I'm over taxed and underpaid in salary Blue collar, work hard for same mentality New York state of mind, slave to the grind Zoning out in day time to escape reality Refuse to face it when the music's playing I'm in a psychedelic hallucination Tripping out on some Curtis Mayfield Numb to the pain, Novocain how my face feel You seen that tape real, the whole team know Why we out in va, sipping Mojitos Squash in eagles, it's swatting mosquitoes When you're rocking with the boys not in ...sloan Cooking it up, pot scheming on the stove Watching my seeds grow, you reaper just soul Either punch in the clock, either leave it alone Me and ...job, till got a seat at the throne To rise and fall, understand that every good thing come to a hard ache But that ain't gonna stop me I'm here until the end baby And if you choose to follow Know that there's no shortcuts to the promise land But that wouldn't ever stop me I'm here until the end baby No, I ain't bout no games about my BI Something low in the bucket you can't see I Ride slow, with the windows low and the beam's high No l, just a ... I don't give a f** I call that man ...Howard When that b**h crack your a** better duck Tryina stack my paper up and cop a few dirties But my empire enjoy life with my... Like I said, I'm tryina stack that bread No time for hungry a** hoe, tryina ... my bread And any monkey a** disappear, when your pockets ain't fit A bunch of David Blaines, dealing with this kind of folks you won't have a thing 25/8 the boys stay on this grizzle main Won't stop until my name's surrounded by them shiny thangs To rise and fall, understand that every good thing come to a hard ache But that ain't gonna stop me I'm here until the end baby And if you choose to follow Know that there's no shortcuts to the promise land But that wouldn't ever stop me I'm here until the end baby I'm unstoppable, anything is possible Leverage in my love overcoming any obstacle The type of love that put hate up in the hospital They tried to find they cure but the found it was inoperable Came no summer, you never knew winter You ain't been a looser, you ain't a true winner It ain't always is champagne dinners I'm about a buck 50 but I used to be... Mixing lunch meat with my scrambled egg The last thing I ate before I went to bed The first thing I ate when I woke up One minute eh, I think about it, I get choked up But I never compromise my integrity And cause of that, a lot of n***as got ahead of me And now that you're falling off steadily And all the bullsh** I went through is a memory To rise and fall, understand that every good thing come to a hard ache But that ain't gonna stop me I'm here until the end baby And if you choose to follow Know that there's no shortcuts to the promise land But that wouldn't ever stop me I'm here until the end baby