Well, I've been dreamin' bout sleep

'cause it's an every day routine

Pullin 9 to 9 to 9 'cause I gotta bring it

up to the hit that I've been aimin' on

Fortune and Fame

Too many obstacles runnin' through my brain

But so it goes, or so they say,

to another day and night

tryin' to write for these cats who wanna bite

but then they play

The money talk, never make the walk

Shoulder to shoulder, station to station

bringing me down,

bringing me back to the lick

why won't they listen to my shit?



Pray how you wanna

live, whatcha wanna smoke

Revoke, you see

just not on my time



Live how you wanna

give, whatcha wanna take

Relate, you'll find

it's harder to rewind



I said, you bring me up to let me down

but clearly I have finally found that

what you get is what you see

My mistake, My dependency

Now I'm out the door,

got nothing to lose now

But that statement fades away

my mind, myself, my independence

not tomorrow for today



'Cause it's the wa that it goes

and it's what nobody knows

working for livin, livin for life

so either step on or step off,

but do what you gotta do

cause I'm the one, bring it around,

thrown it back at ou



Pray how you wanna

live, whatcha wanna smoke

Revoke, you see

just not on my time



Live how you wanna

give, whatcha wanna take

Relate, you'll find

it's harder to rewind

when it's you who's left behind