[Akir:]

The world we live in, requires us to develop this ego

It defends us from criticism and hides our insecurities

And we wear this facade as a badge of pride so long

that we forget what's truly underneath

It's the points where we at our loneliest and darkest moments

that it becomes apparent, there's still, so much



Dead or alive I will survive, yo I'm tried and true

Trials that you get through and tribulations that'll send you

to the nuthouse, big house or dirt dig'd out of the earth

and headstone just to honor your worth (just to honor your worth)

Engraved with your birthdate and models poppin bottles at the bar

A big car that we brawl over, the way it's are

We gettin over even classy in the Range Rover

He feels threatened, protectin his thoughts as a soldier

The older we grow, the more sober gets old

The high, of adrenaline barely compares to modern medicine

Then again if we lived like we supposed to

Smokin chronic, drinkin tonic out in Acapulco, you say "Let's go"

But it would probably drive us loco, enough to go postal

Fuck around and have a choke-hold on a local

Until you see the po-po, I'd say the system definitely hope so

There's so much that's in my soul, yo



[x2:]

So much we need to know, so much we need to blow

So much that we need to show, so much that it's in my soul

So much we need to grow, so much we'll never fold

So much that a nigga owe, so much that it's in my soul



So much...



[piano plays to the end]