(verse 1)
all i have is my misery
a couple boxes of cigarettes
a perfect billboard model just kissed my cheek
that one morning the city slept
i've got a dirty mind but my shoes are clean
i don't look away cus' i choose to see
the chain around your neck isn't j**ellery
you ain't foolin' me cause i
never had no shades to cry behind
never found the place i tried to find
if i told you so then i'd be lying uh
i was lost and made a change of course
but i'm still afraid of change of course
someone told me "when it rains it pours" (hook)
i've been thinking of sunshine (sunshine)
through the pain and strife
i've been thinking of sunshine
through the coldest days of life (verse 2)
all i have is my history
strolled the streets when a stranger pa**ed
he spoke and when i got to hear his story
i realized my life's not so bad
i used to have a job 'til they fired me
i thought i was the person i strived to be
now everything is gone but that's fine with me
cause my mind is free and i
never had no shades to cry behind
never found the place i tried to find
if i told you so then i'd be lying uh
i was lost and made a change of course
but i'm still afraid of change of course
someone told me "when it rains it pours" (hook) (verse 3)
i never took nothing from no one except bad advice
some of my homies never overcame the setbacks of life
li li life has taught me two things
life has taught me two things
tie your own shoestrings sometimes we go through things
i've done things i do things i'm not always proud of
but i smile through the struggle just as i've won the lotto
i know reality is hard sometimes it's easy to dream
it's only when you close your eyes that you can see what i see
see what i mean? (hook) x2