[Intro] Take it as a lesson learned And we all fall down [Verse 1] As we get to the end of another one At the start of another one It's been a year filled with more tears than any other Much more reason to cheer than any other So the rich liquor replace the beer we was guzzling Had to let weed go, 'bout to let beef go Ain't no beef with those whack MCs yo I should be pleased with the level that I've achieved But finding comfort under a rock's not my steezo I reach for the stars, peaking on Mars Cause the bars I spit gets me any place I need so You can best believe I'm after much more respect than cheese so Expect to see a brighter smile on the cover of my next CD In the midst of more bliss than three chicks on ecstasy All trying to have s** with B Just because I'm such a fresh MC Yeah right [Hook 1] Watch out for the snakes in gra** It make look green but the backs is black If cash is the root of all evil You can tell Satan I'm awaking my people Don't be last (x3) [Hook 2] Time is of the essence Take it as a lesson learned It's like we lose our turn, bridges get burned And we all fall down Trying to climb a mountain Better watch them steps you take Because when the stakes get high, look to the sky It's a long way down [Verse 2] I gotta make it, if not, gotta take it Don't blame me, I was born during the reign of Ronald Reagan Now the nation is craving crap like McDonald's I'm saying ain't your moms ever make a proper plate home? Carve your hunger and be patient homes I make poems, break bones, no stones Stopped smoking but I'm still rolling Sunny, shouts out to Gunny on that blue eyed tip Took a red-eye trip to Hotlanta Stopped at JR Crickets for hot wings Now returning making the block sing Chicka chicka ching hit me with the (?) To see grands, pull the MC ham sandwich Out of that He-man lunchbox, ate him in one munch Swallowed him whole without biting because I don't do nobody but Blu Because nobody can touch Blu Crush f**s up to the challenge Somehow I managed to be granted the planet Still standing on my own two feet when there is so much talent Buried six feet deep beneath us But we just rather be invalid Jesus, where did the soul go? Out the backdoor with the afro picks and the black fist Now remember this [Hook 2] [Verse 3] We all fall victim to sin through temptation And it's so hard to turn down money when you make it Especially when it's raising b**hes start waving it and the whips start changing And the chips start blinging Funny how money keeps a smile on faces Of everyone surrounding all the fame that you bring in But you can't get it out your head You was almost dead less than a year ago and no one cared Like yeah, I remember not remembering none of y'all Froze last December right here, in front of y'all (?), blood pumping into that cold heart Gold plated ego taking the soul apart Diamond studded but didn't shine bright as the rhyming f** it, this is why I'm here grinding Cause the time will come when the shining will blind them And the haters will arise high as those who like him [Hook 1]