Eddy B - Trouble lyrics

Lord, beat thy trouble in the world Oh, Lord, what can we do? Dear Lord, how many years must I Live like a coward, look over my shoulder Though living dormant, wasn't chosen Wasn't built like a soldier I merely quit for this life I lead Though that's a fallacy, I'm mentally unstable I'm just hoping You can balance me Before the devil challenge me I pray to you but no response Figured it be hard to hear me over tragedy But still I scream as these were marks So wet, so glad I leave them Pick them figures out I don't think Jehovah would be glad To see like babies dying Mamas crying and bullets flying Barely breathing , and Rodney King riots My people could never rise 'cause we're so easily divided Black shades for the pain, it makes it easier to hide it Sever in hopes and dreams, got grandma playing the lottery And I ain't got the heart to tell her up on the hypocrisy So I play along, still praying that God gotta In this doggy dog world she's short of a Rottweiler You know, in troubled times, when only the strong survive Often the better person is inching towards their demise In the depths of the gutter where rats and rubbish reside Awaiting the day when life gives them no more places to hide Oughtta pop and stricken the one with nothing to lose Over ambitious younglings feel they got something to prove So I'm just trying to speak, I'm hoping to make a difference Before the subject of my predicate give me a sentence A couple years ago I would've stopped to light a splif I stopped smoking for infatuation with this 40 sipping I always give a dollar to the homeless 'cause it's cold It will help them get a bottle of them mellow light mittens I started speaking truth and now these phony n***as dippin' They tryina make it up to me but I can see the blemish Where they cross me, to up and sell your soul is more than costly If I'm bargaining, then what will cost me? This troublesome world Lord, we are hiding in the world Lord, we are earthquakes in the world