One Day At A Time Lyrics

by 2 Pac

<em>[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricenter.com/e1782-2_pac~one_day_at_a_time_lyrics.html ]
[2pac]<br />Sometimes its hard to wake up in the morning<br />Mind full of demons, I don't wanna hear them anymore<br />Got me heartbroken,fine, so many babies screaming<br />Cause they seeing destruction before they a see human being<br />So they start smoking weed, we'll never get our day<br />Until we learn to pray, keep our families in shape <br />Cause they all broke. and why do ghetto birds die<br />Before we learn to fly, some bodies else's child caught in guns<br />Smoking weed, can all make a change<br />So I'm told, but I haven't seen the change unfold,<br />I keep hoping please, if you prefer to breathe, <br />Communities in need of people that will lead<br />Keep your eyes open now, can only say I'll try<br />Until the day I die, I promise to be wise<br />With my heart open free, brings only misery<br />A way to tragedy, so I stay sucker free<br />Only a few chosen, rise (rise)<br />My ghetto queen, rise (rise)<br />Don't be afraid to try (try)<br />Too many of us died to the door to open wide<br />My brother be wise, stay focused on the prize<br />Though everybody dies<br />We can...<br /><br /><em>[Eminem]<br />Only learn to take, our anger and our hate<br />Control our mental state, settle down, and just set it straight<br />Maybe we can learn to take a second to pump the brakes<br />For we said it, regret it later, and let it escalate<br />Cause by then its too just late, theres so much we can take<br />Theres only so much someone can swallow and tolerate<br />To the point that he just breaks, snaps and thats all it takes<br />You'd think that we was learning from other rappers mistakes<br />But we aint<br />Its plain to go against, with every artists, comes the image he portrays<br />And a picture that he paints<br />But in the midst of all this anger and this angst<br />Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangster and I aint hear no complaints<br />But I know, that I will always continue to grow,<br />As long as I lead and never follow no one else's shadow<br />There will never be another me<br />And that I can guarantee<br />Thats why the fuck I remain sucker free to this day<br />The game will never be the same<br />No matter how much fame or success they attain <br />There will never be another me<br />And no matter what they do<br />There will never be another you<br />You can search but you'll never find<br />You can try to rewind time<br />But in your hearts and your minds<br />We will never die<br />We are forever alive<br />And we continue growing....<br /><br /><em>[Outlawz]<br />One day at a time<br /><br />Don't be caught in the publicity and caught in the hype<br />Rappers are regular people minus money and light<br />Searching for fortune and fame, and super stardom<br />All the jewelry, all the cars, whose crew is the hardest.<br />Now the hip-hop police, the villains is watching<br />And kids think beef is the only option<br />Outlaws born filthy, guilty as charged<br />My memories of him die, but makaveli lives on<br />You think the industry is fun<br />And no pity with guns<br />And when your money is up<br />Thats when your enemies come<br />So if he died and came back<br />Would he try to save rap?<br />We needing a change, the drama remains<br /><br />I spent my whole life, fighting myself<br />That I cant win so I'm inviting some help<br />and every now and then I take rights from left<br />Im still just like a kid, looking for stripes on my belt<br />And that there is a fight in itself<br />So I just pray and hope god<br />Take a like to myself<br />No matter how much I try (stay alive)<br />I'm gunna die mad, still standing there in love with my pride<br /><br />Heard frivolous beats, we past that<br />I'm trying to keep some income coming in<br />And collect on my ass cap<br />The rappers in the game aint changed<br />And I finally realized that we not in the same game<br />The hating will never end, so I guess I'll deal wit it<br />Them 4-5 with cop killers, just some steel wit it<br />The streets is military, you gotta be a soldier<br />Gotta stay leery and keep your eyes on the rollers<br />As they do what they gotta do to shackle and hold us<br />So we gotta do what we gotta do to keep rolling<br />One way at a time, keep the faith in your mind<br />and we continue growin...<br /><br /><em>[2Pac]<br />...One day at a time. Damn!<br />