Cookbook - Maintain lyrics

[Verse 1] Propel myself to levels that I can't control Attach myself to things that disturb my soul But my path ain't old This like a hunt for gold And the treasure [?] make a sick man whole I want [?] Can't sleep for weeks Like I need to weep It just helps me think I don't sink I rise I don't hate or despise I've learned to let things go I like to dislike guys And when my eyes get heavy and I get the chance I think about sad things that send me into a trance Where I'm dazed Lost and amazed So I sit and rest I'm not at my worst, could care less about my best I'm stress free Even when God bless me It's like God invites the world to depress me And test me And I don't understand these acts But my mind get the best of me when I write raps [Hook] Life in the game We suffer through pain Ain't no one to blame when it rains But you gotta maintain [3x] Life in the game Ain't no one to blame Maintain [Scratched] To whom it may concern Maintain This goes out to anybody Maintain Looking for someone to blame But I maintain my focus and just hold the fort down [Verse 2] Living life going to do Die but nothing's done Is the fate for over 3/4 of the nation Absence of occupation there's no reason to rest A mind that's vacant is a mind depressed Complete emotionless, on the escalator of life As friend and foe elevate the smoke from grandpa's pipe Other words take flight as thoughts remain below Words without thoughts never click as second hands [?] In the low half hour of the nights we call When hearts fill with fear and backs to the wall Failing to rise from the greatest of our falls Just a stamp of a quitter on the hearts of all [Hook] Life in the game We suffer through pain Ain't no one to blame when it rains But you gotta maintain [3x] Life in the game We suffer through pain Ain't no one to blame Maintain [Verse 3] Naturally hardships happen every so often until you fill up a coffin This circumstance I never contemplated when we circulated by the dolphin Spin the b-side to bus stop infinite water drops Fortune of reality happens a lot in hip hop I guess commitment and optimism are no-nos Even after finally pressing the phonos Smile for the photos play back as in slow mo Cross into unfamiliar territory now that I'm flying solo Years of sacrifice now becomes time wasted into a pipe dream Not really hollow as though it might seem It hurts to watch your crew collapse Not only that it hurts more when things ain't the same as before But the day brings a new dawn While music changes the friendship Sometimes I wish my life would end quick but I hold on [Hook] Life in the game We suffer through pain Ain't no one to blame when it rains But you gotta maintain [3x] Life in the game We suffer through pain Ain't no one to blame Maintain (maintain) [Bridge] Yeah that's why I maintain Everybody in L.A. maintain Everybody in New York maintain Everybody in the south maintain Everybody north maintain Lock down all of them cribs and maintain [Outro] What's up holmes? [?] turn the music down man You all got any dope today? Not us. We just say no to d**