[Kool G Rap Intro]
when will you see
there's no way
out for you and me
it's not a game
every f**ing day
face to face with adversity
it all gets worse for you and me
nights are short, days get long
i feel my will to fight pa** on
and all those around me
empty lives surround me
they all s** me in
they drain all my will to live
your walls are closing in
you're seeing less of yourself
in your own skin
what has become of you
you feel a change in your mind
you feel apart from your kind
alone with the truth
in the twilight of your youth
don't try to count my sins
i don't know where to begin
so sad and it's so true
blew all my wishes on you
but now i'm looking back
can't believe i played that act
my heart was green
my eyes were fresh
uneasy in my own flesh
and we're never going back
we'll never see those days again
i don't know which way
the future will go
i don't care any more
i just gotta let it go