I've been working so   I've been working so   I've been working so hard      Why you bring me down?   Why you bring me down?   I've been working so hard      You'll be smooth, I'll be smoother   Smoother than silk   Let honesty remain my virtue   Motherin' is my milk   To push strong 'til the end   Because the stress is the life   Keep on pushin' like a player   Guess you can't see our strife      We're in this together   'Cause there's no place to run   Man's built the gun   That's why I'm chasing the sun   You wanna walk how you walk   Then watch me try to stay how I stayed   I can't be swayed by the man      I love my shorties with my heart   I'll always lend them my hand   Teach my children about the seeds   You wanna take from the sand   Gotta maintain motherfucker   Gotta stick to these plans   'Cause this globalized village made it all-out war      Hip-hop will be my wings   And enough men needing to soar   I see more guns than children being born everyday   Another mother'll have to weep   Because you'd rob her's away   I guess you're never gonna figure   No man's bigger than the next   Instead of building, you'll be killing   Every man's getting vexed, so carry on      Carry on, carry on   Maintain      How would you like to stick with me?   How much do you love to free-fall?   I never thought that I would have   To stay so near to keep you, dear      How would you like to stick with me?   And do you love to free-fall?   I never thought that I would have   To speak so loud for you to hear      I need your loving   I try so hard   To maintain      I need your loving   And I try so hard   To maintain      Carry on, carry on   Carry on, carry on   Carry on, carry on   Carry on, carry on      I wanna chill for real   But I can't seem to escape   Because your five-minute pleasures   Got me screaming out rape   And parliament, they keep me tied up   With the fucking red tape   Left tap's on my phone   They got me thinking about fate      Hold it, freeze keeps me thinking   That there's no time to wait   And now the prison cell bars   Offer up heaven's gate   But we're like in this together   See, there's no place to run   Man's built the gun   So we're chasing the sun      Carry on, carry on      Day and night   Hell, everyday   I'll carry on, yeah yeah      On every single part I play   I'll be so strong   Hell, I won't give up the fight      Day and night   Hell, everyday   I'll carry on      I'll live my life on center stage   I'll carry on, I'll be so strong   I won't give up the fight      Carry on, carry on   Carry on, carry on   Carry on, carry on