[Chorus: Richard Austria/Marlon Turner]
Everytime I wake up
Life goes on
We go through our struggles but we still stay strong
Everytime I wake up
Life goes on
Put your hands in the air and make a fist out your palm
[Verse1: Marlon Turner]
Now every time I try to live who I'm destined to be/
My dreams crash like its Tigers SUV/
On top of that I ain't got no cash
I'm bout to push more crack than fat joe and J-lo's a**/
Just to get past these day to day Struggle/
Its like I live in a 80's club the way I always got to hustle/
And I have to cause I can't find work, and right now/
Jobs are harder to find than Whoppi Goldbergs eye brows/
Try going from place to place, Smiling in employers face/ knowing you aren't getting paid cause of braids and a dark face/
But ain't it odd/Slaves were worked way to hard
But now we're no longer n******gs so n***as can't get a job/
So to eat I rely on the lyrics and the beat/
And hope that everybody feels all the lyrics that Ispeak/
Cause I swear, Im gonna get rich off these tracks/ and cop more whips than Jesus Christ had on his back/
[Chorus:2x]
[Verse 2:Frankie Starr]
Through it all I seen the smoke clear again and again/
Facts of life, my soul my beats told through a pen/
Dark nights,street fights, the d** that took my friend/ Heartbreaks the shake ups man, when will it end/
Times are hard paradise ain't here/
Got a couple reasons why we got to pop them beers/
Trying to fight my tears, trying to see things clear/
Trying to drive in the fast lane but can't switch gears/
Got a lot on my shoulders, my culture my name/
See myself in the mirror trying to point that blame/
Explain situations , pointless confrontations/ patient but I'm waiting cause guessing irritating /
Aching, but I'm thinking, so thinking is painful planning/ Standing but demanding why your own got u scanning/ my family, my music, the cases the racist, the ones that say they love us even though they really hate us… Every time I wake up…
[Chorus]