Lately I`ve been in a life like limbo
Looking out of a smudged up window
We`re not sure where our lives are going
Friends, it`s summer outside but yet we`re snowed in
Don`t know where our next dollar`s coming from
Living the life of a poor musician
Headliner`s strong so he keeps his 9 to 5
Cutting brothers` hair as a means of staying alive
If it wasn`t for the rhythm
I think we would have given up by now
This system has gotten the best of me
Now I pray for God to invest in me
My dignity, invest his glory
Give me the strength so I can finnish the story
Keep on searching for the right way to go out
coz going out is what it`s all about
huh! You can`t be passive, gotta be active
Can`t go with what looks attractive
Gotta learn all I can while I`m able
Headliner expresses his feeling on those turntables
When we get our chance
to make a good living of the music we program
We don`t sell out just to be sold out
Brothers and sisters, do you know what I`m yapping about ?
Coz if they take away our contract
we still got talent and we still got contacts
Coz we`re worked real hard to get this far
We`re catching the bus before we bought the car
Ya see !
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[Give a man a fish, and he`ll eat for a day
Teach him how to fish and he`ll eat forever] (2x)
Got to get political
Political I gotta get
Grown but can`t hold my own
So this government needs to be overthrown
Brothers with the AKs and the 9 MMs
need to learn how to correctly shoot`em
Save those rounds for a revolution
Poor whites and blacks bumrushing the system
But I tell you: Ain`t no room for gangstaz
Coz ganstaz do dirty work and get pi Send "Development Arrested Give A Man A Fish" Ringtone to your Cell