stand tall keep your back up straight around here appearances is everything check your poker face don t let em see that you re afraid fuck around and find yourself in a grave don t let em see your weakness don t let em hear you heavily breathing you either be a pawn in their game or defeat em they gon say that they your brother till the day that you need em then they hide stead of ride for ya cause they were never gonna fight for ya never gonna fight for ya when you ain t give enough you got no choice but to take but keep your will like iron cause once it bends it breaks that s your integrity cause when you lie i see your soul decay fuck around and find your bones start to break behind the brightest lights the darkness stretched for days and as i passed them by i felt them pass through me a thousand different games a thousand ways to get played but they can only take from you what you give away so i m only here to live my dreams not someone else s you wanna fly well keep your wings if you can help it they see your drive they see your talent but really they just see a brick chop you up and sell it first they take your decisions and they decide for ya they say they got reasons which they hide from ya they say the words but they lie to ya yeah they lie to ya  they were never gonna fight for ya s clear gotta fight for yourself this world s fucked up i wish you well this shit is all connected it ain t hard to tell when one man makes a million one dies in a cell fuck a judge and a jail it s gon be hell if you let it be there s only one plate at the table a million tryna eat cause they sold you a dream but while you were asleep they came and clipped your wings i know you re sayin nothing but you stand in the way what the fuck you tryna be i don t see it your way cause when you die the only thing that remains is the way you choose to live out your days god i remember every step through the rain damn sure still remember the pain i still remember what this had to become i still remember what i had to become i m only here to live my dreams not someone else s you wanna fly so keep your wings if you can help it fuck the sky they re ain t no limitations when your surrounded by these fucking imitators so just stick to ya grind and fuck the shit they sayin i just keep doing mine they just intimidated you can t walk forever false idols fall your back s against the wall and ain t nobody gonna fight for ya clear you gotta fight for yourself this world s fucked up i wish you well this shit is all connected it ain t hard to tell when one man makes a million one dies in a cell fuck a judge and a jail it s gon be hell if you let it be there s only one plate at the table a million tryna eat cause they sold you a dream but while you were asleep they came and clipped your wings can you here the drums well that s the sound of war that s the sound of gears turning motherfucker it s on your actions speak louder than the shit that you re sayin i gives a fuck if you think that i m playin no fucking games bitch success in my grasp i know i gotta take it hands shaking haters hoping that i don t make it they say the words but they lied to ya yeah they lied to ya they were never gonna fight for ya ts clear you gotta fight for yourself this world s fucked up i wish you well this shit is all connected it ain t hard to tell when one man makes a million one dies in a cell fuck a judge and a jail it s gon be hell if you let it be there s only one plate at the table a million tryna eat cause it was all in a dream but you lose everything don t let em clip your wings degenerate