That's right

Reality check

You know, what I mean?

Street lights and [incomprehensible]

Scorpion, yeah When I was young

I use to dream of bein' rich

Have a lot of houses and cars

Couldn't know which one was which

And finding me a chick and getting hitched

Livin' the fairy tale life perfect without a ditch

You think that this would bring me happiness

If at the end of every rainbow

There was a treasure chest

Sometimes having more is really less

Take a look inside yourself

You'll realize you're really blessed

No matter how you're sad and blue

There's always someone who has it worse than you

Sometimes you gotta pay your dues

So don't worry just push on through Keep'n it real

Gotta gig up all my peoples who'll be working on the future

Though they know they gotta struggle

Keep'n it real

To all my homies working on the nine to five

And doing right to keep themselves up out of trouble

Keep'n it real

Although sometimes I know it seems impossible

There ain't no need in drowning in your sorrows

Keep'n it real

If things are as bad as they can be

You could be sure there'll be a brighter tomorrow I never got to have myself the house, the mansion, and the Benz

I'm not the kind of brother who be makin' mad ends

I got myself a girl but we be kickin' it as friends

Is not enough for me now that depends

Again, not everything you want is everything you really need

The standard of society is motivated by greed

Are you prepared to follow?

Tell me, you prepared to lead

So persevere and you'll succeed Keep'n it real

Gotta gig up all my peoples who'll be working on the future

Though they know they gotta struggle

Keep'n it real

To all my homies working on the nine to five

And doing right to keep themselves up out of trouble

Keep'n it real

Although sometimes I know it seems impossible

There ain't no need in drowning in your sorrows

Keep'n it real

If things are as bad as they can be

You could be sure there'll be a brighter tomorrow All the harsh realities

Appears to come in two's and three's

Don't worry

'Cuz there'll be a better day

One thing I can promise you

Just keep on keeping on

I swear to you

There's gonna be a brighter day Back in the days

I used to dream of bein' rich

Have alot of houses and cars

Couldn't know which one was which

And finding me a chick and getting hitched

Livin' the fairy tale life perfect without a ditch

You think that this would bring me happiness

If at the end of every rainbow there was a treasure chest

Sometimes having more is really less

So take a look inside yourself

You'll realize you're really blessed

No matter how you're sad and blue

There's always someone who has it worse than you

Sometimes you gotta pay your dues

So don't worry just push on through Keep'n it real

Gotta gig up all my peoples who'll be working on the future

Though they know they gotta struggle

Keep'n it real

To all my peoples working on the nine to five

And doing right to keep themselves up out of trouble

Keep'n it real

Although sometimes I know it seems impossible

There ain't no need in drowning in your sorrows

Keep'n it real

If things are as bad as they can be

You could be sure there'll be a brighter tomorrow That's right, see me, yeah

Give thanks for, ya know

And when you think that it's bad

There's always somebody that's worse

Know, what I'm sayin'?

Good job listenin' to me