[verse 1]
The Life I lead is one of sacrifice, and trouble
So many choices, too many voices, but I can't imagine any other way
I leave, friends stay. Wish I could take the world with me upon this journey to the
Right place, right time
But there's...
[Chorus]
Something beautiful in pain, something beautiful in rain
Something beautiful in pain, something beautiful
[verse 2]
n***as expect me to spend my last wit em
Steady claiming they ain't bring any cash wit em
I suppose it's because this cla**ism keeps us lower than the untouchables
In the Caste System
What do we truly know bout our past, children?
We carry more than what we hold up in the stash buildin'!
These lash scars from the masters and the oppressors, internalized and resurfaced in
Fast living and black k**ings
Once beauteous bodies stacked in grave yards, while we try to
Write the tracks that could save y'all
So, if we fail, and it all goes down, at least you can't say that there wasn't anything that we gave y'all
That's the power of taking risks for people
Something to be said for never expecting sh** from people
It means ya living with no risk of being livid when you realize what you're givin' ain't always
What you get from people
Some of y'all really ain't about sh**. Focused on the television, or your outfit
Convinced that it's time to hop up off the couch, to climb the mountain of your dreams
To look down on people who doubt sh**?
That's well and good, but what if we formed alliances
Goliath all the giants by applying all the sciences, and "occupy" the minds of generations to come
With creativity, vitality and stop all of this lying sh**!
All of this...dying sh**
All of this TRYING sh**...
Y'all got me crying. sh**
[Repeat Chorus 2x]