K-Rino, Lean Sippa, DBX - How Can I lyrics

Lean Sippa repeatedly sings 'How
Can I' in the background just as K-Rino asks
The same question

How can I be righteous in a unrighteous hood
Where it seems like evil forces
Got more strength than good?
When I'm tryna push my way through
The door just to survive
But the rest of the world is pushing
Me back from the other side?
How can I evolve and
Develop into completeness?
How long can I look strong when
Really I'm at my weakest?
When will I take responsibility as an advisor
And start helping my young G's
Instead of being a criticizer?
How can I keep smiling when
Inside I'm 'bout to break-up?
How many times will we get


Railroaded before we wake-up?
When every time I try to
Advance something is stopping me
Tryna break the same cycle
Of failure and mediocrity
How can I stay focused and
Keep on my game face
When no matter how hard I work I'm
Still sitting in the same place?
Make me understand how can my
Life not be stressful
When the people who pull stunts and
Do dirt is more successful?

Here I stand before the world
My inner thoughts exposed
I'm like a time bomb ticking
I'm about to explode
I'm still holding on tight
Tryna stay on my post
No matter how you think you understand
You don't come close

Let me tell you about my struggles man
Life is like a hard road
I remember Daddy used to tell me
"Life is like a hard road"
Focus on what's important and
Lighten your cargo and do all you can today
And plan for tomorrow
And disappointment happens so just
Face the facts you move up one space and
Get pushed two spaces back
I see the two-car garage and
House on the seashore
But the road has potholes and
A sign that says 'detour'
Every time I turn around
Ain't nothin' but trouble, man
Then I try to turn around
It's nothing but struggle, man
Won't somebody tell me, how is it possible
Crossing the landmine field with
Barbedwire and obstacles
And everybody taking shots
Snitch niggas faking out
Bullshit niggas live and OGs are taken out
So how can I make it, email me if y'all know
Now I know what Daddy means
Life is like a hard road

Here I stand before the world
My inner thoughts exposed
I'm like a time bomb ticking
I'm about to explode
I'm still holding on tight
Tryna stay on my post
No matter how you think you understand
You don't come close

Act they down and they sell you out
That's how most do ya
Sometimes it's easier to talk to strangers
Than those who close to ya
How can a girl ever trust a
Man and love one later
When every man she ever met
Mistreated her and betrayed her?
How can I leave a bad
Situation and overlook one
When the person you're in that situation
With thinks it's a good one?
If I don't keep people around me
It's like problems stay on me
The more time I spend alone
They more they seem to weigh on me
I got people I gotta reach
Bread I need to be making
And I don't eat swine
So I ain't bringing home no bacon
We gotta bring enough sum home
To guarantee we eat
And try to shield our seeds from
Being victims of the street
My checks is coming late and
I ain't finding that funny
And the month is always lasting
Longer than the money
Sometimes everyday conflict can
Trigger your doubt life is odyssey
It's your job to figure it out

Here I stand before the world
My inner thoughts exposed
I'm like a time bomb ticking
I'm about to explode
I'm still holding on tight
Tryna stay on my post
No matter how you think you understand
You don't come close