Wake Up

[Hook] Wake Up and pray Give thanks for another day Take a little time to stop and praise Then be on your way but first Wake up Give thanks for another day Take a little time and meditate Get busy then be on your way [Verse 1] Wakey Wakey, mans all snakey Man up gracefully and you'll thank me Stand up face the streets and proceed Go leave the hood to more good Knowledge is power, dollar is the model of tomorrow Yesterday, present day, can I ball A resurrection in my deck since I'm listening to beats just to see where my head is, bet it Ahead of this I wreck it Stress free I'm destined to be I once dreamed Deeper than kings 6'3" I was 6'4" Living his dreams in 3D Memories visit me like remember me? When we was free Jesus, Kings even Think about it Nothing odd about it Hard for me to doubt it when I'm sitting in history Pissed cause the only time you're benching me is when you're lynching me Woke up and they was lending me money Killing me many And when I speak about it they just look at me funny Like isn't he funny? What is he rapping about now honey? Money? No dummy, I think he said God Apparently black people think their Gods Have we been sleeping? I think we need to [Hook] [Verse 2] I seen a lot of dreams at long beach Chillin' in the breeze when you walk by the sea See it in the eyes of most folks you meet around the lakes So I know what they expect me to be Just another MC out to be big Will Get mills and park my wheels all up in the hills and peace, please I knew I'd get this far, the hard part is putting art over the cheese Artists tryna steal something weird from here Trying not to leave a homie at the rear I fear one and trust none but the G O Even though the love for my people is sincere Made it to the pier I just became peers in this weird life like "How the fuck you get up here?" Realized I was following a dream I had and didn't notice I sleepwalked out my little sphere Smoke clear, mind open Sunshine over 'em Usually go gold as a God Eyes is bliss Wipe the crust out your eyes and shit and realize that you really God But first you gotta [Hook]