Yo, yeah, why is my life like this I try but I can't fight it
My laces are tied together whilst racing the side-high cliffs
I'm more than worried that I might trip, but petrified of high ***
Best to get moving, feeding the time, take the tick-tick
Pressure too much, feeding the tight grip Deja vu, like my life's rewinding
Going nowhere, staying the same In a place where the face is blinding
But who's bringing the flames to the stage, then blaming the light?
I sit upon the zoo, then wonder what is coming to
This life I'm living's unimproved and I ain't even starting
Who keep running through different scenarios I could end up in?
It's self-destructing, my brain's all over the place I've crashed in
Escaped the dustbin with evil man and a big corruption
A caged eruption, we're short of face with a great reduction of pain
The state of this nation's becoming disgusting
My stomach is busting for the hunger, pain, sick of suffering for nothing
Close to the edge and we're never looking back
But we don't care for the future, although we're looking forward
We say they've taken our freedom but never took it back
And I will go to the end unless we keep moving forward
Close to the edge and we're never looking back
But we don't care for the future, although we're looking forward
We say they've taken our freedom but never took it back
And I will go to the end unless we keep moving forward
There were a lot of us daily, it's gone and gotten us crazy
Not a lot of us make pea, well what can I say?
We don't properly stay free and the system has caged me
My predicament's paid, need a pass and I am today
Is that you hear? Like I'm sat in a box with diarrhea
Stuck in this *** but watered it down from crying tears
Though it ain't worth the *** breath wasting
I'm puffing tests, trying along my head until it changes
But nothing does, we're all souls trapped in our flesh caged in
That's why it's never enough and why my gut's aching
I'm going nuts, raging, it's like it's unseemly
My tongue's flaming, hot words spatter these dung-faced men
What a waste of space you are, while you're struggling to spray your bars
You'll be pacing fast off to the stage to make it ours
It just won't stop until the day that we became a major part of hip-hop
This forgotten art
Close to the edge and we're never looking back
But we don't care for the future although we're looking forward
We say they've taken our freedom but never took it back
And now we're close to the end unless we keep moving forward
Close to the edge and we're never looking back
But we don't care for the future although we're looking forward
We say they've taken our freedom but never took it back
And now we're close to the end unless we keep moving forward
I'm getting sick of this, this is flipping ridiculous
Stuck in this stale system, still governed by the wicked
It's striving to cover distance, move forward
What the mission is, write and recite lyrics
Depict visions to the listeners for every step I take
Something's dragging me back, it's like my life's slipping away
I need to rapidly act, feeling trapped
Trying to advance fast and escape with a stack
But I'm bound to collapse, struggling with this weight on my back
Becoming *** frustrated, stuck in this matrix
Looking for change but finding nothing but hatred
Troubled and jaded, struggling daily
Under these storm clouds, closing in
Hoping to break free from this moment that I'm frozen in
I'm good to go, the door's jammed shut, I'm trying to open it
Whilst fighting with this burden on my shoulders, trying to cope with it
Yet I'm over it and ready to move on to the next chapter
Nothing's written in stone, I'm waiting for what happens after
Close to the edge and we're never looking back
But we don't care for the future although we're looking forward
We've said it, taken our freedom but never took it back
And now we're close to the end unless we keep moving forward
Close to the edge and we're never looking back
But we don't care for the future although we're looking forward
We've said it, taken our freedom but never took it back
And now we're close to the end unless we keep moving forward
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