It's been a long journey, a long road Filled with potholes and obstacles I've fallen so many times It forged character though, and growth in my rhymes Now when I fall, I'm older Get up, smile, brush the dirt off of my shoulders I used to do things the hard way Today, I pray -And listen to what God say The path for my life is laid out for me You could rest in peace right be carrying the torch homie To all the people that got love for me: I push on And try to write our stories These are the days for constant building Construct futures for all of our children Make cash, make it last You know how fast them days will pass, in a flash The sands in the hour glass slip through your fingers Cause you never got a grasp Get a grip Get it straight Or else you'll let it slip And you'll never elevate Right now There's no time to waste Put your best foot forward And try to keep pace Push on All my people, you got got got to push on (on, and on, and on, and on) I built my foundation on a rock So when the winds of change come I won't fall off You see my outstretched hand Success means nothing to me, unless I share with my fam To my peeps abroad and state side: Let's make strides Make papes and change lives Create fly, tracks that change the tide So maybe some day true art will survive I am here, to pioneer a brand new pathway Introduce you to God, in these last days Everybody's attitude is so cumbersome Run their whole life never knowin' what they're running from So stop for a second take a look And listen to the wisdom that is written in the book Get a grip Get it straight Or else you'll let it slip And you'll never elevate - Right now - There's no time to waste Put your best foot forward And try to keep pace Push on All my people, you got got got to push on (on, and on, and on, and on) Through a smoke screen of hopes for C.R.E.A.M Have you floatin' down a stream full of broken dreams They call it main but it's really just a scheme To get you all locked where no one can hear you scream Mos Def said it best: It's a better built cell block Where they put you to death if you don't sell hot records But see we changin' that too Big business hip-hop we aimin' at you If they puttin' out garbage - Don't buy it Remember one stone took down the giant Have faith like David and Goliath Avoid the bias, and keep your mind pious Get a grip Get it straight Or else you'll let it slip And you'll never elevate Right now There's no time to waste Put your best foot forward And try to keep pace Push on All my people, you got got got to push on My man Nak, you got-got-got to push on The S.P.'s, you got-got-got to push on (On, and on, and on, and on) (On, and, on, and on, and on) (On, and, on, and on, and on) (On, and, on, and on, and on) (On, and, on, and on, and on) (On, and, on)
[00:21.48]It's been a long journey, a long road [00:23.80]Filled with potholes and obstacles [00:26.60]I've fallen so many times [00:28.69]It forged character though, and growth in my rhymes [00:32.09]Now when I fall, I'm older [00:33.83]Get up, smile, brush the dirt off of my shoulders [00:36.99]I used to do things the hard way [00:39.03]Today, I pray -And listen to what God say [00:42.33]The path for my life is laid out for me [00:44.14]You could rest in peace right be carrying the torch homie [00:47.69]To all the people that got love for me: [00:49.65]I push on [00:50.50]And try to write our stories [00:52.31]These are the days for constant building [00:54.76]Construct futures for all of our children [00:57.42]Make cash, make it last [00:59.66]You know how fast them days will pass, in a flash [01:03.35]The sands in the hour glass slip through your fingers [01:05.77]Cause you never got a grasp [01:07.74]Get a grip [01:08.93]Get it straight [01:09.78]Or else you'll let it slip [01:10.84]And you'll never elevate [01:12.21]Right now [01:13.41]There's no time to waste [01:14.72]Put your best foot forward [01:16.21]And try to keep pace [01:17.30]Push on [01:20.48]All my people, you got got got to push on [01:24.84](on, and on, and on, and on) [01:28.21]I built my foundation on a rock [01:30.04]So when the winds of change come I won't fall off [01:33.33]You see my outstretched hand [01:34.94]Success means nothing to me, unless I share with my fam [01:38.62]To my peeps abroad and state side: Let's make strides [01:41.71]Make papes and change lives [01:43.42]Create fly, tracks that change the tide [01:45.37]So maybe some day true art will survive [01:48.11]I am here, to pioneer a brand new pathway [01:51.29]Introduce you to God, in these last days [01:54.10]Everybody's attitude is so cumbersome [01:56.23]Run their whole life never knowin' what they're running from [01:59.09]So stop for a second take a look [02:01.04]And listen to the wisdom that is written in the book [02:04.09]Get a grip [02:05.45]Get it straight [02:06.30]Or else you'll let it slip [02:07.39]And you'll never elevate [02:08.75]- Right now - [02:09.90]There's no time to waste [02:11.14]Put your best foot forward [02:12.34]And try to keep pace [02:13.65]Push on [02:17.15]All my people, you got got got to push on [02:21.97](on, and on, and on, and on) [02:24.73]Through a smoke screen of hopes for C.R.E.A.M [02:26.71]Have you floatin' down a stream full of broken dreams [02:29.84]They call it main but it's really just a scheme [02:32.06]To get you all locked where no one can hear you scream [02:34.53]Mos Def said it best: It's a better built cell block [02:37.51]Where they put you to death if you don't sell hot records [02:40.71]But see we changin' that too [02:42.26]Big business hip-hop we aimin' at you [02:45.15]If they puttin' out garbage - Don't buy it [02:47.50]Remember one stone took down the giant [02:50.49]Have faith like David and Goliath [02:52.56]Avoid the bias, and keep your mind pious [02:55.55]Get a grip [02:56.79]Get it straight [02:57.65]Or else you'll let it slip [02:58.85]And you'll never elevate [03:00.04]Right now [03:01.30]There's no time to waste [03:02.55]Put your best foot forward [03:04.00]And try to keep pace [03:05.14]Push on [03:08.34]All my people, you got got got to push on [03:13.26]My man Nak, you got-got-got to push on [03:18.52]The S.P.'s, you got-got-got to push on [03:23.30](On, and on, and on, and on) [03:29.36](On, and, on, and on, and on) [03:33.68](On, and, on, and on, and on) [03:39.32](On, and, on, and on, and on) [03:44.32](On, and, on, and on, and on) [03:45.90](On, and, on)
