It must of been hard to be a prisoner    In a place you felt alone   It must of been hard to find lost feeling   When real love you were never shown   It must of been hard to care alot   They cherished everything you're not   It must of been easier to throw thier stones   Then to rebuild whats been lost      It must of been hard to look inside yourself   Forgive and remind yourself   That you can step outside yourself and see      That you can be strong    You can be cool   You can know just what to do   So when you feel like crying   Speak your mind and keep on      It must feel good to know the answers   To the questions they still ask   It must feel good to move forward   While they dwell upon the past   It must feel good to face your failures   Look at all you've learned   It must feel good to know you've risin   The page is finally turned      It must of been hard to look inside yourself   Forgive and remind yourself   That you can step outside yourself and see      You can be strong    You can be cool   You can know just what to do   So when you feel like crying      You can be strong   You can be tough   Gotta know you're good enough   So when you feel like dying    Shed a tear and keep on rising      Keep On Rising   Keep On Rising      Slow, yeah I know   You're hearts been aching   Something gets lost   Every hit you take   To get high now   You use fire   Once there burned a mad desire   Dust settles, Write again   Pride says keep out   Dead end   Rode my hope down to The Showdown   Sacred Cow, Now I know   The brutal beating my boy would take   Bubbley Eyed, Head off Straight   Said "Today is gone, soon's too late"   You're all messed up. "Look at your face"      I'll never forget what Homeboy said   Fire and Ice   Cold engine read   "You were acting alive, looking almost dead"   Then Word rolled out.   Thoughts in my head   We found our place   Long way to climb    To get fourth place   Long way to fall   Flat on our face      "Get Up"