paints But in the mist of all this anger and this angst Never once did you heard me say I'm a gangster and I aint hear any complaints But I know, that I will always continue to grow As long as I lead, and never follow no one else's shadow There will never be another me, and that I can guarantee That's why the f**k I remain s*cker free To this day, the game, will never be the same No matter how much fame and success they attain There will never be another me And no matter what they do, there will never be another you You can search but you'll never find You can try to rewind time, but in your hearts and your minds We will never die, we are forever alive And we continue growin One day at a time Don't get caught in the publicity and caught in the hype Rappers are regular people minus money and life Seachin for fortune and fame and superstardom All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crews the hardest Now the hip-hop police, the villains is watchin And the kids think beef, is they only option Outlawz born filthy, guilty as charged My memories live to die, my Makaveli lives on You think the industry is fun, they no pity with guns And when your money is up, that's when your enemies come So if he died, and came back, would he try to save rap? We needing a change, the drama remains I spend my whole life, (yeah) fightin myself That I cant win, so I'm invitin some help And hey now then, I take rights and some lefts I'm still, just like a kid, lookin for stripes on my belt Yeah, that there is a fight in itself So I just pray and hope God, take a like to myself No matter how much I try, stay alive, I'm a die a man Still standin there in love my pride My heart fell for this bitch, we pa*sed that I'm tryin to keep some income comin and collect all my a*s cap The rappers in the game ain't changed And I finally realize that we not in the same game The hatin' will never end, so I guess I'll deal with it Them .45's will pop killa's, yes I'm still with it The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier Gotta stay leery, and keep your eyes on the rollers They do what they gotta do to shackle and hold us So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rollin One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind Eminem and Outlawz When we continue growin' One day at a time Damn