live by the sword
die by the sword
believe in the lord
and the laws of the lord
and when you ride for the cause
keep an eye on the cause
you ever lose sight
and you blind as a mole
we must decide if they rise
decide if they fall
alive with the light
you can shine on 'em all
we all designed to be strong
sometimes we'll be right
and sometimes we'll be wrong
we must weather the storm
it's the design of it all
we'll never know it all
just love one another and honor father and mother
when you kind you'll see it grow
with hate you'll never know
it's crawled up outta the gutter
the thoughts the spirit help us
when you find you're in a hole
you search you're inner soul
you search to get the truth
and you find you're way to go
it's the design of it all
you'll find what it means
a struggle to succeed when life is like a dream
that's why the thugs never cry
from the thunder and rain
just look into my eyes
that's why the thugs never cry
the world is a ghetto
we gots to stay alive
that's why the thugs never cry
we're hoping for change and puffin' on some?
that's why the thugs never cry
bizzy is back
only the strong survive
so wipe the tears with a sleave
and just 'cause you believe
one day you gon have what you want
what you gonna be
when the winds don't blow
and god don't make mo'
keep an eye on the stone
and oh
just remember
the world gets dark
and you carry your heart
just open up your opens eyes
and insipre the whole art
from the birds to the bees
the snakes and the trees
the lakes and the sea
the brakes in the sea
and when the tide ship down
and nobodies around
ain't nothing to be found
and uh. i don't make a sound
no nobody and no preasance and yes you're? the essance
of creation in the making and the patiance of the satans
ever blessings queen
message to a king
and a gift to a prince
like a gift to a ring
for the love of a slave
yes adam and eve
a slave that loved god before she bit the tree
if you do then you?
you don't then you?
you ever been in that situation without a plan?
and if you tried and you can't
just get up out the streets
and hustle to get your money
and make sure that you be that
i go to church and see sin
get punched in the chin
and a brother saves his brother
you'll never do it again
and the child drinking hen
and you're mad at his dad
i'm in the army just to keep this whole world in harmony
it ain't nothing like shaq
whose dad walked out
who never knew he'd grow and ride and make it out
it's like god and the sun
a flower and a bun
a tower and a plane
that never destroyed none
it's the design of it all
the time of it all
the crime of it all
and the life of it all
pick up your eyes to the sky
and never ask why
you really know the answers and i