[Verse 1: 2Pac]

Sometimes it's hard to wake up in the morning

Mind full of demons, I don't wanna hear 'em anymore

Got me heartbroken, fine, so many babies screamin'

‘Cause they seeing destruction before they see a human bein'

So they start smokin' weed, we'll never get our day

Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape

‘Cause they all broken, why do ghetto birds die

Before we learn to fly? Somebody else's child

Caught in gun smoke and we, can all make a change

So I'm told, but I haven't seen the change unfold

I'll keep hoping, please, if you prefer to breathe

Communities in need of people that will lead

Keep your eyes open, I can only say I'll try

Until the day I die, I promise to be wise

With my heart open, greed brings only misery

A way to tragedy, so I stay sucker free

Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens rise

Don't be afraid to try, too many of us die

For the door to open wide, my brothers speak wise

Stay focused on the prize, though everybody dies

[Verse 2: Eminem]

We can only learn to take, our anger and our hate

Control our mental states, settle down and set it straight

Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump our brakes

Before we said it, regret it later and let it escalate

‘Cause by then it's just too late, there's so much we can take

And there's only so much someone can swallow and tolerate

To the point that he just breaks, snaps, and it's all it takes

You think that we was learnin' from other rappers' mistakes

But we ain't, its grain to go against

With every artist comes the image he portrays

And the picture that he paints

But in the midst of all this anger and this angst

Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangster

And I ain't hear no complaints

But I know that I will always continue to grow

As long as I lead, and never follow in no one else's shadow

There will never be another me, and that I can guarantee

That's why the fuck I remain sucker free

To this day, the game will never be the same

No matter how much fame and success they attain

There will never be another me

And no matter what they do, there will never be another you

You can search, but you'll never find

You can try to rewind time, but in your hearts and your minds

We will never die, we are forever alive

And we continue growin', one day at a time

[Verse 3: Young Noble]

Don't get caught in the publicity and caught in the hype

Rappers are regular people minus money and lights

Searchin' for fortune and fame and superstardom

All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crew's the hardest

There's not a hip-hop police, the villains is watchin'

And the kids think beef is they only option

Outlawz born filthy, guilty as charged

My memories of Kadaf' while Makaveli lives on

You think the industry is fun, ain't no pity with guns

And when your money is up, that's when your enemies come

So if he died and came back, would he try to save rap?

We needin' a change, the drama remains the same

[Verse 4: Hussein Fatal]

I spend my whole life fightin' myself

That I can't win, so I'm invitin' some help

And every now and then, I take rights from the left

I'm still, just like a kid, lookin' for stripes on my belt

Yeah, and that there is a fight in itself

So I just pray and hope God, take a like to myself

No matter how much I try to stay alive

I'ma die a man, still standin' and in love with my pride

[Verse 5: E.D.I. Mean]

Heard frivolous beats, we past that

I'm tryin' to keep some income coming in

And collect on my ASCAP

The rappers in the game ain't changed (No)

And I finally realize that we're not in the same game

The hatin' will never end, so I guess I'll deal with it

Them .45's will pop killas, yes, I'm still with it

The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier

Gotta stay leery, and keep your eyes on the rollers

They do what they gotta do to shackle and hold us

So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rollin'

One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind

And we continue growin', one day at a time, damn