It's just another day So dust that shit up off your shoulders Listen, soldier: I gave you wisdom, mane; I thought I told you This shit is not a joke It's 'bout time you straighten up You always crying 'bout your feelings when nobody gives a **** Mane, you only have yourself in this game of life Forget the struggle Keep it pushing Put the past aside, dawg There's a couple ways to live, and that's do or die So grip your nuts and keep it moving with your head up high We been going through the motions, mane; this country is a joke Every word up out their lips just steady drains all of the hope From our people Who work so hard until they croak I'm so fed up with the system, dawg; the shit is ****ing broke But I'ma keep on cooling You can find me by the river Only focused on the truth A message soon will be delivered From the universe Our very fate wrote by the giver But for now, I'll let it simmer Ain't no time to be a victim, hoe Heed my words This ain’t anger; see, it’s clarity speaking Every comfort you chase comes with a cost you ain’t reading You can starve for the truth or become full off the feeding When that veil really tears, what you still 'gon believe in? Now here's a second chance Shut your mouth and let me speak This ain’t hype or conversation It's the code you 'posed to read Learn it slow Apply it daily Let it turn into belief Without awareness in this life, there ain't no way you can succeed I grit my teeth when things get bitter Such a common occurrence I hate the fact they have no plan The people get no assurance And then they die it down Try to find another story To hide the truth and make it seem they did something worthy Mane, wassup with that? Yeah, that shit, I don't buy I flick my teeth and spit the poison at them bitches who lie You think they really care, my brother? They would send you to die And they wont think twice, Trust It's time to open your eyes This ain’t hope This survival in a dressed-up cage Every truth that I spit come from a blood-stained page If you fold under pressure, need to change your ways This world's a mess and I don't think that it will ever change