refuse to lose

i got so much trouble on my mind

refuse to lose

refuse to lose

i got so much trouble on my mind

refuse to lose

refuse to lose

i'm caught up in this untouchable mentality

as a man thinkin it becomes his reality

i used to let stress build up until i learned

that stress'll eat your insides up like worms

see worry is the cousin of death

thinkin negative you might as well go ahead and bury yourself

i was taught by the struggles of life to be strong

like ian

you hafta have the heart of a lion

i been through my share of this hell

but still i rise

many days didn't know what to do

but we survived

every struggle is a test

a lesson

you just gotta figure out how to overcome and catch the blessin

they want us to turn to dope and lose all hope

spirit broke and confused

but i refuse to lose

through fear

through pain

through loss

i can't stop

won't stop

till we make it to the tip top

this is hip hop

i got so much trouble on my mind

refuse to lose

i refuse to lose

i got so much trouble on my mind

refuse to lose

i refuse to lose

ay yo

failure ain't an option it's a death sentence

you can't survive without no food that ain't no sustenance

plus when it's crunch time

back on the wall

life on the line

before you lose your balance and fall

you will find that it's an instinct

act first and then think

second law of nature

self preservation

move without reservation

no hesitation when it comes to me and mine

do you come from that design or do your compass need alignment?

i'm mercernary

my assignment?

kill or be killed

a sin or a skill?

however you define it

a sa siembra victoria

revolutionary propaghanda intended to raise warriors

ain't nothin like this world crisis

the price of life is measured by the lifeless

it's brutal but i fight this

supply

demand

inflation rises

we can't afford the rice

there's nothing to eat

i know it's hard to digest

i got so much trouble on my mind

refuse to lose

i refuse to lose

i got so much trouble on my mind

refuse to lose

i refuse to lose

they say the best revenge: success and living well

no more throwin them coins down in that wishing well

go out and get your own

we all reap what we sow

the end is all on you

what you gonna do?

i got bass strong enough to cut through a coal mine

hold a goal in my mind till i reach the gold mine

overtime grind

with no days off

but ain't nothin like the feelin when it all pays off

all it take is the thought of my son for motivation

long as i'm alive you can't break my dedication

family first

everything real in the field

it's a cold game

life don giva fuck how you feel

we live in a material world or so it seems

but i ain't got nothin to lose but bad dreams

when i woke up i was already 17

but i was determined to break the cycles i'd seen

when i learned that the blood in my veins came from kings

it curdled

when i looked at the present day scene

but the same pressure that turned my brother to a fiend

i face it

embrace it and convert it into steam

i got so much trouble on my mind

refuse to lose

i refuse to lose

i got so much trouble on my mind

refuse to lose

i refuse to lose