Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

To get where you wanna be

You have to set a goal

And keep your eyes on the prize

Yeah

[ VERSE 1: Master Ace ]

Now let me take a second, just so I can beckon

And call out an all-out rush just like wreckin

Your brain as you strain to maintain, sustain

The way you felt because I dealt you pain

And pleasure, in every single measure

You miss being kissed by this lyrical treasure

Enjoy it at your leisure, cause it's gonna please ya

Master Ace and Action again is here to ease ya

Spirit, cause all you have to do is hear it

And you'll catch a stroke

And say, "Damn, that brother broke!"

Now I'm about to get off another funky hit off

And if you think you're hangin, yo, I think you bit off

More than you can chew, now how you gonna swallow it?

Check the technique, see if you can follow it

Like a path or a road made of yellow bricks

Yo Steady Pace, go 'head and bust the mellow mix

[ *DJ Steady Pace scratches* ]

[ Hook ]

So keep your eyes on the prize

Keep your eyes on the prize

Keep your eyes on the prize

Keep your eyes on the prize

And keep your eyes on the prize

[ VERSE 2: Master Ace ]

Now I'm the capital A and what I'm sayin is conveyin

That I romp, stomp and jump on any competition

That's opposed to me, they can't get close to me

You say that goes to see, what's that supposed to be?

Some kind of challenge? I take you head up

Beat up and eat up punks and won't let up

But not with my fist or even with a deadly weapon

But with my lyrics, yeah, that's how I'm steppin

On all those that doubt me or my race is won

And you critics are hopin that the Ace is done

But now consider, this here little bit of

Super commentary for those that are very

Misdirected and lookin for some kinda angle

Censorship is their attempt to strangle

The Master, they know that my words can motivate

And set straight the crooked from their fate

Don't you understand that rap is like a tool to me

You're sellin what? You're actin likea fool to me

Go get a job or maybe go and learn a trade

And make the grade, that's how you get paid

Steady's on the cut and Action is the posse

Open your eyes and you'll see what I see

Brothers are fallin, homegirls are callin

Themselves independent, but yo, we're all in

The same boat together, it doesn't matter whether

You disagree, it's still reality - see

[ Hook ]

[ VERSE 3: Master Ace ]

Now where're we goin, where are we goin, which direction?

Look at your reflection, now someone praise the resurrection

Of a people many years considered kin

To an animal, unlike those with lighter skin

But that's the past and many knew it couldn't last

By peaceful means or either by a rifle blast

Or whatever, better late than never

We finally arrived and yo, the dream has survived

But many died tryin and they're the ones that paved the way

Real live supermen and -women save the day

So that we can live our life without ?????

Racial oppression, mental anguish through aggression

So realize what it took for us to rise

And don't sleep but reap and keep your eyes on the prize

[ Hook ]

[ VERSE 4: Master Ace ]

Sing a song of six pence, a pocket full of crack

Think you're sayin somethin, you ain't sayin jack

Now tell me, what is goin on these days?

From what I'm seein lately I'd say crime pays

Cause somebody is gettin paid

I think it's time to sprinkle some rain on the parade

Now listen, take this as a word from the wise

I'm not a prophet or a preacher, just a man with eyes

And I've been witnessed the fitness of a neighborhood worsen

You oughta hold a person-to-person

Discussion with those who rose from that level

Usin a broom or a mop or a shovel

Not on the corner waitin for the big pay-off

It's not comin, so why not stay off

The streets, believe me it beats bein sent up-

State on a date with the man and bein pinned up

In solitary, take advantage of your freedom

I'm givin helpful hands cause you need em

It's not all about the cash you make

Sellin poison to boys and girls - you're a fake

So what you got a cable, so what you got a BM?

You love when the girls go, "Ooh, did you see him!"

So what your pocket's filled with 20s and 10s

You're gonna find out just how fast that ends

Cause one day you'll be drivin round the way in your ride

There'll be a bullet with your name on the side

And if you don't believe what I'm tellin you, mack

When you're layin on the ground with a hole in your back

Lookin up at the sky, gettin closer to hell

Just remember Master Ace had a story to tell

Yeah

Yo

Keep your eyes on the prize (5X)

Keep your eyes on the prize (5X)

[ *scratched letters* ]

"P"

"R"

"I"

"Z"

"E"