Life, what is it for real, I don't know

It's like hate taking over the whole world, what is it over?

Suicide, man, that's the devil trying to control us, they told us

But we didn't notice the pain was sitting on they shoulders


The world was just a polar, the rather live in the solar

System got us hopeless, and focused on foreclosures

Wake up and smell the forgers, oh momma

And bring home the soldiers


Osama, you owe us, the 911 was bogus

Now we right back at him

Say the war is our motive


Wake up early in the streets of the block, streets of the block

He posted up on the corner like a soldier

In the drill but he wouldn't stop

Living life in the battlefield, battlefield

Trying to survive every day and every night, it's the same deal


Life's strange, life's strange, times change, times change

But karma always finds the way

Stay strong, stay strong, hold on, hold on

Don't let all your dreams fade away


Yeah life can beat you down, what goes it comes around

It's not how you hit the ground, it's how fast you get back up


And go, keep going to feel like I'm giving my life away

And it gets hard and harder but happiness is worth the wait

'Cause on my own is a better way

'Cause on my own is a better way


A lot of mothers they just don't understand

They just don't understand

They think we're hard on our sons

But we gotta teach our boys how to be a man


They only know when they walk out the door

When they walk out the door

See we can show 'em how to fire

But they gotta teach themselves how to reload


'Cause unemployment is harder than it's ever been

Sometimes it feels like I can't win

And even through all the rules keep changing

I'm stronger now than I was when I came in


Yeah, life can beat you down, what goes it comes around

It's not how you hit the ground, it's how fast you get back up


And go, keep going to feel like I'm giving my life away

And it gets hard and harder but happiness is worth the wait

'Cause on my own is a better way

'Cause on my own is a better way


Hey, hey, going through the back streets like I got beef

Carnival for carnivores with the sharp teeth

Animalistic it's why we call the cops beast

We're on the hunt, 'cause they're hungry for the dark meat


I'm rapping through my heart beat

Brain is the base, my heart is the drum

Give the drum some, promise of a better life is all I got to give

I ain't just trying to survive, I'm trying to live


'Cause all I want is a better way

Hey, if you're not prepared the world can be so cold

All that you can do is your best and just hope

In time the truth will show, just stick to what you know

Get a grip on something real and never let it go


Go, keep going to feel like I'm giving my life away

And it gets hard and harder but happiness is worth the wait

'Cause on my own is a better way

'Cause on my own is a better way


Go, keep going to feel like I'm giving my life away

And it gets hard and harder but happiness is worth the wait

'Cause on my own is a better way

'Cause on my own is a better way