these days are crazed   I've been amazed the way he lays the maze   I care, I swear   I'm well aware that don't make it fair   on and on my life drifts by   I still ain't shit, but I got the guts to try   this time it's mine   I'm livin' in pain but I'm feelin' fine   it's just a state of mind   it's just a state of mind   it's just a state of mind      I've tried to find   or hide behind just a little peace of mind   to live to wait   the more that I live man the less I trust fate   just stay awake I learn to overcome what you take   this face is fact   love is to give and not want to get back   what you must do   is hear the point that I'm trying to get through   to you the few   whose song is a prayer you don't care if it's true   that's fine this time   but the message of mine is often covered behind the rhyme   combined with the time   and the tempo of words that only fit the line   it's all a state of mind   it's all a state of mind   it's all a state of mind      don't lay down if you don't love the ground   don't get high if you don't love the sky   turn it down if you don't love the sound   you don't love nothing and you don't know why   can't break from the underground   can't break from the underground   can't break from the underground   can't break from the underground   it's all a state of mind   it's all a state of mind   it's all a state of mind   it's all a state of mind      this life is now   if you fall and you can't fly   you'd better learn how   put your sweat into the plow   if you give it a try then you get to live from the ground   you know it's acid   the age old psalm about reaping what you sow   it goes to show   if you want to rock then you better learn to roll   it's all a state of mind   it's all a state of mind   it's all a state of mind   it's just a state of mind   it's just a state of mind   it's just a state of mind   it's just a state of mind   it's just a state of mind