Wise words bein' spoke, huh, y'all know what it is   Nap, Nappy Roots, can I start this one off? Okay      Each day I listen what the streets say, like a DJ my Negroes scratch Ghetto recordin's, for my peoples got the eyes of an eagle   Can't see us ever bein' at peace for a reason 'cause we ain't   Never bein' equal they got us believin' we heathens, uncivil soldiers   Of evil, reach up and assume the position, you know the procedure   Can't even leisure smoke hollow reefer without police and search and Seizure by the same police who murdered Ceaser   It's brutal      Seein' them treat us like lower creatures than human beings more   So like aliens tourin' the land of Europeans, seemin' to have the Tendency to think we ignorant 'cause of our pigment, can't take away   A niggas, dignity though still I pimp the industry hoe and even when   I'm rich, I'm a pretend to be poor, my life's a work in progress soon to be End of the road but I don't stress cause I have been her before   You know      My life's a work in progress   (And even though I'm rich, I'm gonna pretend to be poor)   My life's a work in progress   (But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before)   My life's a work in progress   (And even though I'm rich, I'm gonna pretend to be poor)   My life's a work in progress   (But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before)      In life, every step you take, every right every left you make   You can look at it like chess in a way 'cause life is best when   You take your time don't make a move, unless you done made up   Your mind, play by the rules, don't ever play the fool   Sometimes you play and lose but you still pay your dues   Come on      Everybody knows the cost to be the boss, yeah the price is kind of Steep but sacrifice is never cheap, I learned that life can be sweet   And bitter at the same time, it's the Ying verse the Yang   Sorta like rain without shine, sometimes against the grain you grind Gotta grit your teeth and bear it      Matthew 5, verse 5 the earth the meek shall inherit   Cherish the day before you perish away 'cause who can say   How many days your power last, it's like a crack in your hourglass   In a flash, the hours pass   Then you're gone, gone , gone      My life's a work in progress   (And even though I'm rich, I'm gonna pretend to be poor)   My life's a work in progress   (But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before)   My life's a work in progress   (And even though I'm rich, I'm gonna pretend to be poor)   My life's a work in progress      Like there, long life livin' get will bring you close you dyin'   The more laughs one had will bring you close to cryin'   Cold unforgiving planet, yea it is, racists, and communicatin'   Those who wrong did, I daydream back to the 80's when we was all kids   A stab wound kidnappin' but experience though at the time      Not a glock would blow in da wind, it's a good day in the hood   To witness a stabbin', now stories told to us, without tragedy seem like It involve bloodshed automatically, if you ever get a chance, just stop And use your mind observe the world for yourself and just check   Your time      Yeah, Oh, Yeah, that's right   (My life's a work in progress)   Smoke somethin' with your country people   Drank somethin' with your country people   (My life's a work in progress)      Thinkin' back in Junior high when sex was the shit   Fein' pussy now a day can get you killed quick   'Bout shootin' ball in now they 'bout getting licks   I'm playin' Nappy Roots just to hear the realest shit   Expect it to the best of my know how and my rapping wit      See next to nothing sugar coated in these cold streets   Whatever you do, be smart, tote your heat   Did I mention if you don't work you don't eat   If you ever get a chance stop and use your mind   Observe the world for yourself and check the time   Yea, Smoke somethin' with your country people      My life's a work in progress   (And even though I'm rich, I'm gonna pretend to be poor)   My life's a work in progress   (But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before)   My life's a work in progress   (And even though I'm rich, I'm gonna pretend to be poor)   My life's a work in progress   (But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before)   (But I don't stress 'cause I have been here before)