Hard to Stay Alive

Much love and appreciation to the good man, Doctor Tehuti At the Wisdom Book Center on Liberty Go grab you some knowledge Black Knowledge It's Herbology And this is The Cynical Perfectionist Rock with me I measure up to something better with no scale or Pyrex Connect the dots with lines of strong and hope to stick some profits Map and shake my way about annoyance Avoiding hits and not enlist, I take the risks You can't forget who Cassius is, but niggas cram the field I keep it steady, hands is ready locked inside through mobs And shit of "gimme dollars" once they see you got it They switch their sides up when they see you rising And try to check as you advancing, zoning and pressing down As if these clowns just signed a contract Hope to catch you slipping where you standing I play it Crawford, guarding me's impossible F*ck you the Glove or Rodman Despite the obvious, I fight the odds and lobby up, inviting change Cause who gon bring us our salvation in these trying days I clocked a am shift to seek a payment An early check in; stretching out my ends to fund my lectures A student to this; trust the tutelage, I move to vent Y'all raising hands, I'm changing answers quick So y'all confused as shit at how I do this shit So effortless and fluent with my verbiage Swear the early bird'll cop a Rolls from pitch Just regulate your servings Elevate from inertia Stay up w/ patience, assertion, and conquer more to see the world Because we feel it's me against it cause our pigment flourish They grain our image, hope the view destroy you Don't let the system force you into something out your comfort Stand on where you come from This Baltimore, I call it home Despite the ups and downs this coaster ride done took me through Exposed a few, distrust a lot Now all I gots a couple rounds to ride the block Like SooWoop ties or Crippin My opposition flip they colors in unison Wailing down, invoking fear Rehashing times we went through this one Abusing power; we disserviced from what's ours The truest stunt they pull to take a life incite's a mothers cries Just cause their line of duty draw us down It's Hard to Stay Alive