[00:01.43]How I keep from goin' under?
[00:05.30]It's like a jungle outside
[00:06.60]Sometimes I wonder how I keep from goin' under, uh
[00:09.76]We scream, "Black Lives Matter," but we still toting ladders
[00:13.04]Watching our own brothers trying to get at us
[00:15.45]Dreams get shattered when a scene full of crackers
[00:17.85]And they charge you with some **** you ain't do
[00:19.51]You like, "what happened?"
[00:20.53]We go get lawyers to say ****, we don't know how to talk
[00:22.56]They told us to hate each other before we learn how to walk
[00:25.18]Mama taught you how to fight, fight,
[00:26.78]Before she taught you how to write, right
[00:28.14]And daddy locked down in the cell, can't kiss you night, night
[00:30.65]Monsters under the bed every night, feel like it's fright night
[00:33.28]Coke fumes in the air, mama holding on that pipe tight
[00:35.67]And you catchin' contact, but never mind that
[00:37.61]In a world where Black is wrong and white right, it's like a combat
[00:40.21]We go to war for our freedom, they say we equal
[00:42.63]I used to wanna play like Randall and be an Eagle
[00:45.19]I used to play the quarterback, my dog would go receiver
[00:47.86]That was 'til the ball got flat by a **** needle on the pavement
[00:51.21]It's amazin', this environment we was raised in
[00:53.73]On them papers, one mistake and I'm gettin' caged in
[00:56.23]You gotta feel me, feel like the system tryna kill me
[00:58.67]Got arrested and the charges F1 for popping wheelies, stay woke
[01:01.56]It was designed for us to fail
[01:03.89]We still prevail through the hell
[01:06.85]Yeah, can you believe it? We're still undefeated
[01:10.76]Though it was designed for us to lose
[01:14.08]We'll still make it through, nothing's impossible
[01:18.27]Can you believe it? We're still undefeated
[01:21.42]Picture me ten years younger with some tats on my face
[01:24.20]Takin' a bunch of Xannys with the strap on my waist
[01:26.69]Pointin' it at the camera like mama ain't teach me manners
[01:29.25]Tryna see mo' bills like I'm headed to Alabama, no, wait
[01:32.13]I can't judge them, I'm just trying to understand them
[01:34.48]'Cause I used to pop Percs, pourin' purple in my Fanta
[01:36.88]Had me swerving in my Phantom like I'm runnin' from my dreams
[01:39.35]I was headed for the slammer, I was plantin' all the seed
[01:41.96]For them to bury me, I had my whole family mad at me
[01:44.76]Fell deep in love with the game and it married me
[01:47.28]Judge said, "I'll give you a chance, just don't embarrass me"
[01:50.00]Motivatin' these little ****** is like a charity
[01:52.44]Community service even though they knew we was workin'
[01:54.55]They did this to me on purpose, 'cause I ain't movin' too perfect
[01:57.07]I stay away from them clowns, watch how I move through the circus
[01:59.64]'Cause they be weighing you down,
[02:00.76]Even some of them dudes in your circle, stay woke
[02:02.64]Though it's designed for us to fail, yeah
[02:05.59]We still prevail through the hell, yeah
[02:09.15]Can you believe it? We're still undefeated
[02:12.76]Though it was designed for us to lose
[02:15.13]Nothing, nothing, nothing's impossible, no
[02:20.35]Can you believe it? We're still undefeated
[02:22.97]How can I pledge allegiance to the flag
[02:25.56]When they killin' all our sons, all our dads?
[02:27.58]I come from a place, when you kill your own brother you can brag
[02:30.52]Like he got bodies, but that's a fad, no, that's a fact
[02:33.41]I'm screamin' out at your corner, *****, that's a trap
[02:35.93]Screamin' out at your homie, *****, that's a rat
[02:38.58]Catch a case with him, bet he crack
[02:40.54]The odds against you and they double stacked, stay woke
[02:43.16]Bought my mom a new crib, that's some gangster ****
[02:45.63]Niece and nephews walking around wearing minks and ****
[02:48.26]Kept the hood motivated, this the thanks I get?
[02:50.85]Try to Ja Rule the kid on some Wanksta ****
[02:53.31]But that's impossible 'cause I'm unstoppable
[02:55.41]The label can't drop me, *****, I'm too valuable
[02:58.05]You thought I would lose but I won and that bothered you
[03:00.75]Still movin' 'round in Philly just like the mobsters do
[03:03.27]When I talked to Em and Hov, they said, "I'm proud of you
[03:05.88]You stood tall back when everyone doubted you"
[03:08.80]My reply is, "I did what I gotta do
[03:11.63]And I need that verse 'fore you retire too"
[03:14.05]Jumping all the obstacles, I'm way too wavy
[03:16.32]Said I would lose boy you way too crazy
[03:18.25]Pick and choose either fame or the money, fame will make you crazy
[03:21.45]And the money will make them bad ******* say, "Thank you, baby"
[03:23.94]You're welcome