2Pac, Outlawz, Eminem - One Day at a Time (Em’s Version) lyrics

Sometimes it's hard to wake up in the morning
Mind full of demons
I don't wanna hear 'em anymore
Got me heartbroken, fine
So many babies screamin'
‘Cause they seeing destruction before they
See a human bein'
So they start smokin' weed
We'll never get our day
Until we learn to pray
Keep our families in shape
‘Cause they all broken
Why do ghetto birds die
Before we learn to fly? Somebody else's child
Caught in gun smoke and we
Can all make a change so I'm told
But I haven't seen the change unfold
I'll keep hoping, please
If you prefer to breathe
Communities in need of people that will lead
Keep your eyes open, I can only say I'll try
Until the day I die, I promise to be wise
With my heart open, greed brings only misery
A way to tragedy, so I stay sucker free
Only a few chosen rise, my ghetto queens rise
Don't be afraid to try, too many of us die
For the door to open wide
My brothers speak wise
Stay focused on the prize
Though everybody dies

We can only learn to take
Our anger and our hate
Control our mental states
Settle down and set it straight
Maybe we can learn to take a
Second to pump our brakes before we said it
Regret it later and let it escalate
‘Cause by then it's just too late
There's so much we can take
And there's only so much someone
Can swallow and tolerate
To the point that he just breaks, snaps
And it's all it takes
You think that we was learnin'
From other rappers' mistakes
But we ain't, it's grain to go against
With every artist comes the image he portrays
And the picture that he paints
But in the midst of all
This anger and this angst
Never once did you hear me say I'm a gangster
And I ain't hear no complaints
But I know that I will
Always continue to grow as long as I lead
And never follow in no one else's shadow
There will never be another me
And that I can guarantee
That's why the fuck I remain sucker free
To this day, the game will never be the same
No matter how much fame
And success they attain
There will never be another me
And no matter what they do
There will never be another you
You can search, but you'll never find
You can try to rewind time
But in your hearts and your minds
We will never die, we are forever alive
And we continue growin', one day at a time

Don't get caught in the publicity
And caught in the hype
Rappers are regular people minus
Money and lights searchin' for fortune and
Fame and superstardom
All the jewelry, all the cars
Whose crew's the hardest
There's not a hip-hop police
The villains is watchin'
And the kids think beef is they only option
Outlawz born filthy, guilty as charged
My memories of Kadaf' while Makaveli lives on
You think the industry is fun
Ain't no pity with guns
And when your money is up
That's when your enemies come
So if he died and came back
Would he try to save rap?
We needin' a change
The drama remains the same

I spend my whole life fightin' myself
That I can't win, so I'm invitin' some help
And every now and then
I take rights from the left
I'm still, just like a kid
Lookin' for stripes on my belt
Yeah, and that there is a fight in it'self
So I just pray and hope God
Take a like to myself
No matter how much I try to stay alive
I'ma die a man
Still standin' and in love with my pride

Heard frivolous beats, we past that
I'm tryin' to keep some income coming in
And collect on my ASCAP
The rappers in the game ain't changed (No)
And I finally realize that we're
Not in the same game
The hatin' will never end
So I guess I'll deal with it
Them 45's will pop killas, yes
I'm still with it the streets is military
You gotta be a soldier gotta stay leery
And keep your eyes on the rollers
They do what they gotta do
To shackle and hold us
So we gotta do what we
Gotta do to keep rollin' one way at a time
Keep the faith in your mind
\And we continue growin', one day at a time
Damn