Apply my pen, many live a life but they die within I wonder will you try again I be blown away like leaves in the wind Lookin' back at my past that was seasoned with sin I contemplate my fate for the nickel plate to my face Like fuck it if this is hell then heaven must await You can't imagine all the pain I feel Yet think about all the blood that spilled Over conflict diamonds and the thugs that kill
For no apparent reason but the busted will People tell me not to share my thoughts I got the world on my shoulders like I bear the cross Hear what I speak it's so deep I tear in my sleep I never knew serenity could make a sound so sweet So give me that nightmare and I'll exchange it for a remedy Last throughtout the centuries like a beethoven symphony
--CHORUS-- I am man suffering Must occur for me to win We are one We will strive We live now We will rise I will never give up ever --CHORUS--
Listen to my voice and listen to this song Tell me what I can't do and I could prove you wrong
I'm in a place where they disgrace race cause hate is great Hopefully they can cope with peace for greater days Too many things on my mind at one time Still in the dark trying to find the sunshine While I'm breaching I can feel the reaper reaching Through these speakers trying to tell me death is freedom I think people underestimate potential my mental suspenseful
I could change the world through a pencil For that do I need a college degree Because I never met a scholar who was smarter than me I think I was put here to be all I can be Or maybe it's the artist in me But honestly I'm as hard as can be While the rich get richer the poor still starvin to eat They should have a war on poverty out on these streets Because they still spilling blood over them seas
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Listen to my voice and listen to the song
Tell me what I can't do and I can prove you wrong Tell me what I can't do and I can prove you wrong
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The journey of a thousand miles starts with a step That's nine hundred and ninety nine left for the quest I'm the kind of man mankind couldn't define Hate is blind and love is also the same Cause what gives you joy also gets you pain And what gives you life also gives you death And what gives you right also gives you less So what's the meaning of life You give meaning to life Meaning that life is what you make it Hold on it's sacred It's only difficult if you make it
This is dedicated for those who never made it And the unborn children keepin' in rotation