Stand tall keep your back up straight Around here appearances is everything, check your poker face Don't let em see that you're afraid Fuck around and find yourself in a grave Don't let em see ya weakness, don't let em hear you're heavily breathing Ya either be a pawn in their game or defeat em They gon' say that they're your brother till the day that you need em Then they hide instead of ride for ya, coz they were never gonna fight for ya
When you ain't given nothing got no choice but to take But keep your will like iron, coz once it bends it breaks That's your integrity Coz when you lie I see your soul decay Fuck around and find your bones start to break Behind the brightest lights the darkness stretched for days And as I passed them by I felt them pass through me A thousand different games, a thousand ways to get played But they can only take from you what you give away
So, I'm only here to live my dreams not someone elses You wanna fly? Well keep your wings if you can help it They see your drive, they see your talent But really they just see a brick; chop you up and sell it First they take your decisions and they decide for ya They say they got reasons which they hide from ya They say the words but they lied to ya, yeah they lied to ya They were never gonna fight for ya...
So ya gotta fight for yourself This world's fucked up, I wish you well This shit is all connected it ain't hard to tell When one man makes a million, one dies in a cell Fuck a judge and a jail It's gon' be hell if you let it be There's only one plate at the table a million tryna eat Coz they sold you a dream But while you were asleep they came and clipped your wings
I know you're sayin nothing but you stand in the way What the fuck you tryna be? I don't see it your way Coz when you die the only thing that remains Is the way you chose to live out your days God, I remember every step through the rain Damn sure still remember the pain I still remember what this had to become I still remember what I had to become
Coz, I'm only here to live my dreams not someone elses You wanna fly? Well keep your wings if you can help it Fuck the sky, there ain't no limitations When you surrounded by these fucking imitators So just stick to ya grind and fuck the shit they sayin I just keep doin mine, they just intimidated You can't walk forever, false idols fall Your backs against the wall And ain't nobody gonna fight for ya...
So ya gotta fight for yourself This world's fucked up, I wish you well This shit is all connected it ain't hard to tell When one man makes a million, one dies in a cell Fuck a judge and a jail It's gon' be hell if you let it be There's only one plate at the table a million tryna eat Coz they sold you a dream But while you were asleep they came and clipped your wings
Can ya hear the drums? Well that's the sound of war That's the sound of gears turning, motherfucker it's on Your actions speak louder than the shit that you're sayin I gives a fuck if you think that I'm playin No fucking games bitch Success in my grasp I know I gotta take it Hands shaking, haters hoping that I don't make it They say the words but they lied to ya, yeah they lied to ya They were never gonna fight for ya...
So ya gotta fight for yourself This world's fucked up, I wish you well This shit is all connected it ain't hard to tell When one man makes a million, one dies in a cell Fuck a judge and a jail It's gon' be hell if you let it be There's only one plate at the table a million tryna eat Coz it was only a dream, but you lose everything Don't let em clip your wings DEGENERATE.