(Intro: Mary Ngunu)
Oooohh oohh oohh oooohh, whooohh oooohh ooohh, oooohh oohh oohh oooohh

(Verse 1: Christopher Michael Jensen)
What if you could rewrite your history and turn sad symphonies into anthems of inner peace, a life is a terrible thing to chase, the prize just out of reach on a string that hangs

(Mary Ngunu)
Whooohh ooohh ooohh oohh

(Christopher Michael Jensen)
Shootin' from the hip, but now I need my hip replaced, 'cause I fell down on my luck, just tripped and sprained, and I feel like opportunities were squandered, and bothered by the fact that my mind wandered, I lost focus and now I'm just squinting, tryin' to read the answer written in small printing, sinking, so now I'm swimming through the pain without flinching, living without blinking, 'cause I don't wanna miss things as they pass by, nah, man, this is the last time

(Mary Ngunu)
Whooohh oooohh ooohh

(Christopher Michael Jensen)
'Cause in the past I let it slip away, but you can still write tomorrow, starting with today

(Chorus: Christopher Michael Jensen & Mary Ngunu)
I'm just tryin' to do what I can do, and make it even when I feel confused, and I know that I've been down, but I am still around, and I keep on pullin' through to continue

(Mary Ngunu)
Oooohh

(Verse 2: Panash)
Yeah, listen, I've been down, but I got up, and yeah, I was a product of a city where you succeed based on grind and not luck, used to have a problem thinkin' for myself, comin' up with food for thought often ended up a mental potluck, I just gotta make it like Tremaine before the fade, so I can end up like Trigga Trey after the braids, I'm out here rappin' like Kanye before he graduated, so I can end up like Kanye after he Taylorgated, you can laugh now, but I promise to get the last one, ever went two weeks of winter without the lights or the gas on, whole household sleepin' in one room by that fireplace, with that up on my mind I know I gotta make it up to that higher place

(Mary Ngunu)
Whooohh oooohh ooohh

(Panash)
I've been down, really down, but I ain't six feet yet, since I ain't at the top, I know I still ain't succeed yet, ya gotta crawl to learn to walk, find a smile within the cries, gotta take a share o' your bumps, gotta fall to learn to rise

(Chorus: Christopher Michael Jensen & Mary Ngunu)
I'm just tryin' to do what I can do, and make it even when I feel confused, and I know that I've been down, but I am still around, and I keep on pullin' through to continue

(Verse 3: .dB)
May not be where I wanna be in life, but I'm tryin', it's hard to quit when you have the heart of a lion, I got with the wrong crowds and made some poor decisions, it all made sense if you could see how we was livin'

(Mary Ngunu)
Yeah, yeahh

(.dB)
Life is hard, but bein' poor made it harder, drownin' in debt, tryin' to stay above the water, pain and sacrifice pays off in the end, so sorrow is the only thing in which I can depend, no heat in the winter, we had frozen toilets, no hot water either, so we had to boil it, the ups and downs in life will always stress you out, but no matter how hard it got we always enjoyed it, see, I'm a firm believer, and life is what you make it, see, greatness is defined by how far you plannin' on takin' it

(Mary Ngunu)
Oohh oooohh

(.dB)
Me, I take it to the top and that's a promise, no matter how high I get I always spit knowledge

(Chorus: Christopher Michael Jensen & Mary Ngunu)
I'm just tryin' to do what I can do, and make it even when I feel confused, and I know that I've been down, but I am still around, and I keep on pullin' through to continue

(Outro: Mary Ngunu)
Oohh oohh ooohh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahh, whooohh oooohh ooohh, ooohh ooohh ooohh oohh