The past is gone
fading like the sunset
fills me up inside

dropping like a death threat
well i'm a lover
and then a fighter

no easy rider
just like my fallen brothers
watchin' over me

hip to the game
but the game brought the pain
starin' at the walls

i'm wondering how i'm gonna make it out
destiny to victory
you gotta run before you crawl

you must rise above it
listen up to our life
all your dreams are misgueided

hang on
holding on to your pride
but it wont get you what you want


life will bring you up
life will put you down

life will build you up
and then burn you down


step inside and testify
you're starin' at you death
but you won't stop to catch you mother$#&@ing breath

petty bangsters playin' up the pranksters
runnin' from the officer
city executioner

come alive dont dive into the violent life
so leave the light on
cause i'll be coming right on up

quick fast
as i dash for the cash
i'm leaving all those other mother$#&@ers in the past


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