Because I can't get ahead for falling behind I can't get ahead for falling behind I can't get ahead for falling behind Cause if it never fails it never fails everytime Yo, hand to the wireless as I try to guess my potential for a cardiac arrest Yes I'm blessed just to say that the stress, caved in my chest to the point of fall-out you can hear me call-out To the One God almighty and His son to stand beside me, looking for the light just to guide me On these righteous scrolls I flow slow, so foes won't find me, and those fraudulent hoes won't try me ah oui Searching for this cream in the lottery ah oui, scheming to grow the green like pottery Is it just a dream or commodery that we're searching for, brothers want the grand prize We picked the wrong doors 'Cause I can't get ahead for falling behind Can't get ahead for falling behind Can't get ahead for falling behind Cause if it never fails it never fails everytime I can't get ahead for falling behind I can't get ahead for falling behind I can't get ahead for falling behind Cause if it never fails it never fails everytime There's no reason to be happy, slap me in the face with the reality check Because reality bites and that's were tragedy strikes A full moon and dark clouds to keep me home at night For fear that I'll come nearer to the light At the end of the tunnel I funnel my discontentment and resentment at the risen tide Of sorrow, tomorrow gotta borrow dough before they decide my underwater go Fallin' like geronimo I know inside of me decidedly, got too much pride to be blinded By detainees you get and buy with these measly, five dollars an hour that I shower for And now I intend my best interest that I digested as an omnivour And onto more tribulations in waiting, fearing that I am comming nearer to my destination My motivations derailed, I never let emotion prevail until now Because I found that you can't get ahead for falling behind Can't get ahead for falling behind Can't get ahead for falling behind Cause if it never fails it never fail everytime I can't get ahead for falling behind You can't get ahead for falling behind We can't get ahead for falling behind Cause if it never fails it never fail everytime Strife is my companion for life, but now I've abandoned the old Trifle and raws making life hard, I could say that I consolidated Problems are plenty and my days are approximated 120 ways to rhyme but I choose all, of the available a veteran to build stocks That be disabling crews, cover up like ??? to feel the blast, fast My words spread like a rash We taking every measure to treasure the fly rhymes like it's ash At last, we bringin' quality first cla** yo Perceived in the opposite way, cause I leave myself lost cause of precautions I'm reluctant to heed Just ask me who's the one the perfect or descend the expert Or the beginner sour or is it bitter to taste I lay waste and face all my problems and my way, so we pray Because aside of 6 feet of ground and gravel, is where I sleep unless I decide to pound the gavel And earn the keep At times I can hear the maker calling, I try to stay on my feet but keep falling Cause I can't get ahead for falling behind I can't get ahead for falling behind I can't get ahead for falling behind Cause if it never fails it never fails everytime I can't get ahead for falling behind You can't get ahead for falling behind We can't get ahead for falling behind Cause if it never fails it never fails everytime Everytime, everytime can't get ahead for falling behind Dedicated to the late Robin ???, so we carry on