One Day at a Time [#]

Sometimes it's hard to wake up in the mornin' Mind full of demons, I don't wanna hear 'em anymore Got me heartbroken, fine, so many babies screamin' 'Cause they seein' destruction before they a see human bein' So they start smokin' weed, we'll never get our day Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape 'Cause they all broke an' why do ghetto birds die? Before we learn to fly, somebody else's child caught in guns Smokin' weed can all make a change So I'm told but I haven't seen the change unfold I keep hopin' please, if you prefer to breathe Communities in need of people that will lead Keep your eyes open now, can only say I'll try Until the day I die, I promise to be wise With my heart open, greed brings only misery A way to tragedy, so I stay sucker free Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens, rise Don't be afraid to try, too many of us die For the door to open wide, my brothers be wise Stay focused on the prize, though everybody dies We can only learn to take our anger an' our hate Control our mental state, settle down an' just set it straight Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump our brakes 'For we said it, regret it later an' let it escalate 'Cause by then it's too just late, there's so much we can take And there's only so much someone can swallow an' tolerate Up to the point that he just breaks, snaps an' that's all it takes You'd think that we was learnin' from other rappers mistakes But we ain't It's plain to go against, with every artists comes the image He portrays an' a picture that he paints But in the midst of all this anger an' this angst Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangster An' I ain't hear no complaints But I know that I will always continue to grow As long as I lead an' never follow no one else's shadow There will never be another me an' that I can guarantee That's why the fuck I remain sucker free To this day the game will never be the same No matter how much fame or success they attain There will never be another me an' 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 an' your minds, we will never die We are forever alive an' we continue growin' one day at a time Don't be caught in the publicity an' caught in the hype Rappers are regular people minus money an' light Searchin' for fortune an' fame an' super stardom All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crew is the hardest Now the hip hop police, the villains is watchin' An' kids think beef is they only option Outlaws born filthy, guilty as charged My memories could die but Makaveli lives on You think the industry is fun an' no pity with guns An' when your money is up, that's when your enemies come So if he died an' came back, would he try to save rap? We needin' a change, the drama remains I spent my whole life fightin' myself That I can't win, so I'm invitin' some help An' every now an' then I take rights from the left I'm still just like a kid lookin' for stripes on my belt An' that there is a fight in itself So I just pray an' hope God take a like to myself No matter how much, I try stay alive I'm gonna die mad, still standin' there in love with my pride My heart frivolous beats, we past that I'm tryin' to keep some income comin' in an' collect on my ass cap The rappers in the game ain't changed An' I finally realized that we not in the same game The hatin' will never end, so I guess I'll deal wit it Them 4 5 with cop killers, just some steel wit it The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier Gotta stay leery an' keep your eyes on the rollers They do what they gotta do to shackle an' hold us So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rollin' One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind An' we continue growin' one day at a time, damn