VERSE 1
I've been to the OTHER SIDE, and I've tried to visit many TIMES
But somewhere along the RIDE, I failed to walk the long LINE
I've been DERAILED and THESE HILLS, they SEEM TO HAVE EYES
For me to PREVAIL, I BRING HELL and I NEED TO CUT TIES

I don't NEED the LIES, nor the WEEPING CRIES. That WEAKNESS SEEPING in your MIND.
That SICKNESS that ENGULFS YOUR SOUL, Is like a WITNESS SPEAKING of a CRIME.
And unless you want to do the DIME, you best grab the SHOVEL and DIG a HOLE.
Shake hands with the DEVIL and PROCEED to COMPLETE your GOALS.

You're the only one who CAN make you THINK, make you STAND
Make you BELIEVE you can BE more than FREE and DEMAND
everyTHING that you CAN, you gotta BE your own MAN
There's no RELIEF in RETREAT, you gotta DEFEAT all you CAN

Live to FIGHT another DAY then sin that NIGHT all AWAY
Do what's RIGHT by your MIND and you will SHINE through all the RAIN
You will FIND all the PAIN is in your MIND and there's no WAY
For the GRIME to DEFINE how we RISE in our GAME.

HOOK 1
There are too many people that think
they can run from their problems
Then they wonder why their ship sinks
and everything topples

Is it history repeating
or just the routine
Because no misery recedes
without the help of you and me

(X2)

VERSE 2
We need each other's HELP to avoid creating HELL
We must work together to find a way out of this bottomless WELL
and honestly I would love to see humanity at it's BEST
but I fear I'll never see that day, LOVES BEEN LAID TO REST

Empathy is LACKING and we call upon our DOWNFALL
We just keep ATTACKING, pretendin' to be OUTLAWS
We Threw away INTELLIGENCE, evolution is DOUBTFUL
And the stupid way we were SELLIN' IT, addiction is SURVIVAL

When will any of us SEE, the ten trillion tons of GREED
STEALING self ESTEEM like it was a life force you can BLEED
But I hopped back up on my HORSE, I even plan to ride it FAR
Wait until you see me on TOUR, I'll do it all out of a home built CAR

The higher that you set your GOALS, the harder that you must WORK
Just remember that you have to set your TABLE and you have to know your WORTH
And survival is a GAME that you do not need to play ALONE
Just make sure your rivals know your NAME and your team has GROWN

HOOK 2 (X2)

VERSE 3
Everybody calls for CHANGE, but nobody is willing TO DO SO
Are you willing to walk in the RAIN until your feet are covered in BRUISES
Can you DEFEAT those DEMONS that are HIDDEN in your MIRROR
Or will you RETREAT with their IMAGES become CRYSTAL CLEAR

From the SCRIPTURES that I WRITE, to the PICTURES that I PAINT
To all of the LISTENERS in the NIGHT and those who FIGHT in the LIGHT of DAY
We all share in your BLIGHT, We all share in your PAIN
And if we all joined in the FIGHT we can clear away the RAIN

I'm sick of seeing OUR PEOPLE put THEIR PEOPLE DOWN
Because the only way to RISE is to get off the GROUND
I'd like to know what you see when you look around your TOWN
and know that people died for that, is any of it worth it NOW

I know you see the PROBLEM, now find your SOLUTION
Work together to build a KINGDOM and look to the FUTURE
HISTORY REPEATS because of ROUTINE
And MISERY will only RECEDE by the POWER OF YOU AND ME!

HOOK 3 (X2)