Just carry on (carry on) x2
Chorus: x2
Life goes on, and people change,
But remember, to always stay the same,
And if something goes wrong,
Or you're in doubt,
Just take a moment, to let it all out.
Verse 1:
How could we live in misery, and sit back,
And listen to the screams of the kids trynna live in poverty (poverty),
It's time to change, and even make a way,
For the ghetto kids, so they can make it every day(everyday),
What can I say?,
I hope the mothers pay attention,
So tax payers don't have to pay the pension,
Not to mention (not to mention),
We the last of a dying breed (dying breed),
Trynna heal a past full of pain that'll make you bleed (make you bleed),
Sow the seed for a new world (new world!),
Raise it up like changing a woman from a little girl,
I had little (just a little?), but I was grateful for it all,
Now I'm sittin here making business calls (making business calls),
I'm trynna pull a big haul (big haul), but becoming harder (it is),
Especially now that I'm living as a father (uh-huh),
And in this world, I don't have much,
So for what I do have, I consider myself in luck.
Chorus: x2
Life goes on, and people change,
But remember, to always stay the same,
And if something goes wrong,
Or you're in doubt,
Just take a moment, to let it all out.
Verse 2:
And you can do what you wanna do,
As long as you stay true,
And you're part of a crew,
Cause if you're rich or poor,
Ambition is the way,
It's the way it has been,
And it's the way it'll stay,
And if you wanna get anywhere in life (anywhere in life),
Don't be messing with the police,
Getting high, and having fights,
And stay, honest with yourself,
Lay out your options,
And if you're on the wrong path,
Call Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins),
Staying in good health is a necessary (necessary),
Cause when you wake up and you're coughing,
Nah (Nah, Nah),
That shit ain't no secondary though on your mind,
You think, Why did I waste mind time?,
In my youth (in my youth), instead of shooting hoops,
I was smoking zoots,
Trynna have fun, was making up my days,
I got behind in my studies, and I wasn't getting paid,
Getting older now, Momma's threatening with rent,
She's saying get a fucking job,
Or sleep on a bench,
And recently, times have really changed (yeah they have!),
The pains of life's game have been getting to my brain,
And I've been living that "Thug Life",
To get myself by (self by),
Mugging people on the street to get myself high (self high),
Maaan, I'm a disgrace,
I'm only 16 I've gained a tolerance to mace (but still), (uhu) (yeah)
Cause.
Chorus: x2