Yeah, what's happening my peoples   That's how we're struggling   Yeah, I know it's hard out here man   But ain't nobody said it was gonna be easy   You know what I mean?   Together we stand   That's how we're struggling   Divided we fall   What's happenin ya'll?   What's crackin?      Ain't nothing changed since I was a kid   Nothing but the days, months and the years   Putting it down and keeping it serious   Trying to keep from shedding these tears   You would have thought that it would have got better   Making that rapping and doing these shows   But to me it only got worse   Close to (?) nobody knows   The real steam, the reason why, I do the things that I do   Getting so high, drinking these brews   Feeling like I've got nothing to lose   I payed my dues and the Lord blessed me   But now I pray to save my mother, and my brother   Lord please help me   Heavy loads should be for heavy people   But niggas just trying to provide for their family   Facing cops and evil   And we need our higher powers   So what I'm going to do is keep my prayers to the sky for you   Won't tell no lie for you, but nigga I'm willing to die for you   Undivided, reunited   With the fist in the pyramid   Right about now I'm about to tip my lid   Somebody tell me what this is   A dream, a reality, my sanity about to give in   Got the fame and the fortune but this ain't living      (Chorus)   This ain't livin', it's the only thing I know    This ain't livin', I've got to find a higher road   This ain't livin', it's the only thing I know    This ain't livin', I've got to find a higher road         From the past, the present through, I'm talking about the struggle   The shit hit me so hard I be swearing I'm seeing devils   Sometimes it makes me wonder how I hold and maintain   No matter which direction always seems against the grain   What to do, what to do? I'm praying for solution   In the course that I be kicking have me in a institution   Trying to rid this life, of one I didn't chose   How you gonna fought me, I payed my dues   Every minute of my life I be trying to focus   Just when I think I got it someone make me know it   Ain't the way I need to be   And my eyes way heavy but    I keep on pushing 'cause I ain't livin' for nothing      (Chorus)      On a quest for peace, on a quest for peace   But I can't escape these wicked streets    Got me to realise that I could jeopardize   A chance for my kids to be   What they wanna be and what they could be   And I ain't trying to be that hoody    But I wish somebody understood me so they could see the good in me   Trying to do thangs to make the world better   And everybody hittin' me to be doing what I'm doing   Strickly out here chasin this cheddar   Ain't nothin' free ain't nothin' fair to me   So all in all it's only me    Take care of me and you should be doing the same thang   My niggas complain'   Trying to do to much explainin'   When the key is really maintainin'   Waitin' for the Lord to stop the rainin'   Playing it safe we got to check ourselves   Before we wreck ourselves   First we got to respect ourselves   'Cause a nigga won't give us nothin' else   ( .. ? .. ) death   Go and get off your thang   I'm a see a change when you make a change   I believe I know the game    Enduring our pain cuz you got to take it   And if you want it you'll make it   See the drama and shake it   Get your mind right       (Chorus)      He's on drugs 'cause he's unhealthy   Family's splitting up 'cause they're struggling   Somebody out there, don't you feel the need?   Feeling hopeless 'cause I'm in (?slowly?)   I'm lookin' for a better day   I be praying for a better day   I've been lookin' for a better way      (Chorus)