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Verse 1
There you were at the corner store,
sitting in a wheelchair drinking liquor
It seems the place you stayed got sold,
now your on the streets sleeping at the bus stop

Verse 2
There you were got shot 5 years ago
In the back by your best friend
Over an argument that crippled you
And landed him in jail

Chorus
Don’t tell me that you know what it’s like living on the streets cuz we all aint evil, lazy people
Don’t tell me you know what it’s like not having food to eat cuz this situation aint just personal responsibility

Verse 3
Cuz sometimes junk comes down the drain and disastor is its name, it’s got me out here selling drugs to eat cuz there aint no jobs. I've heard stories about the ants but I feel more like a crab born into a boiling pot that I can’t get out

Bridge
But I know God’s got my back
Through all this painful crap
I’ve seen Him time and time again
Though I’m selling drugs today
One day I’ll rise above to see
The One and Only, this is my testimony

Rap
I’ll be waking up the night as soon as I scream
I’m stuck in the cage that’s far from my dream
Corrupt with the rage I seen since 19
Paint pictures, embrace the fighter in my genes
Walking on the path that’s meant for high kings
Trying to keep my eyes clear like drops of visine
But the road is dark and I’m trying to see through
But to show my heart I need to like its Noah’s ark
Find a way to change my plans
So I can get a castle from a grain of sand
Understand that I’m not living like an honest man
But ima fight until I step inside the promise land
Now I gotta make a choice with no Morpheus
I can see the lucky stars aren’t supporting this
Gotta smile when the pain feels torturous
But ima fly I’m going through metamorphosis

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from The Inner City EP, released June 1, 2011

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