day after day seems like i push against the clouds
they just keep blocking out the sun
it seems since i was born
i've wakened every blessed morning
down on my luck and up against the wind
boy i smile through the pain
bitch i ain't going to your event
you do too much going out and not enough going in
so i'm gone with the wind
and if i ain't going to work
then i'm going to the gym
i'm too spiritual to lose
it's worth every single bruise
long as the dogs proud of me
then i got nothing else to prove
long as milly proud of me
then i got nothing else to prove
they chew you up and spit you out
and my mind is an open mind
i believe in the bible and quran
and i realize my life got more meaning than a triple-entendre
boy i smile through the pain
so i follow instincts only
man i done been double-crossed by my homies
i learn the hard way that they was authentic phonies
boy this shit so real in the field that i hardly stand still
but take care of my body still
i been drinking more water and popping less pills man
'cause nigga i'm tryna live
and god blessed me like i got bad allergies
so i'm working like i run off an eternal battery
and if i put my mind to it then that's what it has to be
yeah you're fucking right damn
sure bitch that's for certain
never cut the family ties only cut the burdens
got so many cuts and scars it look like i left the surgeon
done been through so much shit
i'm like a whole other person
boy i smile through the pain
on a mission 'til i get inside my tomb and cacoon
every success is just a checkpoint
i'ma prolly set up on the moon
since timbaland and magoo
and i proved and i bloomed
and i'm gon' win more than my room
hand straight up like it's noon
if i can't live a hundred years
if young metro don't trust you