you better watch your step if you want to go thereuh when I was a boy I had to be a man when they told me I couldn't I told themthat I can this guy's playing the way that things depend out I got my lifeup to stress so ain't no need to pass the choir sing in the missionary shopbut when that church organ plays that's what my tears get to pouring out just akid from the soil trying to prosper how to hearing gunshots and sirens andhelicopters grew up around killers villains and robbers drug dealers kindartists and slick talkers they say that if you got talent you posttogetheruse it all my life I've been around music played the drums in elementaryall the way through 12th start rapping in seventh grade now I got records on theshelf hard work dedication and test offortitude a real hustle out the hood determined to be that we didn't geteverything in our christmas bag the other kids had but whatever we had wewas glad uh god is good and I'm okay with beingunderrated no matter what they think about me man I'm madesometimes I just wish that I could fly away I'm strutting but I'm searching for a better dayI knowI know I can make it, I know I can make it Sometimes I just wish that I could fly awayI'm struggling but I'm searching for a better dayI know I can make it, I know I can make itI'm sugar tea, I've been often underestimated A chick in the game gotta carry a weight of sugar slatedI was a teen mom, an ugly duckling from the swine But to this very day I remain a hip hop momDidn't always make the best choices, but that's okay I still hold the title, the queen of the bayIt was only God's grace that I'm still alive Cause to be a boss lady you gotta pay the priceI used to be quick to pull a dick, quick to check a trickI messed around and found out that rapping was one of my giftsLegendary, I make history still I could take the pimpster's route or I could pay my own billI know I can make it even though they play it hatin' Eventually they'll be congratulatin'Cash rules everything around, but game is pricelessEverything around the game is pricelessAnd when we die we better hope we make the right listSometimes I just wish that I could fly away I'm struggling, but I'm searching for a better dayI know I can make it, I know I can make itSometimes I just wish that I could fly away I'm struggling, but I'm searching for a better dayI know I can make it, I know I can make itAncient man, I know I can make it Through these hard timesI fall on my knees and cry after God, a friend of mineHe's a very present helpThrough the storm and the rainAs them tears drop down your cheek, you ease the painMy God, we've been made into it for a nightBut joy comes in the morningYou gon' make it through the nightWhen it's dark in your lifeLook towards God, cause he's the light that shines brightIf light can enter the tunnel, continue to fight the good fightCause faith is the substance of the things we hope forWhen hard times come, there's God knockin' at your doorRemindin' us all to fall on our knees and prayBut give us hope to let us know there's a brighter daySunshine after the rain, joy comin' right after the rainThrough the pain, it's ancient man, E-40 and sugar teaY'all know we all go through hard timesBut we gon' make it out for sureSometimes I just wish that I could fly awayI'm struttin' but I'm searchin' for a better dayI know I can make it, I know I can make itSometimes I just wish that I could fly awayI'm struttin' but I'm searchin' for a better dayI know I can make it, I know I can make itOh yeah, yeah, yeahIf problems never came our wayNever came our wayAnd only sunshine will never rainNever rainNow we know what it means to prayNeeds to prayIf problems never came our wayCame our wayAnd in your heart there is no songThere is no songAnd if your brother has done you wrong, call on the Father and don't delay.Just get on your knees and pray.If problems never came our way, and only sunshine and never rain,you know what it means to pray.If problems never came our way, and in your heart there is no song,and if your brother has done you wrong, call on the Father and don't delay.Just get on your knees and pray.Amen.Just get on your knees and pray.