I'm focused on trying to stay focused In '06 I dealt with some blows now the process Of sorting thru these ghosts can feel hopeless Its bogus but it still gets under the skin like osmosis Yo this world's so sick Like ne-yo's hit o folks with no OHIP Don't slip Know who the staff you roll with is Your staff can turn to snakes like moses' And motives get exposed quick When cash is grossed so don't trip No sum is worth what your soul is No sun immersed in the coldness No son, reverse like the poles Get past the bitterness out the standstill It wasn't in the cards Some ppl can't deal Play the hand youre dealt Might make a grand still A man's real if we can return like grant hill
Those that know shad know that hes on his own path Like a nomad rolling without a roadmap Just 4 lads in a topaz with no gas I call my car rocafella cuz its got a broke dash My generation's movin so fast Runnin like old taps From fear and stress and tears choked back Boys hold gats while the girls got no strap On their dresses and wont eat 'less its low-fat Between low-cut tops and teeth with gold caps That new school look's more crazy than OCAD's When theres no dads to say don't show that Make em look in your eyes, your mind's where the show's at And you need more than beats for a dope track Even with more hooks than a coat rack And more hot lines than 1-800 phones That's why most cats in this rap game just don't last Its not vocab they need to grow its go nads And back bone so they can speak and not hold back We need folks with faith that's gon last To teach the younger ones how to live with no mask And pose the kind of questions that most just wont ask And keep that hope stashed like a safe of cold cash Our vision for the future cnt fade or go black Like some Kodak pictures at night with no flash Them cats be pollutin the air like smoke stacks Let the freshness in get your windows cracked