Snak The Ripper - The Meaning lyrics

[Verse 1: Engineer] Light up the L, turn the beat up louder Take a hit of that tell me what you see around ya I'ma tell you what I see It may not be a pretty picture But I ain't tryna be a downer See life like we living our last days Cause I see the planet that we k**ing and can't save The type of pain that can't be given a band-aid You can look at the bright side how thick is the lampshade? Some say that fate is predetermined Which means that nothing can be a freak occurrence And what will happen? I can't be for certain So I'm gonna live life to it's fullest before I reach the curtains Cause who knows if there's a deeper purpose? Is there a meaning of life or if the reason's worthless? I just watch out for the demons lurking And never leave myself open when I need a person I've been doing a lot of d** Makes me hope I can find happiness without being buzzed and Give me a sign from a cloud up above Cause I've been doubting so much I almost lost my power to love Maybe I'll find another path to follow? But until then let me crack this bottle Cut some lines up get another cap to swallow Trying to mask the sorrow till I'm whiter than a fashion model Is money the root of evil? Seen it save lives, seen it ruin people Damn right I seen it ruin people Cause what happens to a fiend when you put that money through a needle? I'm just glad I know better than not Living in the cold weather with no sweater to rock Cause I'm a go-getter sold no record that flop And I'll be just fine even if I don't get to the top Word [Hook: Snak The Ripper] Cause I've been thinking lately What this life has made me Lord before you take me Tell me what's the meaning? [Verse 2: Snak The Ripper] Ya I spent twenty-eight years getting where I'm at Now I'm starring at pictures of the younger Snak When I wasn't that crazy But I was hungry like a shark Chronic spark Got me thinking of those nights spent in the dark Mastering my craft laughing as the years pa** Seems like yesterday when I was taking bottles back for cash Like how I went from that to this From sleeping in these streets to these clean sheets and a mattress God damn Tell me what's the point in this? When I twist this gat and burn this joint it's like a don't exist Me and my boys is mixed up in the life of d** and crime The hardest times behind us but we know this sh**s Constant in the struggle trying to double all we got Trying to stay free with troubles all that we was taught Whether or not I get mine depends on a lot But yo I'll be just fine even if I don't get to the top [Hook] [Verse 3: Engineer] Strange how it go from an innocent child Twenty years later now living this foul Wow an*lyzing my brain considering why it has to be So f**ed up for you to give me the crown but look: We smell money and we getting it now Cause we be sniffing it down with the scent of a hound We soldiers being weak isn't allowed So I guess a sinister smile beats a miserable frown Pa** the "ism" around act like it's all a game I make a beautiful sunset in the falling rain We all got the power to make the hall of fame Even a slave can find freedom in a ball n' chains I got nothing to lose baby it's all a game And it's time to reach 'em I can hear the people call my name Got the confidence now I'm standing tall as cranes So if I can't earn power I'ma take the Stalin way Go ahead and label me bi-polar Cause you know I get high and my eyes lower Smoke more then a pot grower with glaucoma And I'ma be the same until my times over Yea [Hook]