[Verse 1] I try to keep my mind on the good things Cause Lord, I've seen some trouble, seen some bullsh** And life is too short for the nonsense I pray you keep your head above the water I pray you take it easy on your conscience Shadow weighing heavy on our shoulders Cause we were in the ghetto moving boulders Snow, getting colder, Cola - that soda (oh!) Shake it, shake it, shake it, trying to blow up Used to get our kilos from NOLA Used to get our weapons from Texas Got a little accent, now you know why (oh!) [Chorus] I try to keep my mind on the good things Cause Lord, I've seen some trouble, seen some bullsh** And life is too short for the nonsense I pray you keep your head above the water I try to keep my mind on the good things Cause Lord, I've seen some trouble, seen some bullsh** And life is too short for the nonsense I pray you take it easy on your conscience [Verse 2] My n***a, k**ed my n***a.. k**ed my n***a! And then he threw his body in a river He dumped it in The Humber, yeah he did it He dumped him in The Humber, yeah he did! I cried then I asked Lord forgive him I cried and I cried cause we're sinners There's a hole in the boat that we're on There's a hole in the boat and we're drowning I'm just trying to keep my head above the water Just trying to keep my head above the water! Lord forgive our sons and our daughters There are lot of sons in the darkness, ironic [Chorus] [Verse 3] Knock Knock, police at the door Put a lot of stress on my mama No No, my son he ain't home They were looking for me and my partners We were 50 Cent inspired Broke, it was get rich or die trying Started moving work in the projects! Life shot at me but I dodged it, I dodged it! Cause the federals came, we got raided Half of the block incarcerated Power vacuum, I'm trying to take it One of my best friends then betrayed me They slayed him [Chorus]