you never heard me say it s easy to be positive it s obvious regardless of your problems you gotta live there s probably no way i ll always be a candle cause on a cold day i need a warm place to stand too bulurry vision lets me know it s past my bedtime as long as i m living i got a fair chance to get mine only a week until the deadline but i ve been through a whole library of words trynna make hell and head rhyme i m just another voice confined to your background but when i stood up they sat down who got the last laugh now let s push the manual can t look back at when the hand shook stand on a planned book forgotten and rottin with the canned goods they won t lend you a shoulder they think we re miniscule wimps i learned as i got older it don t exactly get simpler i m breathin the germs i m teachin to learn it ll be me and my mic until the scream is adjourned everybody has their troubles but that s life it is a struggle and i just wanted to shed a small light cause it ain t all good but it s all good enough so i mma be alright alright i know it s hard to keep on thriving when you only feel like crying but i just wanted to shed a small light cause it ain t all good but it s all good enough so we gon be alright alright everyone s got issues don t be pissed if i dismiss you man this is seri happiness leaves my fingertips too quick and i wish you would quit resistin the system sendin missiles to my system repetition but if you keep whittling on the same piece of wood one day it ll be gone and i ll be stabbin my palms for the last ten songs if my passion strong won t be lastin long cause i m crafting lines without a mind to cast em on put my emotions in alphabetical order i looked at the ocean and saw nothing but water i needed to use the phone and didn t have a quarter with my devotion i was able to motion forward when you re out in the open you can still feel cornered haunted by the ghosts in the depths of your soul tortured don t know where i m going but i mma head for the border all i need is my close friends and a few supporters  everybody has their troubles but that s life it is a struggle and i just wanted to shed a small light cause it ain t all good but it s all good enough so i mma be alright alright i know it s hard to keep on thriving when you only feel like crying but i just wanted to shed a small light cause it ain t all good but it s all good enough so you gon be alright alright people show no sympathy to your problems they think it ll never happen to them they re living in a fairy tale quite magical when reality hits em they got the nerve to complain like they re the only ones in the universe it ever happened to haven t you ever looked around and felt the frowns i smile now cause i know how to look up when i m down but it s hard to live in a rainstorm and pretend it s sunny while we all live in the foundation of puppetry i scream revolution in attempts to make a difference i see no solution to the sickness outside of listsenin your eyes listen by descision but to use my imagination will disrupt a few of the caskets that s awaitin so in my notebook there s a riddle and as i write i giggle in sorrow reflecting the painful grin but don t think i m laughin at you i ain t laughin at you the world s laughin at you and i m just laughin at them everybody has their troubles but that s life it is a struggle and i just wanted to shed a small light cause it ain t all good but it s all good enough so i mma be alright alright i know it s hard to keep on thriving when you only feel like crying but i just wanted to shed a small light cause it ain t all good but it s all good enough so you gon be alright alright and he gon be alright and she gon be alright and they gon be alright we all gon be alright my ma gon be alright my pals gon be alright your folks gon be alright my folks gon be alright and he gon be alright and she gon be alright and they gon be alright we all gon be alright alright alright