[Hook: R.U.I.N.] Teach these kids, yes they are/ Reach higher, than the stars/ Don't be trapped, in self-pity/ Don't be snatched in Hell's city/ Stop with self-loathing/ When the going gets tough the tough gets going Yeah yeah yeah [Verse 1: R.U.I.N.] My GPA's a 3.4/ I know it's good, who's keeping score? / Help the Dominican Republic/ Break rules, that hold me in, ain't nothing/ Yeah Yeah my pride gets the best of me/ My Conscience a cop, arresting me/ But there's no cali spins/ or medallions/ Or rallies in/ the allies when/ The fallacies admit/ The mistakes of ‘manly' men/ But service/ is my purpose/ Until it's disturbing/ to close them curtains/ God's gives approval stamp me in/ a mentor/ God-send, who sent for? / The champion/ Yeah yeah yeah [Hook: R.U.I.N.] Teach these kids, yes they are/ Reach higher, than the stars/ Don't be trapped, in self-pity/ Don't be snatched in Hell's city/ Stop with self-loathing/ When the going gets tough the tough gets going Yeah yeah yeah [Verse 2: R.U.I.N.] Change your game up, you just have'ta / It's sad like Kobe/ drops 80/ on the Raptors/ Spliffing the joints/ get sympathy points/ From your crew, all little silly boys/ Like Tech said ‘Life s**s doesn't it/ But you shouldn't screw up another's life because of it/ That other's life is yours and you're cheating/ Yourself out of all you achieved and/ The Godsends you willingly ignored/ Façade ends it k**s me to the core/ You were meant to live, for so much more/ So switch your feet to a brand new war/ Rebel against me, bring down yourself/ Farewell to all greed, sing down your Hell/ Yeah yeah yeah (Interlude) (at the end of interlude) Love [Hook: R.U.I.N.] No I didn't/ God thanks for reminding now I get it/ I'll stampede in/ as the champion/ Tag team battle, time to slap me in/ I'll stop with my self-loathing/ The going getting tough so I get going/ I'm not a coward, I won't fold in/ Yeah yeah yeah