Stand tall keep your back up straight
Around here appearances is everything, check your poker face
Don't let em see that you're afraid
Fuck around and find yourself in a grave
Don't let em see ya weakness, don't let em hear you're heavily breathing
Ya either be a pawn in their game or defeat em
They gon' say that they're your brother till the day that you need em
Then they hide instead of ride for ya, coz they were never gonna fight for ya
When you ain't given nothing got no choice but to take
But keep your will like iron, coz once it bends it breaks
That's your integrity
Coz when you lie I see your soul decay
Fuck around and find your bones start to break
Behind the brightest lights the darkness stretched for days
And as I passed them by I felt them pass through me
A thousand different games, a thousand ways to get played
But they can only take from you what you give away
So, I'm only here to live my dreams not someone elses
You wanna fly? Well keep your wings if you can help it
They see your drive, they see your talent
But really they just see a brick; chop you up and sell it
First they take your decisions and they decide for ya
They say they got reasons which they hide from ya
They say the words but they lied to ya, yeah they lied to ya
They were never gonna fight for ya...
So ya gotta fight for yourself
This world's fucked up, I wish you well
This shit is all connected it ain't hard to tell
When one man makes a million, one dies in a cell
Fuck a judge and a jail
It's gon' be hell if you let it be
There's only one plate at the table a million tryna eat
Coz they sold you a dream
But while you were asleep they came and clipped your wings
I know you're sayin nothing but you stand in the way
What the fuck you tryna be? I don't see it your way
Coz when you die the only thing that remains
Is the way you chose to live out your days
God, I remember every step through the rain
Damn sure still remember the pain
I still remember what this had to become
I still remember what I had to become
Coz, I'm only here to live my dreams not someone elses
You wanna fly? Well keep your wings if you can help it
Fuck the sky, there ain't no limitations
When you surrounded by these fucking imitators
So just stick to ya grind and fuck the shit they sayin
I just keep doin mine, they just intimidated
You can't walk forever, false idols fall
Your backs against the wall
And ain't nobody gonna fight for ya...
So ya gotta fight for yourself
This world's fucked up, I wish you well
This shit is all connected it ain't hard to tell
When one man makes a million, one dies in a cell
Fuck a judge and a jail
It's gon' be hell if you let it be
There's only one plate at the table a million tryna eat
Coz they sold you a dream
But while you were asleep they came and clipped your wings
Can ya hear the drums? Well that's the sound of war
That's the sound of gears turning, motherfucker it's on
Your actions speak louder than the shit that you're sayin
I gives a fuck if you think that I'm playin
No fucking games bitch
Success in my grasp I know I gotta take it
Hands shaking, haters hoping that I don't make it
They say the words but they lied to ya, yeah they lied to ya
They were never gonna fight for ya...
So ya gotta fight for yourself
This world's fucked up, I wish you well
This shit is all connected it ain't hard to tell
When one man makes a million, one dies in a cell
Fuck a judge and a jail
It's gon' be hell if you let it be
There's only one plate at the table a million tryna eat
Coz it was only a dream, but you lose everything
Don't let em clip your wings
DEGENERATE.