Bridge:
And I heard'em say, and I heard'em say, and I heard'em say
(Get right, live life, no living it twice) - 2x
Verse One:
Cause I'ma be doing this for the lifelong
But from the midsummer morning to the night's calm
I be, and when I bleed to entice thought
Bulb overhead, lit but keep the dim light flawed
I wonder what the bridge might cross
The shallow and deep waters, the past to the current, the street corner sermon
To live by: Want the rich life, but my leash is shorter
But fit the description like n*ggas wrote the police report up
And you witnessing it, the gutter, the Heartland
That I'm from, and I could become, or what I became
And I wonder as time replays at the front of my mind
But reluctant to find the ways to do right
What was left of me to give when the pressure was on?
But gotta eat when that's the recipe to live
I feel it when I'm smoking the stress and toke til excess
In my chest, breathe it in
Want the real? Well, it collectively depends
What they say and what evidently is
No legend will be missed
It's hard to see the man beyond what's definitely myth
And most n*ggas see it as what they destined to relive
Even I wonder who retinae my reflection will be in
If n*ggas don't feel it, my success will be revenge
Never wrap your past in your present and re-gift to n*ggas
They said a "conscious rapper,"
Then what's the flipside?
Probably greet you less with envy when you don't blow
Hook - 2x
Cause One Day
You know it could be your last
And today is the first of the rest of your life
(And I heard'em say)
Said today is the first day of the rest of your life
It's another day in the life
(Get right, live life, no living it twice)
Verse Two:
Listen, can't knock me outta my element when the storm coming
The sh*t is as real as I walk it: It's level-headed, but towards something
And even if I'm on television the course of it
Or if a n*gga's live-and-direct and you never hit the record button
So let me do mine
But n*ggas wanna take even that from you
And try to complicate what you do
What I contemplate, if you knew
It'll complicate what you used to seeing with Priest
Ain't no constipation, I move
My sh*t as though it's timeless
True, defined with it every line spit'll make your spine twist
So keep your eyes fixed
And I ain't on the scene, I'm behind it
You mindless n*ggas recycle rhymes you ruining minds with
"but there he go again,"
Let me talk my sh*t to enlighten you with
When it's the realest I could ever be
Until I rest in peace, give me the peace to rest
And beats to release the stress
I want a new day to come...
Hook - 2x