April Stanford - The End? lyrics

(Intro) I'm the result of a generation where our forefathers fought, bled and died to ensure that we as a people are able to progress politically, economically and spiritually We without leaders are expected to move forward in the darkness, where all we have is hope as a compa**, so we must ask ourselves... (Chorus) (Where do we go from here) No matter where that path leads us, we will walk it together (We'll never show no fear) We as a people have an obligation to move forward (And all I wanna do is rise) No matter what stands in our path, no matter the obstacle we will prosper (So throw your hands to the sky) All praises to the most high...Amen (Verse 1) I told my n***as i was gonna do it so i gotta do it big/ Done seen a lot of sh** unfold before me so i had to step it up/ And if I'm fortunate enough to live long enough to have a kid/ Them I'm a tell em what it takes to be a better person than us/ Money d** and religion/ All it takes to corrupt us/ I got caught up in all 3 so it's fair to say a n***a f**ed up/ And yeah i had a little tough love but i guess I've held on to enough grudges/ My mother, my brother/ Drizzy told the truth they never loved us/ Started writing to escape this/ All the hatred and the fake sh**/ That I'm seeing on a daily basis/ Had to face it couldn't take it/ Power of a dollar got me shaking/ And police they wanna strip me naked/ And the n***as that i used to play with/ Say i ain't sh**, wanna spray Fritz/ I'm a troubled man that's having dreams of making it up out the hood, i could taste it/ Talent God given, seen some hard living, pray I don't get caught up on the matrix/ So I do this on my everyday sh**/ Hella patient and I'm gracious/ But I'll say this/ I won't stop until i am the greatest, better face it/ (Chorus) (Where do we go from here) He who never asks the question may never get the answer (We'll never show no fear) He who shows fear may never feel the light of the glory (And all I wanna do is rise) So we continue to push with every fiber of our being (So throw your hands to the sky) Until we reach our destination, we'll never stop (Verse 2) I've had so many backs turned against me it don't even bother me honestly/ I'm pouring my heart out regardless in all of my bars you get all of me/ I done followed the path i was given I'm winning so hold your apologies/ All of a sudden you're calling me and I'm just chuckling at the hypocrisy/ n***a i shed so much blood sweat and tears for this music/ And lo and behold i done started a movement/ Cause all that i wanted to prove is impossible's nothing if you want to do it/ Now look at them haters they know they was foolish/ And swear they was with me from jump like I'm clueless/ I know they gon stab me as soon as I'm snoozing/ So I keep it moving and do what I'm doing/ Excuses excuses was all i seemed to have/ Now a n***a walks than unbeaten path/ Used to be obsessed with what I need to have/ But now I'm feeling blessed cause all I seem to grasp is this/ Rapping sh**, gave a n***a purpose/ Feeling like that struggling was worth it/ Sharing all these thoughts and this pain in my verses/ Got me feeling like I'll take my path and reverse it/ And should I fail I learned a lot from this/ So while a n***a never been an optimist/ I know I got a gift/ So I push like I got no choice/ Cause my hood never had no voice and I'm the one/ Put this sh** on everything under the sun/ I gotta take this rap sh** and run/ Cause ain't too many n***as make it out where I'm from/ I done worked so hard so this change gon come/ (Chorus) (Where do we go from here) To every harlot and hustler, every player and pimp (We'll never show no fear) They say by any means necessary, but it should never cost you your soul/ (And all I wanna do is rise) What's material wealth without knowledge of self in this world (So throw your hands to the sky) We will rise above it all one day...Amen (Outro) It's frustrating I'm trying to listen to God I got my own flesh pulling me here My own desires My family, my friends All these things is distracting me from the truth and it's difficult To give in Especially when you're young, man But if you could go through it, you'll come out like gold If I could go through the fire But they don't wanna go through the fire, they wanna win the lotto and go to Jamaica And the Bahamas and do they own selfish things But "He" said if you wait till I exalt you, I'll give you the desires of your heart But it's difficult to wait, because everybody's in a hurry/ You know what I'm saying? Everybody in a hurry, I dunno where they're going but when they get there, they're gonna be sorry The faster you try to get there, that career that money... And you're gonna figure out that man, it was the journey It was not the destination You was in a hurry to get there, to come up...to be this and be that And when you get there, you gonna feel discouraged more than you did before you even started to get there It's the journey, not the destination Because the destination is steadily evolving We're always growing in wisdom and knowledge and understanding And it's always evolving And we could never obtain it, because it's steadily, constantly evolving The more humble you be, then the more you could be fulfilled with the truth But when you think you got it and you on your way then you gonna get less of it because can't nobody could talk to you You can't stop...you're in a hurry It's a difficult thing, but you got it I see the intensity Especially being with him, he ain't nothing to play with That's very important! It'll show you how to relate and connect with the people And most people that came off the street and then got their career together They won't even let you know that they been through it They try to act brand new Then it's a testimony Once you go through what you go through, it's for us to inspire somebody else We don't go through this because of our own selfish reasons We go through this to give a testimony how far God has brought me! Who you gonna inspire? Who you gonna tell about the Glory, the grace of God if you don't go through it?