(feat. 2Pac)



[Intro: Spice 1 Talking]

Ohhh, you a fool

Spice 1 LP, 2Pac, doin' it like that

Takin' it one day at a time

Stayin' here strong you know

Cause life is way to hard

Let them know 'Pac



[Verse 1: 2Pac]

Sometimes it's hard

Wake up in the morning mind full of demons

I don't want to hear them anymore

Got me heartbroken, find, so many babies screamin'

Cause they seeing destruction before they see a human being

(That's right) so they start smokin' weed

From every ghetto day, until we learn to pray

Keep our families in shape cause they all broke

And why, do ghetto birds die?

Before we learn to fly

Somebody else's child flaunting gun smoking

And we, can all make it change or so I'm told

But I haven't seen a change unfold

I keep hoping please, if you prefer to breathe....

Communities in need, or people that believe

Keep your eyes open, I, Can only say I'll try

Until the day I die

I promise to be wise with my heart open greed

Brings only misery, a way to tragedy

So I stay sucker free

Only a few chosen rise

My ghetto queen, rise don't be afraid to try

To many others die before the door to opens wise

My brothers be wise, stay focused on the prize

Though everybody dies we continue growin'

One day at a time



[Chorus: women singing]

It is hard to maintain

In this world of mine

We got to take one day at a time



[Verse 2: Unidentified Artist]

Nobody said it would be easy for me to succeed

But I'm in need

So they got me slaggin' sacks of dirt weed, Indeed..

I disagree but tell me what are my choices

Hearin' voices, I'm tryin' to live large like Rolls Royce's

Options are limited, they got me fillin' up drugs

They got me dealin'

And money they got me stealin' it

Life expectancy ain't even 20 years

Even my peers live in fear of over here on my side

We live and die by who-ride

Genocide, Crack pipes and yet you say it alright

But it's..all wrong this ain't another sad song

Just a voice from the strong

What really goes on?

You ain't knowin' you ain't gotta live it to survive

All you do is turn to channel 5 and catch it live

Runnin' high until the smoke clears in the sky

Relaxation on vacation, watching my brothers die

Tell me why...



[Chorus]

It is hard to maintain

In this world of mine (One day at a time)

We got to take one day at a time

(One day at a time)

(That's right)

It is hard to maintain

In this world of mine (One day at a time)

We got to take it one day at a time

Ohhh



[Break: Spice 1 Talking]

you know what I'm saying we got to take this one day at a time

you feel me

Time don't stop for nobody

Don't move faster, don't move slower

It just be movin' alright



[Verse 3: Spice 1]

I got a Devil upon my shoulder, and an angel upon other

And if I die please ask to lord take care of my mother

and my sister and my daughter

Mean the world to me

My daddy left me this year

When 97 got here

And I ain't cried like that

Since I was a six year old youngster

Apart of me departed from earth

Now he's amongst the ghetto heavens above

Show love when I see them

Just keep thuggin' and strugglin'

Till my maker say I should meet him

Catchin' cases with pistols

Tryin' to protect what's mine

Just wanna feed my two kids

Stay alive at the same time

It's a cold, cold world

Where we all gotta live in it

Till the man turns out the lights on us all

And then we finished...



[Chorus]

It's hard to maintain (So hard...)

In this world of mine

We got to take one day at a time



[Outro: Spice 1]

It's all about maintaining you know

Gotta get yours

I can't even fake it man

That's what it's all about

Just maintaining

Take your time

Sit back, think about what you're doing

You know what I'm saying

Before you make them moves

Talk to the man upstairs

Don't do nothing with out

You know

Maintain partner

One day at a time

Peace