Sometimes, when you're in a dark place You think you're in a grave But you really been plannin' You need time to take root and grow Meditate on that Overstand it I don't wanna live like I used to live I don't wanna be the person I used to be I wanna make a change in my life So I gotta be the change that I'm trying to see I don't wanna live like I used to live I don't wanna be the person I used to be I gotta make a change in my life So I gotta be the change that I'm trying to see If we don't get it together We'll probably be fucked up forever Going through Hell to get to Heaven is never As easy as it sounds in the stormy weather Run-DMC was tougher than leather And Jam Master Jay is still an unsolved murder A lot of these crimes still go unheard of The shit's absurd, and I'm like, "word up" Police shoot unarmed people and don't yell, "freeze" Injustice anywhere is all our real enemies They'll kill ten of me to get the job correct To serve, protect, and break a nigga's neck All we want is respect, just like you You get it from killin', I guess we gotta kill too We want our kids to grow up and learn some skills too Who stole the soul? So I guess I gotta steal you It's been a crazy year, it's gettin' crazy here In Detroit, they shot another baby here Brothers still think it's 1980 here But it's not, get shot like the Navy here Yeah it's wavy here 'cause they paid me here Think it's gravy here? You'll catch a grave in here They misbehavin' here, you can't be saved in here I wanna pray for 'em, but they don't pray in here Don't wanna be the same person I was last year A matter of fact, five seconds ago, I'm outta here Rappers waste too much time tryin' to make up they mind I was makin' a genre when you was makin' a rhyme So now I'm all outta shit to say All I got is love for you, have a nice fuckin' day Even if you don't wish me the same I'ma still do my thang, they say auf wiedersehen All these different religions, it seems odd Somebody tell God send in a bomb squad 'Cause Lord, time's hard, my hella rhymes hard Still workin' in Hell punchin' my time card Still workin' in Hell pun-pun-pun- time card Sti-ti-ti -kin' in Hell t-t-time card