One Day At A Time

(Part 1: Tupac)

Sometimes its hard, to wake up in the morning

Mind full of demons, I dont wanna hear 'em anymore

Got me heartbroken, fine, So many babies screamin

Cuz they seeing destruction before they see a human being

So they start smokin weed, we'll never get our day

Until we learn to pray, keep our families safe

Cuz they all broken, why? Two ghetto birds die

Before we learn to fly

Somebody else can say im pokin guns, smokin weed

Can all make the change so im told but i havent seen a change unfold

I keep hopin, please! If you prefer to breath

Communities in need, of people that we lead

Keep your eyes open now, then only say I try

Until the day I die, I promised to be wise

With my heart open, greed, brings only misery

A weight of tragedy, so I stay sucker free

Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens rise

Dont be afraid to try, too many of us die

For the thought of hopen wise, my brothers speak wise

They focus on the prize, till everybody dies

(Part 2: Eminem)

We could only learn to take, our anger and our hate

Control our mental state, settle down and just set it straight

Maybe we could learn to take, a second to pump the brakes

But we said it, regret it later, and let it escalade

Cuz by then its just too late, theres so much we can take

Theres only so much someone can swallow and tolerate

Till the point that he just breaks, snaps and thats all it takes

You think that we was learnin from other rappers mistakes

But we aint, his brain will go against

With every artist comes an image he portrays

And a picture that he paints

But in the midst of all this anger and this gangs

Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangsta

And I aint hear no complaints

But I know, that I will always continue to grow

As long as I lead, and never follow noone else's shadow

There will never be another me, and that I will guarantee

Its that why 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

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

When we continue going, one day at a time

(Part 3: Outlawz #1)

Dont get caught in the publicity, and caught in the hype

Rappers are, regular people minus money and lights

Searchin for, fortune and fame and super stardom

All the jewelry, all the cars, who screws the hardest

Now the Hip Hop Police's surveillance is watchin

And the kids think beef is their only option

Outlawz, poor and filthy, guilty as charged

My memories they can die, my -Makaveli- lives on

You think the industry is fun, and no pity with guns

And when your money is up, thats when your enemies come

So if he died and came back, would he try to save rap

We needin a change, the drama remains

(Part 4: Outlawz #2)

I spend my whole life,(yeah) fightin myself

That, I cant win, so I'm invitin some help

And every now and then, I take rights on the left

I'm still just like a kid, lookin for stripes on my belt

That day is a fight in itself

So I just pray and hope God take a light to myself

No matter how much I try to stay alive, I'mma die, mad

Still standin and in love with my pride

(Part 5: Outlawz #3)

My hard frivilous beef, we passed that

Im tryna keep some in c-comin and then collect on my ass cap

But rappers in the game aint changed

And I finally realized that we not in the same game

The hatin will never end, so I guess I'll deal with it

Them 4-5 a cop, chillers just I'm still with it

Them streets is military, you gotta be a soldier

Gotta stay lirry and keep your eyes on the Rollers

They do what they gotta do to shackle and hold us

So we gotta do it, we gotta do to keep growin

One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind

When we continue growin, one day at a time (Damn!)