ALIVE

[Chorus] So one day, I just wanna ride through the city And tell all of my demons when I die they can get me 'Cause I ain't gone be beat while I'm alive, do you feel me? Said they won't take my heart while I'm alive, do you hear me? Yes or no, no, no No, no, no I done came a long way and I won't go, go, go I done came up in the city where we don't know folk 'Til my soul go cold, I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know (They'll never take me alive) I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know (They'll never take me alive) [Verse 1] Came a long way just to be me Or to see a world that just wouldn't see me Try to cut me off at the legs, defeat me Try to return on my offers, receipt me Saw all the colors that I saw and try to bleach me Back when I was drinking every night down in D.C Try to impeach me, none of these monicas could reach me Fuck school, my moniker if need be I'm heading home to NY to be free Fuck the world and the rules and the PD Round the time they do orgies threes knee Started buying hard copies of CDs And gambling can emerge from all the depression and I breathe again I learned to accept the knowledge that you need to live And to never let externals impede within And if that we don't fight with passion then greed will win 'Cause they don't want you to know what it means to give And I know (I know) And them same old demons come knocking now But this time and there ain't no options now So we scrapping dog, we ain't boxing now Well I refused to be boxed in now And if dudes want moved then we box 'em out If my team gone lose then I'm opting out Gotta shed the baggage to get off the ground And that's real (that's real) Feel like there's a whole world out there that I gotta prove wrong I done felt too bad for too long But now I know that I'm too strong [Chorus] So one day, I just wanna ride through the city And tell all of my demons when I die they can get me 'Cause I ain't gone be beat while I'm alive, do you feel me? Said they won't take my heart while I'm alive, do you hear me? Yes or no, no, no No, no, no I done came a long way and I won't go, go, go I done came up in the city where we don't know folk 'Til my soul go cold, I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know (They'll never take me alive) I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know (They'll never take me alive) [Verse 2] They don't know what I've been through They don't know 'bout my issues Motherfucking online magazines Tryna tell me about how I have to seem Trynna sell me but all I have's a dream They don't really understand what passion means Bitch, I been in my room for years Consumed by fear Thought doom was near It soon was clear Just who was real And who can feel And who was numb And who was dumb And all the lawmen, the proof is here And I see (I see) The lies all over my TV, disguised in an MP3 But can none of them be me? Only you can set you free It's what I mean when I say this shit Hope your soul elevates when you play this shit Fuck celebrity, they got us all caught up in a war to be stars in some Vader shit And they say at the top ain't no space to sit So the dream to be rich, you can chase this shit 'Cause I'm after the peoples' championship In a league where your jewels wouldn't pay to tip Motherfucker (Motherfucker) [Chorus] I just wanna ride through the city And tell all of my demons when I die they can get me 'Cause I ain't gone be beat while I'm alive, do you feel me? Said they won't take my heart while I'm alive, do you hear me? Yes or no, no, no No, no, no I done came a long way and I won't go, go, go I done came up in the city where we don't know folk 'Til my soul go cold, I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know (They'll never take me alive) I'mma tell 'em that they just don't know (They'll never take me alive) (They'll never take me alive) (They'll never take me alive)