13. Word to the Wise
[Verse 1]
A word to the wise, you know dads words weren't lies
Never think with the wrong head it will lead to hurt and demise
I grow older in time, seen different war in my eyes
Not in bloodshed, but every single storm in our lives
There are whores there are wives, there are stores, there are tribes
and Inner strength comes in to those who are resourceful inside
Be careful how you speak and you think before its spoken
Keep bridges standing, and they remain never broken
No joking, stand straight, stride forward always strokin
The hair of women, and groping, their chest before elopin
Keep the blunt a blazing with so amazing of taste
But trust nobody, unless they would take pain in your place
the game and the race, only the fittest survive
One should be thankful for every single minute alive
And hell, this rap thing? yeah, I'll give it a try
even though my whole family wish that I'd put it aside
[Hook]
Lift your dreams until you put dirt in the skies
Never be brought down when you have heard of the lies
And even when it hurts, you just put words to the scribe
you know Life happens, hey just a word to the wise
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[Verse 2]
A word to the wise, the best of people make lies
Friendship in a minute can turn to somethin you despise
Stabbed in the back, again, and even though they seem close
The wounds from the love you receive are the ones that bleed most
You see ghosts of the past, look for a hope that will last
but everything around you is crumbled and broken in glass
choke but you laugh, one foot ahead, never look back
Life isn't how you take shit its how you measure the crack
The tension of possession but my potential essentail
Write, devilish pencil watch my infection assemble
I'm coming screaming, reeling like a bat in the dark
Sarcastic, I'm an entertainer, I'm just actin the part
I was told, that anything I'm doing in life
If its really worth doin, then its worth doing it right
Influenced in light, why I write now I'm sealing a track
Know that you can give love without ever feeling it back
[Hook]
Lift your dreams until you put dirt in the skies
Never be brought down when you have heard of the lies
And even when it hurts, you just put words to the scribe
you know Life happens, hey just a word to the wise
x2
[Verse 3]
A word to the wise, dead and covered in flies
You're corpse rots as your soul begins to hover the skies
You got one life to live, may as well give it a try
Why should you be dyin to live when you can live till you die?
Work for pennies, to afford a loaf of bread and some jeans
Trying to build a castle but your stuck defended a stream
And when the drought hits, kid ya better watch where your mouth is
Winning the race, given the grace, like water when the spout drips
Come with the pace, bump in the chase, run with the waste, done with disgrace
leave foes stunned to the face, undone in drums and the rumble of bass
Crumble humble, double troubled mind is but a tunnel
People hate, but evil's great, ya better fly them through the funnel
regret, you can bet, that pain will be touchin your dome
But its not how you take hits, its how you're rushin the zone
You can be undone to the skies, bloodied, stunned to your eyes
A Word to the wise, how can you win if you run from the prize?
[Hook]
Lift your dreams until you put dirt in the skies
Never be brought down when you have heard of the lies
And even when it hurts, you just put words to the scribe
you know Life happens, hey just a word to the wise